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If you liked Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.

  1. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

    Philip K. Dick · 1968

    Because shares tags: science fiction, dystopia, philosophy.

    Bounty hunter Rick Deckard retires escaped androids in ruined San Francisco while doubting what empathy still means.

  2. The Screwtape Letters

    C.S. Lewis · 1942

    Because shares tags: classics, philosophy, satire.

    A senior devil advises his nephew Wormwood on tempting an ordinary Englishman away from faith and attention.

  3. The Time Machine

    H.G. Wells · 1895

    Because shares tags: science fiction, classics, dystopia.

    Wells sends a Victorian inventor to the year 802,701, where idle Eloi and blind Morlocks share a dark human fate.

  4. A Clockwork Orange

    Anthony Burgess · 1962

    Because shares tags: classics, dystopia, satire.

    Teenage Alex leads his droogs on ultraviolent nights until the state rewrites him with the Ludovico Technique.

  5. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

    Douglas Adams · 1979 · The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #1

    Because shares tags: science fiction, satire, classics.

    Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide retold: Earth's end, Ford, Zaphod, Marvin, and the answer 42.

  6. The Handmaid's Tale

    Margaret Atwood · 1985 · The Handmaid's Tale #1

    Because shares tags: dystopia, science fiction, classics.

    Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale retold: Offred in Gilead, the Commander, Serena Joy, Mayday, and the van.

  7. The Giver

    Lois Lowry · 1993 · The Giver #1

    Because shares tags: dystopia, science fiction, classics.

    Lois Lowry's The Giver retold: Jonas's Assignment, the memories, release, and the sled ride out.

  8. Slaughterhouse-Five

    Kurt Vonnegut · 1969

    Because shares tags: classics, science fiction, satire.

    Billy Pilgrim slips through time from Dresden to Tralfamadore in Vonnegut's short antiwar classic.

  9. Fahrenheit 451

    Ray Bradbury · 1953

    Because shares tags: dystopia, science fiction, classics.

    Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 retold: Montag burns books, meets Clarisse, hides books, and follows the river to the readers.

  10. 1984

    George Orwell · 1949

    Because shares tags: dystopia, classics, science fiction.

    A long retelling of George Orwell's 1984: Winston Smith's quiet rebellion in Oceania, the Party's grip on truth and memory, and why the…

  11. War and Peace

    Leo Tolstoy · 1869

    Because shares tags: classics, philosophy.

    Pierre, Natasha, and Andrei search for meaning amid the Napoleonic wars.

  12. The Trial

    Franz Kafka · 1925

    Because shares tags: classics, philosophy.

    Josef K. is arrested one morning on an unknown charge and pulled into an endless court he can never leave.

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