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Books like The Prisoner: 9 series to read next

The Prisoner is science fiction. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Prisoner is 8 books, 1969–2005.

“If he was good enough, sharp enough to be a top-flight cloak-and-dagger man, is he good enough to escape the men who've chained his life to the wall?”
from the catalogue description

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Library of America P. K. Dick Collection
A Clockwork Orange
Uglies Universe
Fahrenheit 451
Slated
Space Merchants
The Handmaid's Tale
Blade Runner Universe
Colossus (D. F. Jones)

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

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A Clockwork OrangeSeries

seriesAnthony Burgess4 books1962

Dark and challenging in tone, set in 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.”
from the catalogue description

Start with A Clockwork Orange →

Uglies UniverseSeries

seriesScott Westerfeld & Devin Grayson9 books2005

“Tally Youngblood, the original tetralogy's protagonist, initially awaits her own operation before learning it also surgically dulls independent thought, driving her toward the hidden resistance community called the Smoke.”
from the catalogue description

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Fahrenheit 451Series

seriesRay Bradbury2 books1951

About books and reading, set in north america.

“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 →

SlatedSeries

seriesTeri Terry3 books2012

About amnesia.

“Kyla's memory has been erased, her personality wiped blank, her memories lost for ever.”
from the catalogue description

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Space MerchantsSeries

seriesFrederik Pohl & C. M. Kornbluth2 books1953

Dark in tone, 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 →

The Handmaid's TaleSeries

seriesMargaret Atwood3 books1985

Dark in tone, about gender and society and rebellion and revolution, 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 →

Blade Runner UniverseSeries

seriesK. W. Jeter, Archie Goodwin, Les Martin & Philip K. Dick6 books1968

Cyberpunk, dark in tone, about robots, set in big city.

“Together the two trace the story's path from prose original to screen and comic-page adaptation.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? →

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 →

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 The Prisoner?: Library of America P. K. Dick Collection — the closest match to The Prisoner on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Prisoner?: The Prisoner. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Prisoner.
How big is The Prisoner?: The Prisoner is 8 books, 1969–2005.

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