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Books like Brave New World
The best books like Brave New World are Homage to Catalonia, Animal Farm, and The Origins of Totalitarianism. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley is about consumerism and control, freedom and happiness, science and humanity. 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 → - Animal Farm
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George Orwell · Literary fiction
When the animals of Manor Farm drive out their human farmer and establish a republic governed by the principle that all animals are equal, the revolution feels like liberation.
A kindred literary fiction read.
Read the summary → - The Origins of Totalitarianism
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The Origins of Totalitarianism
Hannah Arendt · History
Hannah Arendt published The Origins of Totalitarianism in 1951, just six years after the end of World War II.
A kindred literary fiction read.
Read the summary → - Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari · History
Sapiens traces the full arc of human history from the emergence of Homo sapiens in Africa roughly 70,000 years ago to the present.
A kindred literary fiction read.
Read the summary → - Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
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Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
Yuval Noah Harari · History
Homo Deus picks up where Sapiens left off, but turns to face the other direction.
A kindred literary fiction read.
Read the summary → - Stories of Your Life and Others
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Stories of Your Life and Others
Ted Chiang · Short stories
Eight stories, all of them rigorously thought-out, many of them devastating.
Both dig into science and humanity.
Read the summary → - Stranger in a Strange Land
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Robert A. Heinlein · Science fiction
Valentine Michael Smith is the first human born on Mars and raised by Martians.
Both dig into individuality versus conformity.
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.
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Books like Brave New World: quick answers
What are the best books like Brave New World?
The best books like Brave New World by Aldous Huxley are Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell, Animal Farm by George Orwell, The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari, Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with Brave New World, such as consumerism and control, freedom and happiness, science and humanity.
What should I read after Brave New World?
A natural next read after Brave New World is Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell. A kindred literary fiction read. Other strong choices are Animal Farm by George Orwell, The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari.
What books are similar to Brave New World by Aldous Huxley?
Brave New World centers on consumerism and control, freedom and happiness, science and humanity. Books with a similar feel include Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell, Animal Farm by George Orwell, The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari, Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari, Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
