Books like The Drowned World
12 books with a reading profile close to The Drowned World by J.G. Ballard. Balanced in tone; a moderate read.
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1
The Great Dune Trilogy
science fiction, literary
This omnibus gathers the first three novels in Frank Herbert's science fiction saga.
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2
The Illustrated Man
by Ray Bradbury
science fiction, literary
A nameless narrator meets a vagrant whose body is covered in complex, shifting tattoos created by a time-traveling woman.
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3
Way Station
science fiction, literary
Enoch Wallace, an American Civil War veteran, lives in a secluded Wisconsin farmhouse that serves as a secret transit point for extraterrestrial travelers.
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4
Twelfth Night
dense, literary
After a shipwrecks near the coast of Illyria, Viola believes her twin brother Sebastian is dead.
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5
Fahrenheit 451 and Related Readings
by Ray Bradbury, Walter Van Tilburg Clark
science fiction, literary
This volume pairs Ray Bradbury’s novel with a curated selection of short stories and poems that examine censorship, intellectual uniformity, and state-mandated ignorance.
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6
Player Piano
science fiction, literary
In a near-future Ilium, New York, total automation has rendered human labor obsolete.
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7
The dark tower, and other stories
by C.S. Lewis
science fiction, literary
This posthumous collection centers on an unfinished sequel to Out of the Silent Planet, titled The Dark Tower.
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It Can't Happen Here
science fiction, literary
Set in the mid-1930s, the narrative centers on the rise of Berzelius "Buzz" Windrip, a populist senator who wins the American presidency by promising every citizen five thousand dollars a year and a return to traditiona…
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9
The Raven and Other Poems
dense, literary
This collection centers on the psychological collapse triggered by permanent loss and the finality of death.
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10
Welcome to the Monkey House
science fiction, literary
This collection gathers more than two dozen of Vonnegut's short stories, introduced by the author.
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11
A Clockwork Orange
dense, science fiction
Alex is a teenage delinquent who leads his gang of droogs through a landscape of ultra-violence and theft in a future London.
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Sprawl (Necromancer) Series
dense, science fiction
The Sprawl series follows Henry Dorsett Case, a data thief hired by a mysterious entity to bypass the ice securing a massive artificial intelligence.
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