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Loved MaddAdam by Margaret Atwood? 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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  1. 1

    The Road

    Cormac McCarthy · 2006 · Dystopian

    A father and son walk through a dead, ash-grey world; stripped-bare, unbearably tender post-apocalyptic fiction.

  2. 2

    Never Let Me Go

    Kazuo Ishiguro · 2005 · Dystopian

    Three friends at a strange English boarding school slowly learn what they were made for; restrained and heartbreaking.

  3. 3

    Fahrenheit 451

    Ray Bradbury · 1953 · Dystopian

    A fireman whose job is burning books begins to question why; a passionate defence of reading.

  4. 4

    1984

    George Orwell · 1949 · Dystopian

    Total surveillance, rewritten history and a man who dares to think for himself; the defining dystopia.

  5. 5

    Brave New World

    Aldous Huxley · 1932 · Dystopian

    A future engineered for comfort and conformity; the other great dystopia, warning against pleasure rather than fear.

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    Champion

    Marie Lu · 2013 · Dystopian

    The characters work to save the Republic, but question who the real villain is.

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    The 5th wave (The 5th Wave #1)

    Richard Yancey · 2013 · Dystopian

    After the 1st wave, only darkness remains. After the 2nd, only the lucky escape. And after the 3rd, only the unlucky survive. After the 4th wave, only one rule applies: trust no one. Now, it's the daw

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    The Bone Season

    Samantha Shannon · 2013 · Dystopian

    In the mid-21st century, major world cities are controlled by a formidable security force, and clairvoyant underworld cell member Paige commits acts of psychic treason before being captured by an othe

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    The Circle

    Dave Eggers · 2013 · Dystopian

    The Circle is a 2013 dystopian novel written by American author Dave Eggers. The novel chronicles tech worker Mae Holland as she joins a powerful Internet company. Her initially rewarding experience t

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    Station Eleven

    Emily St. John Mandel · 2014 · Dystopian

    A travelling theatre troupe keeps art alive after a pandemic; quietly hopeful and beautifully structured.

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