MATHEMATICAL FICTION:

a list compiled by Alex Kasman (College of Charleston)

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The Book of Getting Even (2009)
Benjamin Taylor
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A brilliant homosexual teenager uses mathematics as an escape from the pressures of everyday life, including his father, a rabbi in 1970's New Orleans. Along the way, he gets to know (and love, in a variety of ways) the family of a Nobel prize winning physicist and he himself becomes a cosmologist.

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  5. Twenty-seven Uses for Imaginary Numbers by Buzz Mauro
  6. 36 Arguments for the Existence of God by Rebecca Goldstein
  7. The God Patent by Ransom Stephens
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  10. Continuums by Robert Carr
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Categories:
Genre
MotifProdigies, Academia, Romance, Religion,
TopicMathematical Physics,
MediumNovels,

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Where are the new works of mathematical fiction?: As you can see from this chronological listing, this database includes many works of mathematical fiction for each year from 1990 to 2025. Strangely, only two are listed for 2026, so far. Either less mathematical fiction is being published than in previous years or I'm just having more trouble finding it. If you know of any works of fiction that should be added to this list, especially recently published ones, please let me know. (Keep in mind that I do not include self-published works or children's fiction that just covers elementary mathematical concepts.) Thanks!

(Maintained by Alex Kasman, College of Charleston)