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Books like Native Tongue: 9 series to read next

Native Tongue is science fiction, about gender and society and rebellion and revolution, set in near future, challenging in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Native Tongue is 3 books, 1984–1994.

“The trilogy follows the spread of Láadan among the oppressed women of the linguist households as an act of quiet resistance against the patriarchal order around them.”
from the catalogue description

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A Clockwork Orange
The Handmaid's Tale
Library of America P. K. Dick Collection
Space Merchants
Brave New World
To the Stars (Harrison)
Fahrenheit 451
Quantum Logic
Unwind Dystology

A Clockwork OrangeSeries

seriesAnthony Burgess4 books1962

About surveillance, 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 Handmaid's TaleSeries

seriesMargaret Atwood3 books1985

Tense in tone.

“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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

To the Stars (Harrison)Series

seriesHarry Harrison3 books1980

Tense in tone, 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 →

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 →

Quantum LogicSeries

seriesGreg Bear7 books1990

Tense in tone.

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Unwind DystologySeries

seriesNeal Shusterman5 books2007

Tense in tone, 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 →

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 Native Tongue?: A Clockwork Orange — the closest match to Native Tongue on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Native Tongue?: Native Tongue. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Native Tongue.
How big is Native Tongue?: Native Tongue is 3 books, 1984–1994.
Is Native Tongue finished?: Yes — 3 books, 1984–1994.

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