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For those who are craving more unnerving dystopian fiction like Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale.
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1		The Testaments (The Handmaid's Tale, #2) by Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 464,830 ratings score: 400, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2		Blue Ticket by Sophie Mackintosh 3.21 avg rating — 13,906 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3		Empty Hearts by Juli Zeh 3.55 avg rating — 4,898 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4		The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa 3.68 avg rating — 160,515 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5		Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor (Goodreads Author) 3.93 avg rating — 29,014 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6		Ice Trilogy by Vladimir Sorokin 3.60 avg rating — 1,021 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7		Gold Fame Citrus by Claire Vaye Watkins 3.30 avg rating — 9,882 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8		The Salt Line by Holly Goddard Jones (Goodreads Author) 3.58 avg rating — 3,837 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9		Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1) by Octavia E. Butler 4.18 avg rating — 297,689 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10		Vox by Christina Dalcher (Goodreads Author) 3.55 avg rating — 95,032 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11		The Unit by Ninni Holmqvist 3.75 avg rating — 12,257 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12		The Girl in the Road by Monica Byrne (Goodreads Author) 3.47 avg rating — 3,377 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13		The Children of Men by P.D. James 3.66 avg rating — 53,978 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14		S. by Slavenka Drakulić 4.35 avg rating — 3,035 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15		The Panopticon by Jenni Fagan (Goodreads Author) 3.72 avg rating — 6,103 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16		The Big Lie by Julie Mayhew (Goodreads Author) 3.59 avg rating — 1,098 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17		Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (Goodreads Author) 3.85 avg rating — 913,291 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

17 books · 6 voters · list created December 26th, 2020 by Al (votes) .

Tags: dystopian, fiction, margaret-atwood, read-alikes, the-handmaid-s-tale

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message 1: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (new)

Dec 26, 2020 06:54AM

BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...)

There are, of course, We, Brave New World and Nineteen Eighty-Four. All published long before Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale 😁

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Jul 24, 2022 05:32PM

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Is this a closed list, or can other books not mentioned in the article be added?

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