9 Best science fiction books like Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

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Player Piano

By: Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

4.38

Format: 613 pages, Paperback

Kurt Vonnegut's first novel spins the chilling tale of engineer Paul Proteus, who must find a way t…

If you liked the science fiction plot in Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. A Scanner Darkly

By: Philip K. Dick

4.02

Format: 219 pages, Paperback

Substance D is not known as Death for nothing. It is the most toxic drug ever to find its way on to… read more

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  • classics
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"We're all dreaming,"

-Philip K. Dick, A Scanner Darkly

"I have seen myself backward."

-Philip K. Dick, A Scanner Darkly

"It's easy to win. Anybody can win."

-Philip K. Dick, A Scanner Darkly

"Okay, I'll come back again on Thursday."

-Philip K. Dick, A Scanner Darkly

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2. The Crying of Lot 49

By: Thomas Pynchon

3.69

Format: 152 pages, Paperback

Suffused with rich satire, chaotic brilliance, verbal turbulence and wild humor, The Crying of Lot … read more

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"As if the dead really do persist, even in a bottle of wine."

-Thomas Pynchon, The Crying of Lot 49

"Death glided by, shadowless, among the empties on the grass."

-Thomas Pynchon, The Crying of Lot 49

"I am having a hallucination now, I don't need drugs for that."

-Thomas Pynchon, The Crying of Lot 49

"the casting had been typically Hollywood: they didn't look or act a bit alike."

-Thomas Pynchon, The Crying of Lot 49

Cover of Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

3. Player Piano

By: Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

4.38

Format: 613 pages, Paperback

Kurt Vonnegut's first novel spins the chilling tale of engineer Paul Proteus, who must find a way t… read more

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  • classics
  • literature
  • humor
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • novels
Cover of Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle by Jerome Klinkowitz, Harold Bloom, Terry Southern, Peter J. Reed, James Lundquist, Richard Giannone, David H. Goldsmith, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, Wendy B. Faris

4. Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle

By: Jerome Klinkowitz , Harold Bloom , Terry Southern , Peter J. Reed , James Lundquist , Richard Giannone , David H. Goldsmith , None , None , None , None , None , None , None , Wendy B. Faris

2.60

Format: None pages,

A critical overview of the work features the writings of Terry Southern, William S. Doxey, Jerome K… read more

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  • classics
  • literature
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  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • novels
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5. The Short Reign of Pippin IV

By: John Steinbeck

3.75

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Steinbeck's only work of political satire turns the French Revolution on its head, as amateur astro… read more

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  • literature
  • classics
  • humor
  • fiction

6. Venus on the Half-Shell

By: Philip José Farmer , Kilgore Trout

4.00

Format: 126 pages,

Simon Wagstaff is the Space Wanderer, a seeker of truth and electric banjo player who narrowly esca… read more

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  • science fiction
  • humor
  • fiction

7. And So it Goes: Kurt Vonnegut: A Life

By: Charles J. Shields

4.33

Format: 306 pages,

The first authoritative biography of Kurt Vonnegut Jr., a writer who changed the conversation of Am… read more

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8. Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said

By: Philip K. Dick

3.98

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Jason Tavener woke up one morning to find himself completely unknown. The night before he had been … read more

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9. A Confederacy of Dunces

By: John Kennedy Toole , Walker Percy

3.89

Format: 394 pages, Paperback

Here is Ignatius Reilly: slob extraordinary, a mad Oliver Hardy, a fat Don Quixote, a perverse Thom… read more

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  • literature
  • humor
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  • novels
"Oh, Fortuna, you capricious sprite!"

-John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces

"Mothers got a hard road to travel, believe me."

-John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces

"The day before me is fraught with God knows what horrors."

-John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces

"Mother doesn't cook, Ignatius said dogmatically, She burns."

-John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces

10. Gravity's Rainbow

By: Thomas Pynchon , Andrés Ibáñez , None

3.97

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

Winner of the 1973 National Book Award, Gravity's Rainbow is a postmodern epic, a work as exhaustiv… read more

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11. Catch-22

By: Joseph Heller

3.99

Format: 453 pages, Paperback

Fifty years after its original publication, Catch-22 remains a cornerstone of American literature a… read more

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  • classics
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  • humor
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  • novels
"Nately had a bad start. He came from a good family."

-Joseph Heller, Catch-22

"When people disagreed with him he urged them to be objective."

-Joseph Heller, Catch-22

"Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you."

-Joseph Heller, Catch-22

"They’re not going to send a crazy man out to be killed, are they?"

-Joseph Heller, Catch-22

12. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

By: Hunter S. Thompson , Ralph Steadman

3.86

Format: 536 pages, Paperback

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegasis the best chronicle of drug-soaked, addle-brained, rollicking good … read more

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13. No Country for Old Men

By: Cormac McCarthy

3.07

Format: None pages, Paperback

Alternate Cover Edition for ISBN # - 9780375706677 In his blistering new novel, Cormac McCarthy ret… read more

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14. White Noise

By: Don DeLillo

3.86

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

The National Book Award-winning classic from the author of Underworld and Libra, now a Netflix film… read more

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  • classics
  • literature
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • novels
"The vast and terrible depth." “Of course,"

-Don DeLillo, White Noise

"You are the happy one. I am the doomed fool."

-Don DeLillo, White Noise

"Fear is self-awareness raised to a higher level."

-Don DeLillo, White Noise

"...the half-concealed disasters that constitute a life."

-Don DeLillo, White Noise

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15. Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West

By: Cormac McCarthy

4.16

Format: 351 pages, Paperback

Blood Meridian is an epic novel of the violence and depravity that attended America's westward expa… read more

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  • literature
  • novels
  • classics
  • fiction
"See the child."

-Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West

"If war is not holy man is nothing but antic clay."

-Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West

"Here beyond men's judgments all covenants were brittle."

-Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West

"There is no such joy in the tavern as upon the road thereto."

-Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West

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16. The Sun Also Rises (Fiesta)

By: Ernest Hemingway

3.79

Format: 189 pages, Paperback

The quintessential novel of the Lost Generation, The Sun Also Rises (Fiesta) is one of Ernest Hemin… read more

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  • literature
  • novels
  • classics
  • fiction
"Never be daunted"

-Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises (Fiesta)

"I am always in love."

-Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises (Fiesta)

"Oh, darling, I've been so miserable."

-Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises (Fiesta)

"You'll lose it, if you talk about it"

-Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises (Fiesta)

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17. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

By: Philip K. Dick

4.09

Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition

It was January 2021, and Rick Deckard had a license to kill. Somewhere among the hordes of humans o… read more

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  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • novels
"An android,"

-Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

"Mors certa, vita incerta,"

-Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

"Mankind needs more empathy."

-Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

"Frankly, you look more like a goat man to me."

-Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

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18. Taming Flame

By: Therisa Peimer

4.30

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

Flaminius's days of bouncing between beds are snatched away the instant he sets eyes on his perfect… read more

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  • novels
  • fiction
"Tightening his embrace around his wife and little Theo, he vowed, "I will do everything in my power to continue being worthy of the faith you have in me."

-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

"Why do you have such faith in me, Aurelia?" "I've told you a million times that I love you, you make me feel safe and cherished, and you care deeply for our people. Why wouldn't I have faith in you?"

-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

"I'm so proud of you I could burst, but in the interest of saving the poor cleaning staff the hassle, I would, instead, like to take you to our room and lick you from stem to stern until you beg me to…"

-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

"A virgin," Flaminius smiled deviously. "I'll take her." Instantly, surprised chatter erupted. Mother Guardian held up her hand for silence. "You cannot be serious, Sire." "Oh, but I am," he replied w…"

-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

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19. The Polymorph

By: Max Nowaz

4.29

Format: None pages, ebook

Arbitrator, Jim Brown is returning to Earth after completing a successful mission to put down a rev… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
"One thing I have learnt is that you may do a lot of evil things, but if you are ever afforded a chance to be good, then you should take it. You will feel better about yourself."

-Max Nowaz, The Polymorph

"If you always try to subjugate people by coercion, because you are strong, then sooner or later you will run into somebody who is just as strong, if not stronger. Then you'll be in trouble."

-Max Nowaz, The Polymorph

"He was planning to take my shape and marry you. Then he was going to kill your father and take over his business empire." "And you? What are your plans?" "I have no plans to kill your father."

-Max Nowaz, The Polymorph

"Every morning when I wake up, I ask myself, "Why was I born?" Then I answer myself, "You were born to be successful." If you can learn to define your own success and not let others dictate it, you ca…"

-Max Nowaz, The Polymorph

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20. A Clockwork Orange

By: Anthony Burgess

4.00

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

In Anthony Burgess's influential nightmare vision of the future, criminals take over after dark. Te… read more

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  • dystopia
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"I was cured all right."

-Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange

"Alex like groweth up, Oh Yes."

-Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange

"I was always on my oddy knocky."

-Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange

"Civilised my syphilised yarbles."

-Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange

Cover of Slaughterhouse-Five, or the Children's Crusade: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Ryan North

21. Slaughterhouse-Five, or the Children's Crusade: A Graphic Novel Adaptation

By: Ryan North

4.40

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

The first-ever graphic novel adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five, an American classic… read more

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"Recomendei aos meus filhos que não se envolvam com massacres sob hipótese alguma, e que notícias de massacres de inimigos não devem ser motivo de satisfação ou alegria."

-Ryan North, Slaughterhouse-Five, or the Children's Crusade: A Graphic Novel Adaptation

"A coisa mais importante que aprendi em Tralfamadore é que, quando uma pessoa morre, ela apenas parece estar morta. Mas continua bem viva no passado, e é uma bobagem chorar quando ela é enterrada. Tod…"

-Ryan North, Slaughterhouse-Five, or the Children's Crusade: A Graphic Novel Adaptation

12 best-selling novels books like Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

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Philip K. Dick

4.02

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The Crying of Lot 49

Thomas Pynchon

3.69

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Player Piano

Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

4.38

Transform Your Habits

Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle

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Sara Pascoe

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Max Nowaz

4.30

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4.30

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Yvonne Korshak

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