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Books like Ensaio Sobre a Cegueira
Loved Ensaio Sobre a Cegueira by José Saramago? Here are 10 books with a similar appeal — drawn mostly from dystopian, ranked by how confidently we'd recommend them next.
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The Handmaid's Tale
Women reduced to their fertility in a theocratic America; chillingly plausible and fiercely written.
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2
Never Let Me Go
Three friends at a strange English boarding school slowly learn what they were made for; restrained and heartbreaking.
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3
The Road
A father and son walk through a dead, ash-grey world; stripped-bare, unbearably tender post-apocalyptic fiction.
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4
Fahrenheit 451
A fireman whose job is burning books begins to question why; a passionate defence of reading.
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5
1984
Total surveillance, rewritten history and a man who dares to think for himself; the defining dystopia.
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Brave New World
A future engineered for comfort and conformity; the other great dystopia, warning against pleasure rather than fear.
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Bloodchild and other stories
Six remarkable stories from a master of modern science fiction. Octavia E. Butler's classic "Bloodchild," winner of both the Nebula and Hugo awards, anchors this collection of incomparable stories and
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The Giver
At the age of twelve, Jonas, a young boy from a seemingly utopian, futuristic world, is singled out to receive special training from The Giver, who alone holds the memories of the true joys and pain o
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9
A Clash of Kings
In this thrilling sequel to A Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin has created a work of unsurpassed vision, power, and imagination. A Clash of Kings transports us to a world of revelry and revenge, w
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Among the Barons
In a future world of false identities, government lies, and death threats, Luke feels drawn to the younger brother of the boy whose name Luke has taken. Its a hell of a mystery.