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Loved The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood? If its dystopian, series and post-apocalyptic hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Parable of the Sower, The Future and The Water Knife. 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 The Year of the Flood: Dystopian · Series · Post-Apocalyptic · Genetic Engineering · Environmental Collapse
Octavia E. Butler
Near Future · Environmental Collapse · Post-Apocalyptic · Dystopian · Religion & Spirituality
Naomi Alderman
Near Future · Satire · Cults · Science Fiction · Technology and Society
Paolo Bacigalupi
Environmental Collapse · Near Future · Dystopian · Science Fiction · Bleak
N.K. Jemisin
Post-Apocalyptic · Environmental Collapse · Survival Story · Science Fiction · Bleak
Hugh Howey
Post-Apocalyptic · Dystopian · Survival Story · Science Fiction · Bleak
Jacqueline Harpman
Dystopian · Post-Apocalyptic · Survival Story · Science Fiction · Bleak
C. Robert Cargill
Post-Apocalyptic · Dystopian · Survival Story · Science Fiction · Bleak
Matt Dinniman
Post-Apocalyptic · Satire · Survival Story · Science Fiction · Dystopian
Max Brooks
Post-Apocalyptic · Survival Story · Dystopian · Near Future · Bleak
Stuart Turton
Post-Apocalyptic · Genetic Engineering · Dystopian · Science Fiction · Environmental Collapse
Cormac McCarthy
Post-Apocalyptic · Dystopian · Environmental Collapse · Survival Story · Science Fiction
Erika Johansen
Dystopian · Near Future · Dual Timeline · Feminism · Religion & Spirituality
Neal Shusterman
Dystopian · Cults · Technology and Society · Science Fiction · Religion & Spirituality
Ben Oliver
Dystopian · Technology and Society · Science Fiction · Survival Story · Bleak
Harry Harrison
Dystopian · Environmental Collapse · Near Future · Science Fiction · Technology and Society
Philip K. Dick
Dystopian · Post-Apocalyptic · Technology and Society · Near Future · Science Fiction
Kass Morgan
Post-Apocalyptic · Dystopian · Survival Story · Science Fiction · Multiple POV
Rebecca Roanhorse
Post-Apocalyptic · Environmental Collapse · Dystopian · Series · Female Lead
Cory Doctorow, Paolo Bacigalupi
Dystopian · Technology and Society · Science Fiction · Near Future · Bleak
David Mitchell
Environmental Collapse · Near Future · Post-Apocalyptic · Multiple POV · Science Fiction
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