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Books Like Oryx and Crake

by Margaret Atwood · about this book

Loved Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood? If its science fiction, dystopian and genetic engineering hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Parable of the Sower, The Water Knife and Soylent Green. 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 Oryx and Crake: Science Fiction · Dystopian · Genetic Engineering · Series · Technology and Society

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   Parable of the Sower

   Octavia E. Butler

   Environmental Collapse · Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland · Dystopian · Bleak · Climate Change

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   The Water Knife

   Paolo Bacigalupi

   Dystopian · Environmental Collapse · Science Fiction · Bleak · Near Future

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   Soylent Green

   Harry Harrison

   Dystopian · Environmental Collapse · Near Future · Science Fiction · Bleak

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   Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

   Philip K. Dick

   Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland · Dystopian · Bleak · Technology and Society · Science Fiction

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   The Island of Dr. Moreau

   Herbert George Wells

   Genetic Engineering · Science Fiction · Bleak · Technology and Society · Survival Story

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   The Road

   Cormac McCarthy

   Dystopian · Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland · Environmental Collapse · Bleak · Survival Story

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   The Loop

   Ben Oliver

   Dystopian · Technology and Society · Science Fiction · Survival Story · Bleak

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8. 

   Sea of Rust

   C. Robert Cargill

   Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland · Dystopian · Science Fiction · Bleak · Near Future

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9. 

   Brave New Worlds

   Cory Doctorow, Paolo Bacigalupi

   Dystopian · Technology and Society · Science Fiction · Near Future · Bleak

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10. 

    The Fifth Season

    N.K. Jemisin

    Environmental Collapse · Bleak · Nonlinear Narrative · Survival Story · Science Fiction

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11. 

    The Knife of Never Letting Go

    Patrick Ness

    Dystopian · Science Fiction · Survival Story · Series · Dark

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12. 

    The Gunslinger

    Stephen King

    Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland · Bleak · Nonlinear Narrative · Dark · Series

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13. 

    Roadside Picnic

    Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky

    Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland · Science Fiction · Bleak · Survival Story · Dystopian

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14. 

    The Future

    Naomi Alderman

    Technology and Society · Climate Change · Science Fiction · Near Future · Survival Story

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15. 

    Neuromancer

    William Gibson

    Near Future · Technology and Society · Science Fiction · Dystopian · Series Starter

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16. 

    World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War

    Max Brooks

    Near Future · Dystopian · Satirical · Bleak · Survival Story

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17. 

    The Dog Stars

    Peter Heller

    Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland · Dystopian · Climate Change · Science Fiction · Survival Story

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18. 

    The Eye of the Bedlam Bride

    Matt Dinniman

    Satirical · Dystopian · Science Fiction · Survival Story · Series

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19. 

    How High We Go in the Dark

    Sequoia Nagamatsu

    Climate Change · Near Future · Science Fiction · Environmental Collapse · Bleak

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20. 

    Trail of Lightning

    Rebecca Roanhorse

    Environmental Collapse · Climate Change · Dystopian · Series · Series Starter

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