What to Read After Shikasta
Readers who loved Shikasta by Doris Lessing keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where Shikasta is read alongside other books across reader co-reads and book lists. The more independent sources agree on a title, the higher it ranks.
Books to read after Shikasta
Crystal World (Flamingo Modern Classic)
Hothouse
He, She and It
Donovan's Brain
Self Reference Engine
Worlds of Exile and Illusion
Dwellers in the Mirage
Everything You Need
Up the walls of the world
Dusklands
Islandia
A strange manuscript found in a copper cylinder
City, sister, silver
Memoirs of a spacewoman
The four-gated city.
Briefing for a descent into hell
The Stepford Wives
The Good Terrorist (Vintage International)
The summer before the dark
Prisons we choose to live inside
The Golden Notebook
Martha Quest
Mara and Dann
Canopus in Argos