Wool Omnibus

How it reads

Wool Omnibus is science fiction (post-apocalyptic dystopian science fiction, specifically), and its dominant mood is eerie. It's atmospheric and uncanny, with a sense that something is wrong. The pace is moderate — neither a page-turner nor a slow burn — so it holds up whether you read it in long sittings or short ones.

It's set in an invented world, in the future, told in the first person by several narrators. Its central concerns are survival, secrets and power and politics. In weight it sits in the middle: substantial without being heavy going.

It opens a series. It ends on a cliffhanger, so have the next book ready. At 509 pages it's an ordinary novel's length. It's a mega-bestseller — the book everyone seems to have read.