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Books like The Farm

12 books with a reading profile close to The Farm by Joanne Ramos. Balanced in tone; a moderate read.

  1. 1 When She Woke

    When She Woke

    by Hillary Jordan

    narrative, science fiction

    In a future America governed by a repressive religious autocracy, Hannah Payne wakes up to find her skin genetically pigmented a bright, permanent red.

  2. 2 Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451

    Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451

    by Tim Hamilton

    narrative, science fiction

    In this 2009 graphic novel adaptation, Tim Hamilton translates the narrative of fireman Guy Montag into a high-contrast visual medium.

  3. 3 The Dog Stars

    The Dog Stars

    by Peter Heller

    narrative, science fiction

    Hig Higman lives in a hangar at a small Colorado airport nine years after a flu pandemic killed most of the global population.

  4. 4 The Power

    The Power

    by Naomi Alderman

    narrative, science fiction

    Teenage girls across the globe suddenly develop a physical organ called a skein, located near their collarbones, which allows them to discharge lethal electricity from their fingertips.

  5. 5 The Postman

    The Postman

    by David Brin

    narrative, science fiction

    In a post-apocalyptic Oregon devastated by nuclear winter and societal collapse, Gordon Krantz is a lone wanderer seeking survival.

  6. 6 Automatic Noodle

    Automatic Noodle

    by Annalee Newitz

    narrative, science fiction

    Set in a future shaped by the evolution of sentient labor, Automatic Noodle follows a specialized service robot that gains self-awareness through a technical glitch.

  7. 7 The Dream Hotel

    The Dream Hotel

    by Laila Lalami

    narrative, science fiction

    Set in a near-future America, the narrative follows a museum curator named Miina who is detained after an algorithmic prediction identifies her as a potential threat to national security.

  8. 8 Yakma Zevki

    Yakma Zevki

    by Ray Bradbury

    narrative, science fiction

    Yakma Zevki, or Pleasure to Burn, is a collection of sixteen short stories and early drafts that trace the evolution of the concept eventually known as Fahrenheit 451.

  9. 9 The Heart Goes Last

    The Heart Goes Last

    by Margaret Atwood

    narrative, science fiction

    Set in a near-future economic collapse, the story follows Stan and Charmaine, a couple living in their car to avoid roving gangs.

  10. 10 The Bees

    The Bees

    by Laline Paull

    narrative, science fiction

    Flora 717 is born into the lowest caste of a rigid apiary society, a sanitation worker destined for silent labor.

  11. 11 Replay: A Novel

    Replay: A Novel

    by Ken Grimwood

    narrative, science fiction

    Jeff Winston is a forty-three-year-old radio journalist who dies of a heart attack in 1988, only to wake up in his college dormitory in 1963.

  12. 12 The Mountain in the Sea

    The Mountain in the Sea

    by Ray Nayler

    narrative, science fiction

    Marine biologist Ha Nguyen travels to the remote Con Dao Archipelago to study a colony of octopuses that has developed a sophisticated culture, a symbolic language, and a defensive autonomy.

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