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Books like Stranger in a Strange Land

If you liked Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein, 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, philosophy, classics.

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

  2. Brave New World

    Aldous Huxley · 1932

    Because shares tags: science fiction, classics, philosophy.

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

  3. The War of the Worlds

    H.G. Wells · 1898

    Because shares tags: science fiction, classics.

    A Surrey writer watches Martians land in cylinders, march on London in tripods, and fall to Earth's smallest life.

  4. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

    Douglas Adams · 1980 · The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #2

    Because shares tags: science fiction, classics.

    Arthur Dent flees Vogons, dines at Milliways at the end of time, and strands on prehistoric Earth in Adams' sharp 1980 sequel.

  5. The Plague

    Albert Camus · 1947

    Because shares tags: classics, philosophy.

    Oran is sealed after plague breaks out, and Dr Rieux treats the dying while neighbors face exile, fear, and small acts of care.

  6. The Martian Chronicles

    Ray Bradbury · 1950

    Because shares tags: science fiction, classics.

    Linked stories trace failed Mars landings, crowded American towns on Mars, and nuclear war on Earth to one last family.

  7. The Holy Bible: King James Version

    Anonymous · 1611

    Because shares tags: religion, philosophy.

    The 1611 King James Bible in a 1,472-page Thomas Nelson edition: from Genesis to Revelation, law, prophets, Gospels, and letters.

  8. The God Delusion

    Richard Dawkins · 2006

    Because shares tags: religion, philosophy.

    Dawkins argues a personal God almost certainly does not exist, then traces religion and morals to evolution.

  9. War and Peace

    Leo Tolstoy · 1869

    Because shares tags: classics, philosophy.

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

  10. 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.

  11. 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.

  12. The Prince

    Niccolo Machiavelli · 1532

    Because shares tags: classics, philosophy.

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

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