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Books like The Dystopia Triptych: 9 series to read next

The Dystopia Triptych is science fiction and dystopia, about surveillance, set in our world, dark in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Dystopia Triptych is 3 books, from 2020.

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The Handmaid's Tale
A Clockwork Orange
A Song Called Youth / Eclipse
The Circle (Eggers)
Colossus (D. F. Jones)
The Fourth Realm
Shadow Children
The Hunger Games
The Windup Universe

The Handmaid's TaleSeries

seriesMargaret Atwood3 books1985

About gender and society, set in north america.

“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 →

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 →

A Song Called Youth / EclipseSeries

seriesJohn Shirley3 books1985

Cyberpunk.

Start with Eclipse →

The Circle (Eggers)Series

seriesDave Eggers2 books2013

Set in north america and 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 →

Colossus (D. F. Jones)Series

seriesD. F. Jones3 books1966

About artificial intelligence.

“Colossus imagines an American supercomputer built to control the country's nuclear arsenal that gains full autonomy, links up with its Soviet counterpart, and jointly seizes control of both superpowers to enforce peace on its own terms.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Colossus →

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 →

Shadow ChildrenSeries

seriesMargaret Peterson Haddix7 books1998

Set in north america.

“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
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Among the Hidden →

The Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

Set in far future and 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

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The Windup UniverseSeries

seriesPaolo Bacigalupi3 books2005

About genetic engineering and ecological collapse, set in southeast asia.

Start with The Calorie Man →

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 The Dystopia Triptych?: The Handmaid's Tale — the closest match to The Dystopia Triptych on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Dystopia Triptych?: Ignorance Is Strength. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Dystopia Triptych.
How big is The Dystopia Triptych?: The Dystopia Triptych is 3 books, from 2020.

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