Any Books Similar to Lost?

[Nardpuncher]

I like the intricacies of Lost and all that and wonder what novels out there come close, as I don't think there's anything quite like it.
Now, I don't mean Robinson Crusoe because it's set on an island, but stories that feel like Lost.

I read the Dark Tower series by Stephen King and picked up Dan Simmons' Hyperion which with it's far-off world where the Shrike can send people back in time and is worshiped by some as a god sounded like our good show.
Anything else?

 

[sidious618]

The "A Song of Ice and Fire" series reminds me of LOST as it was plotted out ahead of time, has a ton of small clues, a big cast, and some mystical events. It's a fantastic series.

 

[Nardpuncher]

Yeah, I started that, stopped half-way through the second book. That's not meant as a slight toward the book, I regularly put books down and read something else.

 

[LitmusDragon]

The Stand, kinda. Group of survivors, mystical elements, Randal Flagg versus Abigail is kinda like MiB versus Jacob.

 

[Zulu Romeo]

Several of the books mentioned in and featured on LOST share similar themes.

Personally, I like the similarities (overt and implied) between LOST and Watchmen.

 

[ToddPence]

"Gilligan's Wake" by Tom Carson. It's the characters in Gilligan's Island behaving like the characters in "Lost". No, I'm not making this book up.

 

[Nardpuncher]

^^ Wow...I'll have to look that one up!

 

[Hober Mallow]

If you're into the whole fate vs. free will theme, that's the main concern of Asimov's Foundation series.

 

[acappellasaurus]

I have heard someone say K.J. Parker's "The Company" has Lost-like elements to it.

 

[Stone_Cold_Sisko]

The Dark Tower series and Watchmen, are both cited by Damon Lindelof as being HEAVY influences on LOST, in different ways. The latter probably being more in the sense of story-telling methods.

 

[label]

The Dark Tower series and Watchmen, are both cited by Damon Lindelof as being HEAVY influences on LOST, in different ways..

Ditto. It wouldn't surprise me in the least if we got a Dark Tower-esqueue type ending.

 

[Sgt. Sacrament]

I like the intricacies of Lost and all that and wonder what novels out there come close, as I don't think there's anything quite like it.
Now, I don't mean Robinson Crusoe because it's set on an island, but stories that feel like Lost.

I read the Dark Tower series by Stephen King and picked up Dan Simmons' Hyperion which with it's far-off world where the Shrike can send people back in time and is worshiped by some as a god sounded like our good show.
Anything else?

I just mentioned on another thread that I've read all four of the Hyperion series a couple of years ago, and they honestly didn't make me think of Lost. I did enjoy them, though.

It's funny you mention books like Lost, however, because I've recently finished reading the first two of Alastair Reynolds's Revelation Space books, (Revelation Space and Chasm City), and only 20 pages into the first book I told my wife, "This is the most like Lost of any book I've ever read!" I've thoroughly enjoyed these books, but I hesitate to recommend them, because they're not for everyone. Some people think that they're somewhat boring, but I find them riveting.

 

[tommy96]

i love the novel of kelly,
she is french writer.

 

[JarodRussell]

Lord of the Flies.

 

[The Nth Doctor]

Lord of the Flies.

Damn, you beat me to it.

Seriously, you should check out Lord of the Flies, not just because it's an awesome novel, but also to where LOST picked up a lot of the basics.

 

[kevinRex]

I guess I would recommend to you the following because I am also a huge fan of "Lost". You will also like The stand by Stephen Kings or Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut. I haven't read Lord of the Flies yet I have heard it has an interesting storyline just like Lost.

 

[Servo]

Read The Third Policeman by Flann O'Brien.

 

[Zulu Romeo]

Read The Third Policeman by Flann O'Brien.

... if you can still find a copy of the book, that is. Legend has it that as soon as this book appeared in LOST, and once the episode's writer confirmed that it was an influence on the writing of the show, orders for the book at online stores soared (I think many ran out of stock), no doubt from viewers trying to figure out the show's meaning by reading the novel.

 

[Servo]

Amazon has it in stock for a highly reasonable £4.37

I was lucky enough to stumble across a second-hand copy in a British Heart Foundation charity shop a couple of years ago for £2.

 

[Captaindemotion]

And as an aside, Flann O'Brien is piss-the-bed funny anyway and well worth a read.