10 Top dystopia books like The Silence Project by Carole Hailey

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The Silence Project

By: Carole Hailey

3.76

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

On Emilia Morris's thirteenth birthday, her mother Rachel moves into a tent at the bottom of their …

If you liked the dystopia plot in The Silence Project by Carole Hailey , here is a list of 10 books like this:

Cover of The List of Suspicious Things by Jennie Godfrey

1. The List of Suspicious Things

By: Jennie Godfrey

4.29

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

'What if we decided to try and find him?' 'What on earth are you on about?' she said. 'How are w… read more

Similar categories in Jennie Godfrey's The List of Suspicious Things book and Carole Hailey's The Silence Project

  • fiction
  • audiobook
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2. The Maiden

By: Kate Foster

4.05

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by a real-life case and winner of the Bloody Scotland Pitch Perfect Award, Kate Foster's T… read more

Similar categories in Kate Foster's The Maiden book and Carole Hailey's The Silence Project

  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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3. The Unspeakable Acts of Zina Pavlou

By: Eleni Kyriacou

4.18

Format: 404 pages, Kindle Edition

**Selected for BBC 2 Between the Covers Book Club 2023** THEY HAVE TOLD SO MANY LIES ABOUT ME. … read more

Similar categories in Eleni Kyriacou's The Unspeakable Acts of Zina Pavlou book and Carole Hailey's The Silence Project

  • fiction
  • audiobook
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4. Hey, Zoey

By: Sarah Crossan

3.39

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Dolores O'Shea’s marriage collapses when she discovers her husband’s AI sex doll in the garage. Whe… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Crossan's Hey, Zoey book and Carole Hailey's The Silence Project

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"But I wished I wasn’t strong. Because when you are, no one thinks to take care of you."

-Sarah Crossan, Hey, Zoey

"We were too alike. We loved one another in the wrong way, but that doesn't mean it wasn't love."

-Sarah Crossan, Hey, Zoey

"How could we possibly tell another person everything about ourselves? It would take a lifetime. It would be incredibly boring."

-Sarah Crossan, Hey, Zoey

"As a young teacher I would raise my voice to get a group’s attention. Now I know better. To make yourself heard, you get very quiet. It instils fear."

-Sarah Crossan, Hey, Zoey

Cover of The List by Yomi Adegoke

5. The List

By: Yomi Adegoke

3.05

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Ola Olajide, a celebrated journalist at Womxxxn magazine, is set to marry the love of her life in o… read more

Similar categories in Yomi Adegoke's The List book and Carole Hailey's The Silence Project

  • literary fiction
  • feminism
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"...but she refused for love to be something that she endured. Something that took from her and made her smaller."

-Yomi Adegoke, The List

Cover of Mongrel by Hanako Footman

6. Mongrel

By: Hanako Footman

4.38

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Mei loses her Japanese mother at age six. Growing up in suburban Surrey, she yearns to fit in, supp… read more

Similar categories in Hanako Footman's Mongrel book and Carole Hailey's The Silence Project

  • feminism
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Hold onto the things that you have forgotten. Let go of the things that you remember."

-Hanako Footman, Mongrel

Cover of The Silence Project by Carole Hailey

7. The Silence Project

By: Carole Hailey

3.76

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

On Emilia Morris's thirteenth birthday, her mother Rachel moves into a tent at the bottom of their … read more

Similar categories in Carole Hailey's The Silence Project book and Carole Hailey's The Silence Project

  • literary fiction
  • africa
  • feminism
  • politics
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • cult classics
  • adult
  • audiobook
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8. The Sentence

By: Christina Dalcher

3.74

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

A law intended to end capital punishment. Prosecutors who seek the death penalty put their lives… read more

Similar categories in Christina Dalcher's The Sentence book and Carole Hailey's The Silence Project

  • audiobook
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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9. Day One

By: Abigail Dean

3.55

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Marty seems to do no wrong. Trent can’t seem to get things right. When they are thrown together by … read more

Similar categories in Abigail Dean's Day One book and Carole Hailey's The Silence Project

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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10. The Story Collector

By: Iris Costello

4.15

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

THREE LOST SOULS.A LONG-BURIED SECRET.THE TRUTH THAT COULD SET THEM FREE...-----London, 1915: Tarot… read more

Similar categories in Iris Costello's The Story Collector book and Carole Hailey's The Silence Project

  • fiction
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11. The Family Experiment

By: John Marrs

4.15

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of The One and The Marriage Act, The Family Experiment is a dark and bril… read more

Similar categories in John Marrs's The Family Experiment book and Carole Hailey's The Silence Project

  • dystopia
  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Are You Happy Now by Hanna Jameson

12. Are You Happy Now

By: Hanna Jameson

3.47

Format: 362 pages, Hardcover

At a New York City wedding, on a sweltering summer night, four people are trying to be happy.Yun ha… read more

Similar categories in Hanna Jameson's Are You Happy Now book and Carole Hailey's The Silence Project

  • literary fiction
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
"He wondered if a love not properly expressed mutated into something jagged and unwieldy like metal, something that could kill you."

-Hanna Jameson, Are You Happy Now

"Oh shit, because it was never a good time to realize you really liked someone. Realizing you really liked someone meant knowing on some level it was going to hurt."

-Hanna Jameson, Are You Happy Now

"Deep down, people know just how unlikely their unhappiness is. The only thing we can at least be honest about is we want things to work out, and that's what these stories are really about. It's not a…"

-Hanna Jameson, Are You Happy Now

"Yun wanted to collapse under the weight, the unbearable weight of knowing he had to carry on moving, continue to try, to wake up day after day and do this, do everything. He didn’t want to die, he ju…"

-Hanna Jameson, Are You Happy Now

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13. The After Days

By: Amy Ginsburg

4.00

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

In a world without power, you need the power of friendship and love to survive."This is far and awa… read more

Similar categories in Amy Ginsburg's The After Days book and Carole Hailey's The Silence Project

  • dystopia
  • fiction
Cover of The Ugly Truth by L.C. North

14. The Ugly Truth

By: L.C. North

3.79

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Melanie Lange has disappeared. Her father, Sir Peter Lange, says she is a danger to herself and … read more

Similar categories in L.C. North's The Ugly Truth book and Carole Hailey's The Silence Project

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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15. The Unbroken Beauty of Rosalind Bone

By: Alex McCarthy

3.91

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

'Small Things Like These meets Under Milk Wood - this slim but devastating novel captures an entire… read more

Similar categories in Alex McCarthy's The Unbroken Beauty of Rosalind Bone book and Carole Hailey's The Silence Project

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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16. End of Story

By: Louise Swanson

4.10

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

Too much imagination can be a dangerous thing It's the year 2035 and fiction has been banned b… read more

Similar categories in Louise Swanson's End of Story book and Carole Hailey's The Silence Project

  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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17. The Sisterhood

By: Katherine Bradley

3.76

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Vox meets The Handmaid’s Tale in this feminist retelling of 1984   In Oceania, whoever you are, Big… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Bradley's The Sisterhood book and Carole Hailey's The Silence Project

  • feminism
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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18. The Forcing

By: Paul E. Hardisty

3.90

Format: 433 pages, Kindle Edition

Lured by rumours of tropical sanctuary, a disparate group of men and women escape their inhospitabl… read more

Similar categories in Paul E. Hardisty's The Forcing book and Carole Hailey's The Silence Project

  • dystopia
  • fiction
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19. The Lost Girls

By: Kate Hamer

3.26

Format: None pages, Paperback

Beth is desperate to return to normality. After a years-long ordeal, her daughter is finally home a… read more

Similar categories in Kate Hamer's The Lost Girls book and Carole Hailey's The Silence Project

  • fiction
  • audiobook
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20. One

By: Eve Smith

4.12

Format: 341 pages, Paperback

A powerful, prescient speculative thriller: a woman’s job of enforcing climate-emergency Britain’s … read more

Similar categories in Eve Smith's One book and Carole Hailey's The Silence Project

  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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21. The Treatment

By: Sarah Moorhead

3.40

Format: 369 pages, Kindle Edition

The future of law enforcement has arrived, courtesy of private health contractor Janus Justice. The… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Moorhead's The Treatment book and Carole Hailey's The Silence Project

  • dystopia
  • fiction

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