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Books like The Sheep Look Up

The Sheep Look Up by John Brunner reads as dark, analytical. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Pump Six and Other Stories cover
Pump Six and Other Stories
Paolo Bacigalupi
Both explore science & society
79% genome match
Day of the Triffids cover
Day of the Triffids
John Wyndham
Both explore society & science
75% genome match
Great Jones Street cover
Great Jones Street
Don DeLillo
Shares the vhypno thread
69% genome match
The Drowned World cover
The Drowned World
J. G. Ballard
Shares the vhypno thread
72% genome match
Stand on Zanzibar cover
Stand on Zanzibar
John Brunner · 1969
Shares the vhypno thread
85% genome match
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch cover
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
Philip K. Dick
Shares the vhypno thread
69% genome match
Leave the World Behind cover
Leave the World Behind
Rumaan Alam · 2020
Shares the vhypno thread
69% genome match
Cat's Cradle cover
Cat's Cradle
Kurt Vonnegut · 1963
Shares the vhypno thread
69% genome match
Naked Lunch cover
Naked Lunch
William S. Burroughs
Shares the vhypno thread
69% genome match
The Conservationist cover
The Conservationist
Nadine Gordimer · 1983
Shares the vhypno thread
69% genome match
Borne cover
Borne
Jeff VanderMeer
Shares the vhypno thread
69% genome match
The Bluest Eye cover
The Bluest Eye
Toni Morrison · 1970
Shares the vhypno thread
69% genome match

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