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Books Like Animal Farm / 1984

by George Orwell · about this book

Loved Animal Farm / 1984 by George Orwell? If its dystopian, classics and propaganda hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Brave New Worlds, Wool Omnibus and The Running Man. 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 Animal Farm / 1984: Dystopian · Classics · Propaganda · Freedom vs Control · Satire

1. 

   Brave New Worlds

   Cory Doctorow, Paolo Bacigalupi

   Surveillance State · Dystopian · Freedom vs Control · Censorship · Bleak

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   Wool Omnibus

   Hugh Howey

   Censorship · Dystopian · Freedom vs Control · Political Corruption · Bleak

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   The Running Man

   Richard Bachman

   Dystopian · Surveillance State · Bleak · Class Struggle · Propaganda

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   Golden State

   Ben H. Winters

   Surveillance State · Freedom vs Control · Dystopian · Censorship · Political Corruption

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5. 

   The Giver

   Lois Lowry

   Dystopian · Censorship · Freedom vs Control · Surveillance State · Classics

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6. 

   Sunrise on the Reaping

   Suzanne Collins

   Dystopian · Propaganda · Tragic · Freedom vs Control · Rebels and Resistance

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7. 

   The Mask Falling

   Samantha Shannon

   Surveillance State · Dystopian · Freedom vs Control · Rebels and Resistance · Science Fiction

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8. 

   Parable of the Talents

   Octavia E. Butler

   Dystopian · Bleak · Political Corruption · Classics · Science Fiction

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9. 

   The Power

   Naomi Alderman

   Dystopian · Political Corruption · Satire · Freedom vs Control · Science Fiction

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10. 

    The Loop

    Ben Oliver

    Dystopian · Surveillance State · Freedom vs Control · Bleak · Rebels and Resistance

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11. 

    Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

    J.K. Rowling

    Censorship · Political Corruption · Propaganda · Rebels and Resistance · Classics

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12. 

    The Record Keeper

    Agnes Gomillion

    Dystopian · Freedom vs Control · Propaganda · Rebels and Resistance · Science Fiction

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13. 

    Lord of the Flies

    William Golding

    Classics · Bleak · Tragic · Freedom vs Control · Dark

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14. 

    Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

    Philip K. Dick

    Dystopian · Bleak · Classics · Freedom vs Control · Science Fiction

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15. 

    Dark Age

    Pierce Brown

    Bleak · Tragic · Rebels and Resistance · Dystopian · Dark

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16. 

    The Water Knife

    Paolo Bacigalupi

    Dystopian · Political Corruption · Bleak · Dark · Science Fiction

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17. 

    Watchmen

    Alan Moore

    Classics · Bleak · Satire · Freedom vs Control · Science Fiction

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18. 

    Tarnished City

    Vic James

    Freedom vs Control · Dystopian · Class Struggle · Rebels and Resistance · Dark

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19. 

    The Time Machine

    H. G. Wells

    Classics · Class Struggle · Dystopian · Bleak · Science Fiction

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20. 

    Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster

    Adam Higginbotham

    Censorship · Political Corruption · Tragic · Bleak · Dark

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