Math-Inspired Fiction

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The list author says: "Who says art and science/math don't mix? Here's a list of some of the
best math-inspired fiction currently available on Amazon -- for some reason, many of them
mysteries/thrillers."
1.  A Certain Ambiguity: A Mathematical Novel by Gaurav Suri
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2.  Crimes and Mathdemeanors by Leith Hathout

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"Short stories about high school detective solving cases with math and
 
physics."
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3.  Pythagoras' Revenge: A Mathematical Mystery by Arturo Sangalli
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4.  Pythagorean Crimes by Tefcros Michaelides

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5.  The Fractal Murders (Pepper Keane Mysteries) by Mark Cohen

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6.  THE PARROT'S THEOREM by Denis Guedj

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7.  The Witch of Agnesi: Book One in the Bonnie Pinkwater Series by
Robert Spiller

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"First in a very nice series featuring math teacher/detective Bonnie
 
Pinkwater."
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8.  The Unknowns: A Math Mystery by Benedict Carey
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9.  Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle No. 1) by Neal Stephenson

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 "First in a triology."
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10.  The Number Devil: A Mathematical Adventure by Hans Magnus
Enzensberger
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11.  The Man Who Counted: A Collection of Mathematical
Adventures by Malba Tahan
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12.  Flatland (Illustrated Edition) by Edwin A. Abbott

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 "Classic mathematical allegory about extra dimensions."
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13.  Flatterland: Like Flatland, Only More So by Ian Stewart

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 "Just what the subtitle says: Like Flatland, only more so. :)"
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14.  An Invisible Sign of My Own: A Novel by Aimee Bender
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15.  The Sand-Reckoner (Tom Doherty Associates Books) by Gillian

Bradshaw
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16.  The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark
Haddon

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 "Autistic child with gift for math; lovely story."
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17.  Leaning Towards Infinity by Sue Woolfe

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18.  Ratner's Star by Don DeLillo
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19.  Measuring the World: A Novel (Vintage) by Carol Brown Janeway

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 "Fictional account of Gauss."
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20.  The Oxford Murders by Sonia Soto
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21.  The Visiting Professor: A Novel by Robert Littell

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22.  7 Steps to Midnight by Richard Matheson

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23.  Coyote Moon by John A. Miller

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24.  Good Benito by Alan Lightman

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25.  The French Mathematician: A Novel by Tom Petsinis

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26.  Sir Cumference and the First Round Table (A Math
Adventure) by Cindy Neuschwander

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 "First in a fun children's series."
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27.  Inverted World (New York Review Books Classics) by
Christopher Priest
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28.  The Memory of Whiteness: A Scientific Romance by Kim Stanley
Robinson
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29.  Spaceland: A Novel of the Fourth Dimension (Tom Doherty
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30.  The Wild Numbers by Philibert Schogt

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31.  The Bishop Murder Case (A Philo Vance Story) by S. S. Van Dine

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32.  Death Qualified (Barbara Holloway Novels) by Kate Wilhelm
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33.  Factoring Humanity by Robert J. Sawyer
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34.  Distress by Greg Egan

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35.  After Math by Miriam Webster

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 "Quite funny and entertaining."

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36.  Beyond the Limit: The Dream of Sofya Kovalevskaya by Joan
Spicci

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 "Wonderful novel about a little-known woman mathematician."

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37.  Advanced Calculus of Murder by Erik Rosenthal

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38.  The Mind-Body Problem (Contemporary American Fiction) by
Rebecca Goldstein
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39.  The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics by
Norton Juster

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"Wonderful children's book by Norton Juster, author of the famous "The
 
Phantom Tollbooth.""
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40.  The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
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