11 must-read dystopia books like Correctional by N.J. Crosskey

Cover of Correctional by N.J. Crosskey

Correctional

By: N.J. Crosskey

3.80

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

"Smart, fast-paced and disturbingly possible"  —Joelle Charbonneau, author, The Testing "Twelve inm…

If you liked the dystopia plot in Correctional by N.J. Crosskey , here is a list of 11 books like this:

Cover of The Hike by Drew Magary

1. The Hike

By: Drew Magary

4.14

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

From the author of The Postmortal, a fantasy saga unlike any you've read before, weaving elements o… read more

Similar categories in Drew Magary's The Hike book and N.J. Crosskey's Correctional

  • science fiction
  • fiction
Cover of The End We Start From by Megan  Hunter

2. The End We Start From

By: Megan Hunter

4.12

Format: 428 pages, Kindle Edition

In the midst of a mysterious environmental crisis, as London is submerged below flood waters, a wom… read more

Similar categories in Megan Hunter's The End We Start From book and N.J. Crosskey's Correctional

  • science fiction
  • dystopia
  • fiction
Cover of Such Small Hands by Edmund White, Andrés Barba, Lisa Dillman

3. Such Small Hands

By: Edmund White , Andrés Barba , Lisa Dillman

4.04

Format: 130 pages, Paperback

"Every once in a while a novel does not record reality but creates a whole new reality, one that ca… read more

Similar categories in Edmund White's Such Small Hands book and N.J. Crosskey's Correctional

  • fiction
Cover of I Who Have Never Known Men by Ros Schwartz, Jacqueline Harpman

4. I Who Have Never Known Men

By: Ros Schwartz , Jacqueline Harpman

4.22

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

"As far back as I can recall, I have been in the bunker." A young woman is kept in a cage underg… read more

Similar categories in Ros Schwartz's I Who Have Never Known Men book and N.J. Crosskey's Correctional

  • science fiction
  • dystopia
  • fiction
"Survival is never more than putting off the moment of death."

-Ros Schwartz, I Who Have Never Known Men

"I thought it was unfair, and then I understood that, alone and terrified, anger was my only weapon against the horror"

-Ros Schwartz, I Who Have Never Known Men

"Look at them. They’re pretending, they behave as though they still have some control over their lives and make momentous decisions about which vegetable to cook first."

-Ros Schwartz, I Who Have Never Known Men

"Only now, I tell myself that what I'd felt for her, the trust that slowly built up, the constant preference for her company and the joy each time I was reunited with her after an expedition were prob…"

-Ros Schwartz, I Who Have Never Known Men

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5. Elena Knows

By: Claudia Piñeiro

4.08

Format: 143 pages, Paperback

A unique tale that interweaves crime fiction with intimate tales of morality and search for individ… read more

Similar categories in Claudia Piñeiro's Elena Knows book and N.J. Crosskey's Correctional

  • fiction
"¿Seguirá siendo madre ahora que no tiene hija?"

-Claudia Piñeiro, Elena Knows

Cover of Out There by Kate  Folk

6. Out There

By: Kate Folk

4.13

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

With a focus on the weird and eerie forces that lurk beneath the surface of ordinary experience, Ka… read more

Similar categories in Kate Folk's Out There book and N.J. Crosskey's Correctional

  • science fiction
  • fiction
Cover of Your Utopia by Bora Chung

7. Your Utopia

By: Bora Chung

3.65

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

By the internationally acclaimed author of Cursed Bunny, in another thrilling translation from the … read more

Similar categories in Bora Chung's Your Utopia book and N.J. Crosskey's Correctional

  • science fiction
  • dystopia
  • fiction
Cover of Twelve Nights at Rotter House by J.W. Ocker

8. Twelve Nights at Rotter House

By: J.W. Ocker

3.38

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Felix Allsey is a travel writer with a keen eye for the paranormal, and he's carved out a unique, i… read more

Similar categories in J.W. Ocker's Twelve Nights at Rotter House book and N.J. Crosskey's Correctional

  • fiction
"Where else was I wrong? It was the same question I had asked myself when I'd finally sloughed off Christianity. Where else was I fundamentally wrong about life and the universe and how everything wor…"

-J.W. Ocker, Twelve Nights at Rotter House

"Because you trust your house, right? It's your house. It protects you from the world and, even more important, all the people out there. It sees you naked every day. It knows your sins. It's the only…"

-J.W. Ocker, Twelve Nights at Rotter House

Cover of The Centre by Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi

9. The Centre

By: Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi

3.41

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A darkly comic, boundary-pushing debut following an adrift Pakistani translator in London who atten… read more

Similar categories in Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi's The Centre book and N.J. Crosskey's Correctional

  • science fiction
  • fiction
Cover of Donate (Eyes Forward #1) by Emma   Ellis

10. Donate (Eyes Forward #1)

By: Emma Ellis

4.10

Format: 376 pages, Kindle Edition

Mae finds herself pregnant in a world where the global population has hit twenty billion, and gover… read more

Similar categories in Emma Ellis's Donate (Eyes Forward #1) book and N.J. Crosskey's Correctional

  • dystopia
  • fiction
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11. Lakewood

By: Megan Giddings

3.49

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A startling debut about class and race, Lakewood evokes a terrifying world of medical experimentati… read more

Similar categories in Megan Giddings's Lakewood book and N.J. Crosskey's Correctional

  • science fiction
  • dystopia
  • fiction
"People feel more loyalty to how they think things should be than to other people, including their family."

-Megan Giddings, Lakewood

"She suddenly understood the thought experiments better based on this feeling, the uncanniness of someone you love being able to abruptly articulate a single feeling. Friendship, family, and romance b…"

-Megan Giddings, Lakewood

"People want to believe these research studies are about something simple that they can relate to like winning a contest. They don’t want to think about why a government would want to experiment on it…"

-Megan Giddings, Lakewood

"I meant to ask him, What did you do to me? But it came out as Why would you do this to someone? My mouth said it multiple times. I didn't mean the drug, I meant the experiments. But Smith took it to …"

-Megan Giddings, Lakewood

Cover of Tell Me an Ending by Jo Harkin

12. Tell Me an Ending

By: Jo Harkin

3.64

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

What if you didn't have to live with your worst memories? Across the world, thousands of people … read more

Similar categories in Jo Harkin's Tell Me an Ending book and N.J. Crosskey's Correctional

  • science fiction
  • dystopia
  • fiction
"Where does the human regret live? Police stations, hospitals. Courtrooms. Hotel bedrooms- bedrooms in general. They should advertise on pillowcases."

-Jo Harkin, Tell Me an Ending

Cover of The Family Experiment by John Marrs

13. 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 N.J. Crosskey's Correctional

  • science fiction
  • dystopia
  • fiction
Cover of Kill Show by Daniel Sweren-Becker

14. Kill Show

By: Daniel Sweren-Becker

3.78

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

When sixteen-year-old Sara Parcell goes missing, it’s an utter tragedy—and an entertaining national… read more

Similar categories in Daniel Sweren-Becker's Kill Show book and N.J. Crosskey's Correctional

  • fiction
"Some people chalk up every violent act against women to a boy who never got kissed in Middle School...I hate that framework because it implies it's somehow every teenage girl's responsibility to dole…"

-Daniel Sweren-Becker, Kill Show

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15. Girlfriend on Mars

By: Deborah Willis

3.42

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Amber Kivinen is moving to Mars. Or at least, she will be if she wins a chance to join MarsNow. She… read more

Similar categories in Deborah Willis's Girlfriend on Mars book and N.J. Crosskey's Correctional

  • science fiction
  • fiction
Cover of The Farm by Joanne Ramos

16. The Farm

By: Joanne Ramos

3.49

Format: 327 pages, Hardcover

Nestled in the Hudson Valley is a sumptuous retreat boasting every amenity: organic meals, private … read more

Similar categories in Joanne Ramos's The Farm book and N.J. Crosskey's Correctional

  • science fiction
  • dystopia
  • fiction
"The problem is that she is too pretty. When you are too pretty, the other parts of you do not become strong."

-Joanne Ramos, The Farm

"And suddenly she is exhausted. And sad. A sadness so vast she feels like she is drowning in it... Because nothing is going to change."

-Joanne Ramos, The Farm

Cover of The Suspect by Rob Rinder

17. The Suspect

By: Rob Rinder

3.96

Format: 400 pages, ebook

**THE GRIPPING SECOND NOVEL FROM ROB RINDER AND FOLLOW-UP TO NO. 1 BESTSELLER THE TRIAL**When Hanna… read more

Similar categories in Rob Rinder's The Suspect book and N.J. Crosskey's Correctional

  • fiction
Cover of Correctional by N.J. Crosskey

18. Correctional

By: N.J. Crosskey

3.80

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

"Smart, fast-paced and disturbingly possible"  —Joelle Charbonneau, author, The Testing "Twelve inm… read more

Similar categories in N.J. Crosskey's Correctional book and N.J. Crosskey's Correctional

  • science fiction
  • dystopia
  • fiction
Cover of Come Join Our Disease by Sam Byers

19. Come Join Our Disease

By: Sam Byers

3.04

Format: 368 pages, ebook

Sam Byers's mastery of tone and attentiveness to every psychological shift confirms him as one of t… read more

Similar categories in Sam Byers's Come Join Our Disease book and N.J. Crosskey's Correctional

  • dystopia
  • fiction
"For Zelma it was less about expression and more about reply. She couldn't tune out the exhortations but neither could she allow them simply to pass through her unchecked and uninterrogated. She had t…"

-Sam Byers, Come Join Our Disease

"I understood, too, what was upsetting my supposed benefactors. This wasn't about my work or my Instagram feed, or whatever uncomfortable email or phone call. Ryan and Seth had received this morning f…"

-Sam Byers, Come Join Our Disease

"But what aren't you doing already? What more can you possibly do?’ ‘I guess he means the team stuff’, I said. ‘The bonding. The camaraderie I've never really been –‘. ‘Don't start judging yourself’, …"

-Sam Byers, Come Join Our Disease

Cover of The Treatment by Sarah Moorhead

20. 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 N.J. Crosskey's Correctional

  • science fiction
  • dystopia
  • fiction
Cover of Queen B: The Story of Anne Boleyn, Witch Queen (Her Majesty's Royal Coven, #0.5) by Juno  Dawson

21. Queen B: The Story of Anne Boleyn, Witch Queen (Her Majesty's Royal Coven, #0.5)

By: Juno Dawson

3.76

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

The next enchanting instalment of the sensational #1 SUNDAY TIMES bestselling HER MAJESTY’S ROYAL C… read more

Similar categories in Juno Dawson's Queen B: The Story of Anne Boleyn, Witch Queen (Her Majesty's Royal Coven, #0.5) book and N.J. Crosskey's Correctional

  • fiction

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Mona Awad

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3.68

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