Books like The Handmaid's Tale

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  1. The Testaments

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

    Because same series (The Handmaid's Tale #2); also by Margaret Atwood; shares tags: dystopia, feminism, science fiction.

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

  2. Dune Messiah

    Frank Herbert · 1969 · Dune #2

    Because shares tags: science fiction, classics, politics.

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

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. Dune

    Frank Herbert · 1965 · Dune #1

    Because shares tags: science fiction, politics, classics.

    Dune retold: Paul leaves Caladan for Arrakis, spice, Fremen, jihad seeded in desert.

  8. 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.

  9. 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…

  10. The Prince

    Niccolo Machiavelli · 1532

    Because shares tags: classics, politics.

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

  11. Neuromancer

    William Gibson · 1984 · Sprawl #1

    Because shares tags: science fiction, classics.

    Washed Case hired Armitage run Wintermute cyberspace heist.

  12. I, Robot

    Isaac Asimov · 1950 · Robot #1

    Because shares tags: science fiction, classics.

    Powell Donovan test Three Laws while Calvin narrates positronic puzzles.

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