Books like Fahrenheit 451

If you liked Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, 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, classics.

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

  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. 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.

  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. 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.

  8. Neuromancer

    William Gibson · 1984 · Sprawl #1

    Because shares tags: science fiction, classics.

    Washed Case hired Armitage run Wintermute cyberspace heist.

  9. I, Robot

    Isaac Asimov · 1950 · Robot #1

    Because shares tags: science fiction, classics.

    Powell Donovan test Three Laws while Calvin narrates positronic puzzles.

  10. Dune Messiah

    Frank Herbert · 1969 · Dune #2

    Because shares tags: science fiction, classics.

    Emperor Paul faces jihad fallout as Bene Gesserit and Tleilaxu plot with ghola Duncan to break him.

  11. The Death Cure

    James Dashner · 2011 · The Maze Runner #3

    Because shares tags: dystopia, science fiction.

    Thomas refuses WICKED's final test, remembers too much, and runs with the Gladers toward a last cure and a ship north.

  12. The 5th Wave

    Rick Yancey · 2013 · The 5th Wave #1

    Because shares tags: science fiction, dystopia.

    Cassie Sullivan crosses ruined Ohio to save Sammy after four alien waves, trusting Evan Walker while doubting him.

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