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Books like A Man Lies Dreaming: 9 series to read next

A Man Lies Dreaming is alternate history and literary & general, about identity, set in early 20th century, dark in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

A Man Lies Dreaming is 3 books, 2014–2021.

“The Lunacy Commission returns to related alternate-history material.”
from the catalogue description

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A Clockwork Orange
Karl Glogauer
Small Change
Between the Wars
Brave New World
Todd Family
Freddie Montgomery
Nova Trilogy
The Milkweed Triptych

A Clockwork OrangeSeries

seriesAnthony Burgess4 books1962

Dystopia and science fiction, set in near future and our world.

“After his crimes catch up with him, Alex is made the subject of a controversial state program meant to forcibly reform his behavior, and the novel uses his ordeal to question whether imposed goodness is worth the loss of free will.”
from the catalogue description

Start with A Clockwork Orange →

Karl GlogauerSeries

seriesMichael Moorcock2 books1969

Science fiction, reflective in tone.

“Michael Moorcock's two Karl Glogauer novels share a character rather than a plot.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Behold the Man →

Small ChangeSeries

seriesJo Walton4 books2006

Science fiction, tense in tone, about political intrigue, set in mid 20th century.

“As the series begins, Britain itself slides toward fascism.”
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Start with Farthing →

Between the WarsSeries

seriesMichael Moorcock4 books1981

Historical fiction, about war.

“An elderly shopkeeper in London writes a memoir of his youth in Ukraine in the early 1900s and his experiences during WWI and the Russian Revolution.”
from the catalogue description of Byzantium Endures
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Start with Byzantium Endures →

Brave New WorldSeries

seriesAldous Huxley & H. A. Cartledge8 books1932

Science fiction and dystopia, about class conflict, set in far future.

“Some editions pair the novel with Huxley's own 1958 nonfiction essay collection, Brave New World Revisited, which reassesses the book's ideas rather than continuing its story.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Brave New World →

Todd FamilySeries

seriesKate Atkinson2 books2013

Historical fiction, bittersweet and reflective in tone, about grief and loss.

“The companion novel A God in Ruins turns to Ursula's brother Teddy, a bomber pilot, following his one, single life forward from the war through old age.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Life After Life →

Freddie MontgomerySeries

seriesJohn Banville1 book1989

Mystery & detective, about murder investigation, set in contemporary.

“Many of the characters in The Book of Evidence appear in the 1993 sequel Ghosts.”
from the catalogue description of The Book of Evidence

Start with The Book of Evidence →

Nova TrilogySeries

seriesWilliam S. Burroughs3 books1961

Postmodern, set in our world and mid 20th century.

“Across the three books, the shadowy Nova Mob, personified as viral, parasitic forces of language and image, is opposed by an equally strange Nova Police, in an allegory for how societies are manipulated through media and addiction.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Soft Machine →

The Milkweed TriptychSeries

seriesIan Tregillis3 books2010

Historical fantasy, tense in tone, about war.

Start with Bitter Seeds →

Why these

No sales rank, no star ratings, no readers also bought.

Shared terms are not a promise that a book feels the same. Two series can be far-future political intrigue and read nothing alike — what the ranking can say is what they are about, and each card says which parts it shares.

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What should I read after A Man Lies Dreaming?: A Clockwork Orange — the closest match to A Man Lies Dreaming on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with A Man Lies Dreaming?: A Man Lies Dreaming. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for A Man Lies Dreaming.
How big is A Man Lies Dreaming?: A Man Lies Dreaming is 3 books, 2014–2021.

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