Books like Snow Crash

If you liked Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.

  1. Oryx and Crake

    Margaret Atwood · 2003 · MaddAddam #1

    Because shares tags: dystopia, science fiction, satire.

    Snowman lives alone after the plague with Crake's green-eyed Children, remembering Jimmy, Crake and Oryx.

  2. Brave New World

    Aldous Huxley · 1932

    Because shares tags: dystopia, science fiction, satire.

    Huxley's Brave New World retold: hatcheries, soma, Bernard and Lenina, John the Savage, and the lighthouse.

  3. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

    Douglas Adams · 1980 · The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #2

    Because shares tags: science fiction, satire.

    Arthur Dent flees Vogons, dines at Milliways at the end of time, and strands on prehistoric Earth in Adams' sharp 1980 sequel.

  4. The City of Ember

    Jeanne DuPrau · 2003 · Book of Ember #1

    Because shares tags: science fiction, dystopia.

    Two twelve-year-olds trade jobs and chase a chewed-up note to save their fading underground city before its lights fail.

  5. Golden Son

    Pierce Brown · 2015 · Red Rising Saga #2

    Because shares tags: science fiction, dystopia.

    Darrow serves House Augustus as a Gold officer while plotting revolt, until a gala refusal, a duel with Cassius, and a Triumph betrayal…

  6. Destroy Me

    Tahereh Mafi · 2012 · Shatter Me #1.5

    Because shares tags: dystopia, science fiction.

    Shot by Juliette, Warner holds his base together while his father arrives with harsher plans for her.

  7. The Testaments

    Margaret Atwood · 2019 · The Handmaid's Tale #2

    Because shares tags: dystopia, science fiction.

    Aunt Lydia, Agnes and Nicole conspire to bring down Gilead fifteen years later.

  8. Neuromancer

    William Gibson · 1984 · Sprawl #1

    Because shares tags: science fiction, cyberpunk.

    Washed Case hired Armitage run Wintermute cyberspace heist.

  9. The Death Cure

    James Dashner · 2011 · The Maze Runner #3

    Because shares tags: dystopia, science fiction.

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

  10. The 5th Wave

    Rick Yancey · 2013 · The 5th Wave #1

    Because shares tags: science fiction, dystopia.

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

  11. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

    Philip K. Dick · 1968

    Because shares tags: science fiction, dystopia.

    Bounty hunter Rick Deckard retires escaped androids in ruined San Francisco while doubting what empathy still means.

  12. Delirium

    Lauren Oliver · 2011 · Delirium #1

    Because shares tags: dystopia, science fiction.

    In a America where love is treated as disease, Lena Haloway counts down to her Cure until she meets Alex in Portland.

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