Books like A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
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Genre
- Science fiction
- Dystopian fiction
- Satirical fiction
Story type
What it is about
- Gangs
- Juvenile delinquency
- Behavior modification
- Illegal drug
- Youth subculture
- Unreliable narrator
Where it happens
When it happens
- 1961-1969
Kind of book
- Novel
Ages
- Adult
Awards
- Prometheus Award
About this book
Its Library of Congress subjects: Gangs, Juvenile delinquency, Behavior modification. It is set in United States and listed for an audience of adults.
Where this comes from: Library of Congress · Open Library subject
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Why: Both are dystopian books.
What both books share
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A Clockwork Orange: "Fiction, dystopian" (OL subject); "dystopian fiction" (WD genre); "Dystopian fiction" (LoC 655)
Fahrenheit 451: "Fiction, dystopian" (OL subject); "dystopian fiction" (WD genre)
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Why: Both are dystopian books.
What both books share
- dystopian
A Clockwork Orange: "Fiction, dystopian" (OL subject); "dystopian fiction" (WD genre); "Dystopian fiction" (LoC 655)
Brave New World: "Dystopian" (OL subject); "dystopian fiction" (WD genre); "Dystopian fiction" (LoC 655)
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Why: Both are dystopian books.
What both books share
- dystopian
A Clockwork Orange: "Fiction, dystopian" (OL subject); "dystopian fiction" (WD genre); "Dystopian fiction" (LoC 655)
The Handmaid's Tale: "Dystopian fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, dystopian" (OL subject); "FICTION / Dystopian" (OL subject); "Dystopian" (OL subject)
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What they share, at a glance
A Clockwork Orange next to each book above. A dot means both books' records carry that fact.
| Book | Dystopian | Prometheus Award |
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| Fahrenheit 451 | shared | not shared |
| Brave New World | shared | not shared |
| The Handmaid's Tale | shared | not shared |
| The Road | shared | not shared |
| Ready Player One | shared | shared |
| Nineteen Eighty-Four | shared | not shared |
| The Giver | shared | not shared |
| The Hunger Games | shared | not shared |
| Divergent | shared | not shared |
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A Clockwork Orange: the facts, checked
Each line names the page it was checked on and the date.
- First published
- First published in 1962. Source: Wikidata, checked November 6, 2026.
- Awards and honors
- It received the NPR Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books in 2011. Source: Wikidata, citing npr.org, checked November 6, 2026.
- Awards and honors
- Wikidata lists the Prometheus Award (2008) for this book. Source: Wikidata, with no reference of its own, checked November 6, 2026.
- Awards and honors
- Wikidata lists the 20th Century's Greatest Hits: 100 English-Language Books of Fiction for this book. Source: Wikidata, with no reference of its own, checked November 6, 2026.
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