Books like…

Books Like A Clockwork Orange

by Anthony Burgess · about this book

Loved A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess? If its dystopian, violent and dark hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with 1984, Fight Club and The Loop. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.

What’s inside A Clockwork Orange: Dystopian · Violent · Dark · Male Lead · Dense Prose

1. 

   1984

   George Orwell

   Freedom vs Control · Dystopian · Psychological Manipulation · Classics · Rebellion Against Authority

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   Fight Club

   Chuck Palahniuk

   Satire · Unreliable Narrator · Dark Comedy · Rebellion Against Authority · Anti-Hero

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3. 

   The Loop

   Ben Oliver

   Dystopian · Rebellion Against Authority · Prison · Freedom vs Control · Teenagers

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4. 

   Lolita

   Vladimir Nabokov

   Villain Protagonist · Sexual Assault Content · Unreliable Narrator · Psychological Manipulation · Classics

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5. 

   Parable of the Sower

   Octavia E. Butler

   Near Future · Dystopian · Teen Protagonist · Intense · Bleak

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6. 

   Watchmen

   Alan Moore

   Classics · Anti-Hero · Sexual Assault · Satirical · Satire

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7. 

   The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

   Suzanne Collins

   Villain Protagonist · Dystopian · Freedom vs Control · Teenagers · Teen Protagonist

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8. 

   The Running Man

   Richard Bachman

   Dystopian · Near Future · Rebellion Against Authority · Science Fiction · Intense

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9. 

   The Power

   Naomi Alderman

   Dystopian · Near Future · Satire · Freedom vs Control · Sexual Assault Content

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10. 

    Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

    Hunter S. Thompson

    Satirical · Satire · Dark Comedy · Unreliable Narrator · Classics

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11. 

    Lord of the Flies

    William Golding

    Classics · Freedom vs Control · Literary Fiction · Bleak · Teenagers

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12. 

    A Parade of Horribles

    Matt Dinniman

    Dark Comedy · Rebellion Against Authority · Satire · Dystopian · Science Fiction

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13. 

    Brave New Worlds

    Cory Doctorow, Paolo Bacigalupi

    Dystopian · Freedom vs Control · Near Future · Bleak · Satirical

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14. 

    Perfume

    Patrick Süskind

    Villain Protagonist · Literary Fiction · Satirical · Bleak · Classics

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15. 

    The Water Knife

    Paolo Bacigalupi

    Near Future · Dystopian · Bleak · Anti-Hero · Intense

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16. 

    Munmun

    Jesse Andrews

    Satire · Satirical · Dark Comedy · Teenagers · Teen Protagonist

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17. 

    The Giver

    Lois Lowry

    Dystopian · Freedom vs Control · Classics · Rebellion Against Authority · Science Fiction

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18. 

    Candide

    Voltaire

    Philosophy · Satirical · Satire · Classics · Dark Comedy

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19. 

    The Stranger

    Albert Camus

    Philosophy · Classics · Bleak · Prison · Anti-Hero

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20. 

    The Boys Omnibus Vol. 2

    Garth Ennis

    Satire · Anti-Hero · Dark Comedy · Violent · Intense

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