Found yourself enthralled by Margaret Atwood's haunting dystopian vision in The Handmaid's Tale? Here are our recommendations for 10 reads to to try next.
Since it was first published in 1985 Margaret Atwood’s seminal work of dystopian fiction, The Handmaid’s Tale, has become a global phenomenon, spawning an opera, a film and now an Emmy Award-winning television series. With its unforgettable image of red-cloaked handmaidens, Atwood’s totalitarian vision of subjugated womanhood in Gilead has become an instantly recognisable symbol of female protest across the world and a benchmark for writers of speculative fiction.
From writers like George Orwell and Octavia Butler - whose works prefigure Atwood’s - to brand new dystopias like Gather the Daughters and Vox, we recommend 10 brilliant books for Atwood fans.
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The Water Cure by Sophie Mackintosh which has just been long-listed for the Man Booker Prize would also be something I'd strongly recommend to people who enjoyed The Handmaid's Tale (although it is perhaps more similar to The Girls by Emma Cline).
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Please sign in to respond to comments.I loved “woman on the Edge of time “ by Marge Pearcy and “ The Disposessed” by Ursula Le Guin and they were perfect companions to “The Handmaidens Tale.” These books really made me think deeply about the issues they illustrated. I read them many years ago and though I must have read 100s maybe 100,000s of other books I still remember these two as up there with the best.
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