Books like…

Books Like Blindness

by Jose Saramago · about this book

Loved Blindness by Jose Saramago? If its plague, bleak and dystopian hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with The Road, Lord of the Flies and Parable of the Talents. 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 Blindness: Plague · Bleak · Dystopian · Dark · Ensemble Cast

1. 

   The Road

   Cormac McCarthy

   Bleak · Dystopian · Haunting · Survival Story · Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland

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2. 

   Lord of the Flies

   William Golding

   Bleak · Survival Story · Omniscient Narrator · Literary Fiction · Freedom vs Control

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3. 

   Parable of the Talents

   Octavia E. Butler

   Dystopian · Bleak · Sexual Assault Content · Political Corruption · Intense

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4. 

   I Who Have Never Known Men

   Jacqueline Harpman

   Dystopian · Haunting · Survival Story · Bleak · Philosophy

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5. 

   The Gunslinger

   Stephen King

   Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland · Bleak · Haunting · Omniscient Narrator · Atmospheric

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6. 

   Night Watch

   Jayne Anne Phillips

   Asylum · Haunting · Literary Fiction · Disability Representation · Atmospheric

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7. 

   Roadside Picnic

   Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky

   Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland · Bleak · Survival Story · Dystopian · Atmospheric

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8. 

   Animal Farm

   George Orwell

   Dystopian · Omniscient Narrator · Bleak · Literary Fiction · Tragic

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9. 

   The Power

   Naomi Alderman

   Dystopian · Political Corruption · Sexual Assault Content · Freedom vs Control · Intense

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10. 

    Sunrise on the Reaping

    Suzanne Collins

    Dystopian · Survival Story · Intense · Freedom vs Control · Tragic

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11. 

    Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

    Philip K. Dick

    Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland · Dystopian · Bleak · Omniscient Narrator · Freedom vs Control

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12. 

    Matterhorn

    Karl Marlantes

    Survival Story · Bleak · Intense · Ensemble Cast · Tragic

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13. 

    Tender Is the Flesh

    Agustina Bazterrica

    Bleak · Dystopian · Haunting · Intense · Literary Fiction

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14. 

    The Water Knife

    Paolo Bacigalupi

    Dystopian · Bleak · Intense · Political Corruption · Survival Story

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15. 

    The Dog Stars

    Peter Heller

    Dystopian · Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland · Survival Story · Literary Fiction · Haunting

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16. 

    The Fifth Season

    N.K. Jemisin

    Bleak · Freedom vs Control · Survival Story · Literary Fiction · Dense Prose

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17. 

    Wool Omnibus

    Hugh Howey

    Dystopian · Survival Story · Political Corruption · Bleak · Freedom vs Control

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18. 

    Manacled

    SenLinYu

    Sexual Assault Content · Bleak · Intense · Dystopian · Tragic

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19. 

    Human Acts

    Han Kang

    Bleak · Haunting · Literary Fiction · Political Corruption · Violent

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20. 

    Our Share of Night

    Mariana Enriquez

    Haunting · Political Corruption · Literary Fiction · Dense Prose · Atmospheric

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