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Books like Bar Code Tattoo: 9 series to read next

Bar Code Tattoo is dystopia and science fiction, set in near future. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Bar Code Tattoo is 3 books, 2004–2012.

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The Handmaid's Tale
Divergent
Fahrenheit 451
Space Merchants
A Clockwork Orange
The Program
Unwind Dystology
Shadow Children
The Circle (Eggers)

The Handmaid's TaleSeries

seriesMargaret Atwood3 books1985

About gender and society.

“The Handmaid's Tale is Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel set in Gilead, a totalitarian theocracy that has overthrown the United States and forces fertile women into reproductive servitude as Handmaids; it is narrated by one such woman, Offred.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Handmaid's Tale →

DivergentSeries

seriesVeronica Roth10 books2011

Set in big city.

Start with The Transfer →

Fahrenheit 451Series

seriesRay Bradbury2 books1951

About books and reading.

“Set in a future where books are outlawed and firemen exist to burn them, it follows fireman Guy Montag as doubts about his job push him toward the very literature he's supposed to destroy.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Fireman →

Space MerchantsSeries

seriesFrederik Pohl & C. M. Kornbluth2 books1953

About class conflict, set in venus & inner planets.

“Together the two books form a compact bookend pair rather than an ongoing series.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Space Merchants →

A Clockwork OrangeSeries

seriesAnthony Burgess4 books1962

Challenging in tone, set in big city and british isles.

“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 →

The ProgramSeries

seriesSuzanne Young7 books2013

Dystopia and science fiction, tense in tone, about identity, set in near future and our world.

“Sloane knows better than to cry in front of anyone.”
from the catalogue description of The Program

Start with The Program →

Unwind DystologySeries

seriesNeal Shusterman5 books2007

About genetic engineering.

“The first novel follows three teens fleeing that fate, and the sequels widen the same dystopia's cast and consequences across a four-book arc plus companion material.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Unwind →

Shadow ChildrenSeries

seriesMargaret Peterson Haddix7 books1998

About survival.

“In some cases, a parent may choose to forge a child's identification card so a shadow child can live a normal life.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Among the Hidden →

The Circle (Eggers)Series

seriesDave Eggers2 books2013

Set in big city.

“Dave Eggers's The Circle follows Mae's rise inside the company as she buys further and further into its ideology, at increasing cost to her own privacy and the people around her.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Circle →

Why these

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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 Bar Code Tattoo?: The Handmaid's Tale — the closest match to Bar Code Tattoo on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Bar Code Tattoo?: The Bar Code Tattoo. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Bar Code Tattoo.
How big is Bar Code Tattoo?: Bar Code Tattoo is 3 books, 2004–2012.

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