Books like Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
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Genre
- Science fiction
- Political fiction
- Satirical literature
Story type
What it is about
- State-sponsored terrorism
- Totalitarianism
- Book burning
- Censorship
- Subversion
- Conformity
Where it happens
Kind of book
- Novel
Ages
- Ages 13+
- Adult
Awards
- Prometheus Award - Hall of Fame
About this book
A book burner in a future fascist state discovers the value of books and reads in secret until he is betrayed. (condensed from its Library of Congress summary) It is set in United States and listed for ages 13 and up.
Where this comes from: Library of Congress · Wikidata · Common Sense Media · Open Library subject
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Why: Both are dystopian and science fiction books about totalitarianisms.
- Dystopian
- Science fiction
- Totalitarianisms
What both books share
- dystopian
Fahrenheit 451: "Fiction, dystopian" (OL subject); "dystopian fiction" (WD genre)
Brave New World: "Dystopian" (OL subject); "dystopian fiction" (WD genre); "Dystopian fiction" (LoC 655) - science fiction
Fahrenheit 451: "science fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, science fiction, general" (OL subject); "Science fiction, american" (OL subject); "science fiction" (WD genre)
Brave New World: "Science fiction" (OL subject); "Science-fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, science fiction, general" (OL subject); "science fiction" (WD genre) - totalitarianisms
Fahrenheit 451: "Totalitarianism" (OL subject); "Totalitarianisms" (OL subject); "Totalitarianism--fiction" (OL subject); "Totalitarianism -- Fiction" (LoC 650)
Brave New World: "Totalitarianism" (OL subject); "Totalitarianism" (LoC 650)
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Why: Both are dystopian and science fiction books about totalitarianisms.
- Dystopian
- Science fiction
- Totalitarianisms
What both books share
- dystopian
Fahrenheit 451: "Fiction, dystopian" (OL subject); "dystopian fiction" (WD genre)
Nineteen Eighty-Four: "Fiction, dystopian" (OL subject); "dystopian fiction" (WD genre) - science fiction
Fahrenheit 451: "science fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, science fiction, general" (OL subject); "Science fiction, american" (OL subject); "science fiction" (WD genre)
Nineteen Eighty-Four: "Science Fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, science fiction, general" (OL subject); "science fiction" (WD genre) - totalitarianisms
Fahrenheit 451: "Totalitarianism" (OL subject); "Totalitarianisms" (OL subject); "Totalitarianism--fiction" (OL subject); "Totalitarianism -- Fiction" (LoC 650)
Nineteen Eighty-Four: "Totalitarianism" (OL subject); "Totalitarianism and literature" (OL subject); "Totalitarianism--fiction" (OL subject); "totalitarianism" (WD main subject)
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Why: Both are dystopian and science fiction novels, set in United States.
What both books share
- dystopian
Fahrenheit 451: "Fiction, dystopian" (OL subject); "dystopian fiction" (WD genre)
The Handmaid's Tale: "Dystopian fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, dystopian" (OL subject); "FICTION / Dystopian" (OL subject); "Dystopian" (OL subject) - science fiction
Fahrenheit 451: "science fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, science fiction, general" (OL subject); "Science fiction, american" (OL subject); "science fiction" (WD genre)
The Handmaid's Tale: "science fiction" (OL subject); "FICTION / Science Fiction" (OL subject); "science fiction" (WD genre) - novels
Fahrenheit 451: "philosophical novel" (WD genre)
The Handmaid's Tale: "social science fiction novel" (WD genre) - United States
Fahrenheit 451: "United States" (WD narrative location)
The Handmaid's Tale: "United States" (WD narrative location)
- dystopian
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What they share, at a glance
Fahrenheit 451 next to each book above. A dot means both books' records carry that fact.
| Book | Science fiction | Dystopian | Totalitarianisms | United States |
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| Brave New World | shared | shared | shared | not shared |
| Nineteen Eighty-Four | shared | shared | shared | not shared |
| The Handmaid's Tale | shared | shared | not shared | shared |
| The Road | shared | shared | not shared | not shared |
| Ready Player One | shared | shared | not shared | not shared |
| The Hunger Games | shared | shared | not shared | not shared |
| Divergent | shared | shared | not shared | not shared |
| A Clockwork Orange | not shared | shared | not shared | not shared |
| Rocannon's World | shared | not shared | not shared | not shared |
| Flowers for Algernon | shared | not shared | not shared | not shared |
| Foundation | shared | not shared | not shared | not shared |
| Foundation and Empire | shared | not shared | not shared | not shared |
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Fahrenheit 451: the facts, checked
Each line names the page it was checked on and the date.
- First published
- First published in 1953. Source: Wikidata, checked November 6, 2026.
- Awards and honors
- It received the Retro Hugo Award for Best Novel in 2004. Source: Wikidata, citing thehugoawards.org, checked November 6, 2026.
- Awards and honors
- It received the Prometheus Award - Hall of Fame in 1984. Source: Wikidata, citing lfs.org, checked November 6, 2026.
- Awards and honors
- Wikidata lists the NPR Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books for this book. Source: Wikidata, with no reference of its own, checked November 6, 2026.
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