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Books like Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

If you liked Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.

  1. Brave New World

    Aldous Huxley · 1932

    Because shares tags: dystopia, science fiction, classics.

    Huxley's Brave New World retold: hatcheries, soma, Bernard and Lenina, John the Savage, and the lighthouse.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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…

  7. War and Peace

    Leo Tolstoy · 1869

    Because shares tags: classics, philosophy.

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

  8. 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.

  9. The Three-Body Problem

    Cixin Liu · 2008 · Remembrance of Earth's Past #1

    Because shares tags: science fiction, philosophy.

    A physicist meets a secret from the Cultural Revolution and a game that models a dying alien sky.

  10. The Testaments

    Margaret Atwood · 2019 · The Handmaid's Tale #2

    Because shares tags: dystopia, science fiction.

    Aunt Lydia, Agnes and Nicole conspire to bring down Gilead fifteen years later.

  11. The Prince

    Niccolo Machiavelli · 1532

    Because shares tags: classics, philosophy.

    Machiavelli advises Lorenzo on rule through fear and love, fortune, cruelty and mercy.

  12. The Name of the Rose

    Umberto Eco · 1980

    Because shares tags: classics, philosophy.

    Friar William and Adso investigate 1327 abbey deaths amid library labyrinth.

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