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Books like Dayworld: 9 series to read next

Dayworld is science fiction and dystopia, about totalitarianism, set in far future, tense in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Dayworld is 5 books, 1971–2016.

“The novels focus on a man, Jeff Caird, who is a daybreaker: someone who lives more than one day a week.”
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The Hunger Games
A Clockwork Orange
The Pure Trilogy
Brave New World
The Handmaid's Tale
Foundation
To the Stars (Harrison)
The Fourth Realm
Chaos Walking

The Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

Set in north america.

“Panem, they call it now — a nation raised on the drowned bones of North America, a glittering Capitol ringed by twelve districts it once starved into obedience.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

A Clockwork OrangeSeries

seriesAnthony Burgess4 books1962

Challenging in tone, set in near future 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 Pure TrilogySeries

seriesJulianna Baggott3 books2012

Science fiction and dystopia, tense and dark in tone, set in far future and our world.

Start with Pure →

Brave New WorldSeries

seriesAldous Huxley & H. A. Cartledge8 books1932

About class conflict, set in otherworld.

“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 →

The Handmaid's TaleSeries

seriesMargaret Atwood3 books1985

About gender and society, set in north america and near future.

“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 →

FoundationUniverse

universe123 books1940

About robots.

“There is a science that reads the future of quadrillions the way an astronomer reads the orbits of stars.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Foundation →

To the Stars (Harrison)Series

seriesHarry Harrison3 books1980

Set in other star systems.

“One of the elite stumbles onto the knowledge that news and opinions are being carefully managed to whitewash the situation, which leads him to throw his lot in with those who oppose it.”
from the catalogue description of Homeworld
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Start with Homeworld →

The Fourth RealmSeries

seriesJohn Twelve Hawks3 books2005

Thriller & suspense, set in contemporary.

“The trilogy has been translated into 25 languages and has sold more than 1.5 million books.”
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Start with The Traveler →

Chaos WalkingSeries

seriesPatrick Ness5 books2008

Set in other star systems.

Start with The Knife of Never Letting Go →

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.

Questions readers ask

What should I read after Dayworld?: The Hunger Games — the closest match to Dayworld on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Dayworld?: Dayworld. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Dayworld.
How big is Dayworld?: Dayworld is 5 books, 1971–2016.

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