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Books like Fahrenheit 451: 9 series to read next

Fahrenheit 451 is dystopia and science fiction, about books and reading and totalitarianism, set in north america. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Fahrenheit 451 is 2 books, 1951–1953.

“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.”
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The Handmaid's Tale
A Clockwork Orange
The Circle (Eggers)
Space Merchants
Library of America P. K. Dick Collection
Earthseed
Shadow Children
Divergent
The Hunger Games

The Handmaid's TaleSeries

seriesMargaret Atwood3 books1985

About gender and society and rebellion and revolution.

“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.”
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Start with The Handmaid's Tale →

A Clockwork OrangeSeries

seriesAnthony Burgess4 books1962

Challenging in tone, set in our world and big city.

“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.”
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Start with A Clockwork Orange →

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.”
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Start with The Circle →

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 →

Library of America P. K. Dick CollectionSeries

seriesPhilip K. Dick9 books1962

Science fiction, set in near future.

“Technically banned, a novel called The Grasshopper Lies Heavy imagines a world where the Allies won instead — and its reclusive author, Hawthorne Abendsen, becomes an obsession for characters on every side.”
from the catalogue description of The Man in the High Castle

Start with The Man in the High Castle →

EarthseedSeries

seriesOctavia E. Butler, Damian Duffy, David Brame & John Jennings7 books1993

Post-apocalyptic, about survival and faith and religion.

“The two-book series was left unfinished at Butler's death; a planned third novel, Parable of the Trickster, was never completed.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Parable of the Sower →

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.”
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Start with Among the Hidden →

DivergentSeries

seriesVeronica Roth10 books2011

Set in big city.

Start with The Transfer →

The Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

About rebellion and revolution and survival, set in far future.

“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.”
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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.

Questions readers ask

What should I read after Fahrenheit 451?: The Handmaid's Tale — the closest match to Fahrenheit 451 on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Fahrenheit 451?: The Fireman. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Fahrenheit 451.
How big is Fahrenheit 451?: Fahrenheit 451 is 2 books, 1951–1953.
Is Fahrenheit 451 finished?: Yes — 2 books, 1951–1953.

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