Literary fiction · Similar reads
Books like Blindness
The best books like Blindness are Homage to Catalonia, The Castle, and The Trial. Blindness by José Saramago is about social breakdown, human dignity under pressure, power and exploitation. If that's what drew you in, here are 12 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- Homage to Catalonia
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George Orwell · Memoir
Homage to Catalonia is George Orwell's firsthand account of fighting in the Spanish Civil War, which he joined in late 1936 as a volunteer with the POUM militia — a Trotskyist revolutionary organization that was later suppressed by the Soviet-backed Stalinist wing of the Republican forces.
A kindred literary fiction read.
Read the summary → - The Castle
- The Trial
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Franz Kafka · Literary fiction
On the morning of his thirtieth birthday, Josef K.
A kindred literary fiction read.
Read the summary → - All Quiet on the Western Front
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All Quiet on the Western Front
Erich Maria Remarque · History
All Quiet on the Western Front follows Paul Bäumer, a young German soldier who enlists with his classmates during the First World War after being swept up in patriotic speeches.
A kindred literary fiction read.
Read the summary → - The Grapes of Wrath
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John Steinbeck · Literary fiction
The Grapes of Wrath is Steinbeck's 1939 novel about the Joad family, Oklahoma sharecroppers forced off their land by the Dust Bowl and bank foreclosure, who load everything they own onto a truck and drive Route 66 to California in search of work and a decent life.
Both dig into collective survival.
Read the summary → - A Farewell to Arms
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Ernest Hemingway · Literary fiction
A Farewell to Arms is set during the First World War in northern Italy and follows Frederic Henry, an American serving as a lieutenant in the Italian ambulance corps, who falls in love with Catherine Barkley, a British nurse.
A kindred literary fiction read.
Read the summary → - A Fine Balance
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Rohinton Mistry · Literary fiction
A Fine Balance is set in an unnamed Indian city during Indira Gandhi's Emergency of 1975–1977, a period of suspended democracy, forced sterilization, and slum clearances that is barely taught in the West and barely taught in India.
A kindred literary fiction read.
Read the summary → - A Little Life
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Hanya Yanagihara · Literary fiction
A Little Life follows four men from college into middle age and beyond — Willem, an actor; JB, a painter; Malcolm, an architect; and Jude, a lawyer with a past that is revealed in increasingly devastating detail as the novel progresses.
A kindred literary fiction read.
Read the summary → - A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
James Joyce · Literary fiction
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man traces the intellectual and spiritual development of Stephen Dedalus from early childhood to the edge of adulthood, when he leaves Ireland to pursue life as an artist.
A kindred literary fiction read.
Read the summary → - A Thousand Acres
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Jane Smiley · Literary fiction
A Thousand Acres retells King Lear on a thousand-acre Iowa farm in the 1970s.
A kindred literary fiction read.
Read the summary → - A Visit from the Goon Squad
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Jennifer Egan · Literary fiction
A Visit from the Goon Squad is a novel told in thirteen chapters, each from a different point of view and sometimes in a radically different form — including one chapter composed entirely as a PowerPoint presentation.
A kindred literary fiction read.
Read the summary → - Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain · Literary fiction
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn begins where Tom Sawyer left off — Huck Finn, the outcast son of the town drunk, has been taken in and given a respectable life he doesn't want.
A kindred literary fiction read.
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Books like Blindness: quick answers
What are the best books like Blindness?
The best books like Blindness by José Saramago are Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell, The Castle by Franz Kafka, The Trial by Franz Kafka, All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with Blindness, such as social breakdown, human dignity under pressure, power and exploitation.
What should I read after Blindness?
A natural next read after Blindness is Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell. A kindred literary fiction read. Other strong choices are The Castle by Franz Kafka, The Trial by Franz Kafka, All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque.
What books are similar to Blindness by José Saramago?
Blindness centers on social breakdown, human dignity under pressure, power and exploitation. Books with a similar feel include Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell, The Castle by Franz Kafka, The Trial by Franz Kafka, All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
