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Books like Blindness

If you liked Blindness by José Saramago, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.

  1. Lord of the Flies

    William Golding · 1954

    Because shares tags: allegory, dystopia, literary fiction.

    William Golding's Lord of the Flies retold: Ralph and Jack, the conch, the beast, Simon, Piggy, and why the rescue is no relief.

  2. 1Q84

    Haruki Murakami · 2009

    Because shares tags: literary fiction, dystopia.

    Aomame slips into a Tokyo with two moons while Tengo rewrites a strange girl's novel, and their childhood bond pulls tight.

  3. The Death Cure

    James Dashner · 2011 · The Maze Runner #3

    Because shares tags: dystopia, survival.

    Thomas refuses WICKED's final test, remembers too much, and runs with the Gladers toward a last cure and a ship north.

  4. The 5th Wave

    Rick Yancey · 2013 · The 5th Wave #1

    Because shares tags: dystopia, survival.

    Cassie Sullivan crosses ruined Ohio to save Sammy after four alien waves, trusting Evan Walker while doubting him.

  5. The Scorch Trials

    James Dashner · 2010 · The Maze Runner #2

    Because shares tags: dystopia, survival.

    Thomas and the Gladers cross a burned wasteland to reach haven while WICKED watches.

  6. Station Eleven

    Emily St. John Mandel · 2014

    Because shares tags: dystopia, literary fiction.

    After a flu empties the world, a traveling troupe plays Shakespeare for small towns linked by one dead actor.

  7. Never Let Me Go

    Kazuo Ishiguro · 2005

    Because shares tags: literary fiction, dystopia.

    Kathy looks back on Hailsham, the English school where she and her friends were raised for an unspoken purpose.

  8. The Road

    Cormac McCarthy · 2006

    Because shares tags: dystopia, survival.

    A father and son walk through ash America with a cart and a pistol, repeating carry the fire.

  9. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

    Suzanne Collins · 2020 · The Hunger Games

    Because shares tags: dystopia, survival.

    Young Coriolanus Snow mentors Lucy Gray in the 10th Hunger Games.

  10. The Maze Runner

    James Dashner · 2009 · The Maze Runner #1

    Because shares tags: dystopia, survival.

    Maze Runner retold: Thomas wakes in Glade, walls move, Grievers sting, Teresa triggers end.

  11. Life of Pi

    Yann Martel · 2001

    Because shares tags: survival, literary fiction.

    Life of Pi retold: Pondicherry zoo, ship loss, Pi and Richard Parker in a boat, two stories.

  12. The Hunger Games

    Suzanne Collins · 2008 · The Hunger Games #1

    Because shares tags: dystopia, survival.

    Suzanne Collins's The Hunger Games explained: the reaping, Rue, the tracker jackers, the nightlock berry standoff, and what the arena is…

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