Read-alikes and related books

Books like Blindness

If you loved Blindness by José Saramago, this shelf of 24 books shares the same pull — rooted in Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic, Occult & Supernatural, Dystopian, and Drama.

Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic Occult & Supernatural Dystopian Drama Psychological Horror Media Tie-In American Crime Classics Medical Science Fiction Contemporary Thrillers Fantasy Literary Fiction

Top related books to Blindness

Titles selected for shared themes, overlapping readership, and similar literary appeal.

Bird Box A Novel

Josh Malerman

Themes: Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic • Occult & Supernatural • Drama

State of Fear

Michael Crichton

Themes: Occult & Supernatural • Drama • Psychological

Aurora A Novel

David Koepp

Themes: Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic • Occult & Supernatural • Dystopian

Rebecca [Movie Tie-In]

Daphne Du Maurier

Themes: Occult & Supernatural • Drama • Psychological

The Patient A Novel

Jane Shemilt

Themes: Drama • Psychological • Horror

The Last Man

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Themes: Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic • Occult & Supernatural • Dystopian

Disappearance at Devil’s Rock A Novel

Paul Tremblay

Themes: Occult & Supernatural • Psychological • Horror

The Bachman Books

Richard Bachman

Themes: Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic • Occult & Supernatural • Psychological

A Head Full of Ghosts A Novel

Paul Tremblay

Themes: Occult & Supernatural • Psychological • Horror

#10

Mystic River A Novel

Dennis Lehane

Themes: Drama • Psychological • Media Tie-In

#11

How to Survive Everything

Ewan Morrison

Themes: Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic • Dystopian • Horror

#12

After Me Comes the Flood A Novel

Sarah Perry

Themes: Occult & Supernatural • Psychological • Horror

#13

The Returned

Jason Mott

Themes: Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic • Occult & Supernatural • Dystopian

#14

The Enchanted A Novel

Rene Denfeld

Themes: Drama • Psychological • Horror

#15

My Dark Vanessa A Novel

Kate Elizabeth Russell

Themes: Drama • Psychological • Horror

#16

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Robert Louis Stevenson

Themes: Occult & Supernatural • Psychological • Horror

#17

Under the Skin

Michel Faber

Themes: Occult & Supernatural • Horror • American

#18

Earth Abides

George R. Stewart

Themes: Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic • Dystopian • Media Tie-In

#19

Future Home of the Living God A Novel

Louise Erdrich

Themes: Dystopian • Drama • Horror

#20

The Exorcist

William Peter Blatty

Themes: Occult & Supernatural • Psychological • Horror

#21

I Know This Much Is True

Wally Lamb

Themes: Drama • Psychological • American

#22

A Scanner Darkly

Philip K. Dick

Themes: Dystopian • Psychological • Crime

#23

Sanctuary — Luca D’Andrea

Luca D'Andrea

Themes: Occult & Supernatural • Psychological • Horror

#24

Tales of H.P. Lovecraft

Howard Phillips Lovecraft

Themes: Occult & Supernatural • Dystopian • Horror

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic, Occult & Supernatural, Dystopian — the same threads that run through Blindness by José Saramago. Among the authors featured: Josh Malerman, Michael Crichton, David Koepp, Daphne Du Maurier, and others.