10 Best speculative fiction books like The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick

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The Man in the High Castle

By: Philip K. Dick

3.60

Format: 259 pages, Paperback

It's America in 1962. Slavery is legal once again. The few Jews who still survive hide under assume…

"Don’t you feel it?"

-Philip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle

"Truth, she thought. As terrible as death. But harder to find."

-Philip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle

"Dreadful low-class jingoistic racist invectives, unworthy of me."

-Philip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle

"We are all insects. Groping towards something terrible or divine."

-Philip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle

If you liked the speculative fiction plot in The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick , here is a list of 10 books like this:

Cover of Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1) by William Gibson

1. Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)

By: William Gibson

3.89

Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition

Hotwired to the leading edges of art and technology, Neuromancer is a cyberpunk, science fiction ma… read more

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"Boy, I was daid."

-William Gibson, Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)

"Things aren't different. Things are things."

-William Gibson, Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)

"Don't let the little fuckers generation gap you."

-William Gibson, Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)

"If god made anything better, he kept it for himself"

-William Gibson, Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)

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2. Solaris

By: Stanisław Lem

3.99

Format: 204 pages, Paperback

A classic work of science fiction by renowned Polish novelist and satirist Stanislaw Lem. When K… read more

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"Is a mountain only a huge stone? Is a planet an enormous mountain?"

-Stanisław Lem, Solaris

"If man had more of a sense of humour, things might have turned out differently."

-Stanisław Lem, Solaris

"But what am I going to see? I don't know. In a certain sense, it depends on you."

-Stanisław Lem, Solaris

"I was still a prisoner in my nightmares, and every morning the play began again."

-Stanisław Lem, Solaris

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3. Roadside Picnic

By: Theodore Sturgeon , Arkady Strugatsky , Boris Strugatsky , Antonina W. Bouis , None

4.14

Format: 145 pages, Paperback

Red Schuhart is a stalker, one of those young rebels who are compelled, in spite of extreme danger,… read more

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"Keep your head high,"

-Theodore Sturgeon, Roadside Picnic

"Los halagos son el bálsamo de los complejos."

-Theodore Sturgeon, Roadside Picnic

"You need money so you don’t have to think about money."

-Theodore Sturgeon, Roadside Picnic

"Щастие за всички даром и нека никой да не бъде пренебрегнат!"

-Theodore Sturgeon, Roadside Picnic

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4. The Left Hand of Darkness

By: Ursula K. Le Guin , Lech Jęczmyk

4.10

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

A groundbreaking work of science fiction, The Left Hand of Darkness tells the story of a lone human… read more

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"The king was pregnant."

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness

"Truth is a matter of the imagination."

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness

"The light is the left hand of darkness"

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness

"Science fiction is not prescriptive; it is descriptive."

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness

Cover of The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick

5. The Man in the High Castle

By: Philip K. Dick

3.60

Format: 259 pages, Paperback

It's America in 1962. Slavery is legal once again. The few Jews who still survive hide under assume… read more

Similar categories in Philip K. Dick's The Man in the High Castle book and Philip K. Dick's The Man in the High Castle

  • classics
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  • dystopia
  • alternate history
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  • historical fiction
  • science fiction
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  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
"Don’t you feel it?"

-Philip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle

"Truth, she thought. As terrible as death. But harder to find."

-Philip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle

"Dreadful low-class jingoistic racist invectives, unworthy of me."

-Philip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle

"We are all insects. Groping towards something terrible or divine."

-Philip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle

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6. Slaughterhouse-Five

By: Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

2.60

Format: None pages,

Kurt Vonnegut's absurdist classic Slaughterhouse-Fiveintroduces us to Billy Pilgrim, a man who beco… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • science fiction
  • novels

7. Second Foundation (Foundation #3)

By: Isaac Asimov

3.82

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

So far the Foundation was safe. But there was a hidden Second Foundation to protect the first. The … read more

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8. I, Robot (Robot, #0.1)

By: Isaac Asimov

4.21

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Isaac Asimov's I, Robot launches readers on an adventure into a not-so-distant future where man and… read more

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"Su misma superioridad lo perdió"

-Isaac Asimov, I, Robot (Robot, #0.1)

"There is no Master but the Master,"

-Isaac Asimov, I, Robot (Robot, #0.1)

"No hay manera de diferenciar un robot de un ser humano bueno"

-Isaac Asimov, I, Robot (Robot, #0.1)

"There is nothing so eternally adhesive as the memory of power."

-Isaac Asimov, I, Robot (Robot, #0.1)

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9. Childhood’s End

By: Arthur C. Clarke

4.12

Format: 224 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The Overlords appeared suddenly over every city—intellectually, technologically, and militarily sup… read more

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"...a well-stocked mind is safe from boredom."

-Arthur C. Clarke, Childhood’s End

"...no on of intelligence resents the inevitable."

-Arthur C. Clarke, Childhood’s End

"...no one of intelligence resents the inevitable."

-Arthur C. Clarke, Childhood’s End

"Utopia was here at last: its novelty had not yet been assailed by the supreme enemy of all Utopias—boredom."

-Arthur C. Clarke, Childhood’s End

Cover of The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1) by Ken Liu, Liu Cixin

10. The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)

By: Ken Liu , Liu Cixin

4.08

Format: 472 pages, Hardcover

Set against the backdrop of China's Cultural Revolution, a secret military project sends signals in… read more

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"It’s easy to be led to the abyss."

-Ken Liu, The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)

"Your lack of fear is based on your ignorance."

-Ken Liu, The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)

"Intellectuals always make a fuss about nothing."

-Ken Liu, The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)

"A woman should be like water, able to flow over and around anything."

-Ken Liu, The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)

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11. The War of the Worlds

By: H.G. Wells , Arthur C. Clarke

3.83

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

When an army of invading Martians lands in England, panic and terror seize the population. As the a… read more

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"We will peck them to death tomorrow, my dear."

-H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds

"The chances of anything man-like on Mars are a million to one"

-H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds

"Suddenly, like a thing falling upon me from without, came fear."

-H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds

"That's what we are now—just ants. Only——" "Yes," I said. "We're eatable ants."

-H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds

Cover of The Forever War (The Forever War, #1) by Joe Haldeman

12. The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)

By: Joe Haldeman

4.14

Format: 278 pages, Paperback

The Earth's leaders have drawn a line in the interstellar sand—despite the fact that the fierce ali… read more

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"Don't worry about that, Man, just make out my ticket."

-Joe Haldeman, The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)

"Tonight we're going to show you eight silent ways to kill a man."

-Joe Haldeman, The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)

"I was too old-fashioned male-chauv to allow that; we discussed for a minute and I wound up with the couch"

-Joe Haldeman, The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)

"Doctors don’t seem to realize that most of us are perfectly content not having to visualize ourselves as animated bags of skin filled with obscene glop."

-Joe Haldeman, The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)

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13. Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)

By: Arthur C. Clarke

4.12

Format: 243 pages, Paperback

At first, only a few things are known about the celestial object that astronomers dub Rama. It is h… read more

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"He had a suspicion of plausible answers; they were so often wrong."

-Arthur C. Clarke, Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)

"In these latter days, knighthood was an honor few Englishmen escaped."

-Arthur C. Clarke, Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)

"If such a thing had happened once, it must surely have happened many times in this galaxy of a hundred billion suns."

-Arthur C. Clarke, Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)

"Yes, it made sense, and was so absurdly simple that it would take a genius to think of it. And, perhaps, someone who did not expect to do it himself."

-Arthur C. Clarke, Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)

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14. Starship Troopers

By: Robert A. Heinlein

4.01

Format: 264 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The historians can’t seem to settle whether to call this one "The Third Space War" (or the fourth),… read more

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"To permit irresponsible authority is to sell disaster."

-Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers

"Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor."

-Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers

"But, do you know, once you get used to it's rather cute. I mean, if a girl looks alright to start with, she still looks alright with her head smooth."

-Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers

"When you vote, you are exercising political authority, you're using force. And force, my friends, is violence. The supreme authority from which all other authorities are derived."

-Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers

15. The Martian Chronicles

By: Ray Bradbury

3.97

Format: 480 pages,

The strange and wonderful tale of man's experiences on Mars, filled with intense images and astonis… read more

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16. 2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)

By: Arthur C. Clarke

4.17

Format: 297 pages, Paperback

On the Moon, an enigma is uncovered. So great are the implications of this discovery that for th… read more

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"My God -- it's full of stars! -Dave Bowman."

-Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)

"Now times had changed, and the inherited wisdom of the past had become folly."

-Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)

". . . the newspapers of Utopia, he had long ago decided, would be terribly dull."

-Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)

"Now I'm a scientific expert; that means I know nothing about absolutely everything."

-Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)

Cover of Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

17. Brave New World

By: Aldous Huxley

3.99

Format: 268 pages, Paperback

Aldous Huxley's profoundly important classic of world literature, Brave New World is a searching vi… read more

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"Pain was a fascinating horror"

-Aldous Huxley, Brave New World

"Ending is better than mending."

-Aldous Huxley, Brave New World

"The more stitches, the less riches."

-Aldous Huxley, Brave New World

"If one's different, one's bound to be lonely."

-Aldous Huxley, Brave New World

Cover of The Road by Cormac McCarthy

18. The Road

By: Cormac McCarthy

3.99

Format: 241 pages, Hardcover

A searing, postapocalyptic novel destined to become Cormac McCarthy’s masterpiece. A father and … read more

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"Carry the fire."

-Cormac McCarthy, The Road

"If only my heart were stone."

-Cormac McCarthy, The Road

"There is no God and we are his prophets."

-Cormac McCarthy, The Road

"You have my whole heart. You always did."

-Cormac McCarthy, The Road

Cover of Foundation (Foundation, #1) by Isaac Asimov

19. Foundation (Foundation, #1)

By: Isaac Asimov

4.17

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

The first novel in Isaac Asimov's classic science-fiction masterpiece, the Foundation series Fo… read more

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"Past glories are poor feeding."

-Isaac Asimov, Foundation (Foundation, #1)

"Weak emperors mean strong viceroys. "

-Isaac Asimov, Foundation (Foundation, #1)

"I shall not be alive a half decade hence,"

-Isaac Asimov, Foundation (Foundation, #1)

"Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent."

-Isaac Asimov, Foundation (Foundation, #1)

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20. Dune (Dune, #1)

By: Frank Herbert

4.27

Format: 658 pages, Hardcover

Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, heir to a noble famil… read more

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"Fear is the mind-killer."

-Frank Herbert, Dune (Dune, #1)

"Hope clouds observation."

-Frank Herbert, Dune (Dune, #1)

"There’s a Bene Gesserit saying,"

-Frank Herbert, Dune (Dune, #1)

"Humans are almost always lonely."

-Frank Herbert, Dune (Dune, #1)

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21. Dune Messiah (Dune, #2)

By: Frank Herbert

3.89

Format: 336 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Book Two in the Magnificent Dune Chronicles--the Bestselling Science Fiction Adventure of All Time … read more

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"One moment of incompetence can be fatal."

-Frank Herbert, Dune Messiah (Dune, #2)

"What the eyes had seen could not be erased."

-Frank Herbert, Dune Messiah (Dune, #2)

"Cynicism! That, no doubt is a greater crime than heresy."

-Frank Herbert, Dune Messiah (Dune, #2)

"Truth suffers from too much analysis. -Ancient Fremen Saying"

-Frank Herbert, Dune Messiah (Dune, #2)

20 best-selling fiction books like The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick

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Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)

William Gibson

3.89

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Solaris

Stanisław Lem

3.99

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Roadside Picnic

Theodore Sturgeon , Arkady Strugatsky , Boris Strugatsky , Antonina W. Bouis , None

4.14

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The Left Hand of Darkness

Ursula K. Le Guin , Lech Jęczmyk

4.10

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Foundation's Fear (Second Foundation Trilogy, #1)

Gregory Benford

3.85

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Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)

William Gibson

3.89

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Foundation's Triumph (Second Foundation Trilogy, #3)

David Brin

4.00

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Foundation and Chaos (Second Foundation Trilogy #2)

Greg Bear

4.18

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