If you loved how Julian West in Looking Backward awakens to a radically transformed, harmonious Boston, you'll find News from Nowhere just as immersive. Here, William Guest similarly wakes up in a future London where society has been reorganized along utopian, egalitarian lines. The novel explores daily life, labor, and community without money or coercion—offering a vivid, hopeful vision of what humanity could achieve.

If you appreciated the thoughtful social critique and philosophical underpinnings of Looking Backward, you'll be drawn into Island. Here, Will Farnaby discovers the utopian society of Pala, where radical ideas about education, governance, and happiness are explored. Huxley delves deep into questions of existence, ethics, and the potential for a better world—inviting you to reflect as much as to imagine.

If you enjoyed the political and social reimagining in Looking Backward, you’ll find Utopia a foundational and fascinating read. In this classic, More presents a detailed vision of an ideal society, discussing everything from communal property to education and justice—inviting you to compare and contrast visions of human progress across centuries.

If you were captivated by the way Looking Backward reimagines economics and society, The Dispossessed offers a powerful, nuanced look at competing socio-economic systems. Follow Shevek as he journeys between the anarchist world of Anarres and the capitalist society of Urras, prompting deep questions about freedom, justice, and what makes a society truly just.

If you found the speculative vision of the future in Looking Backward compelling, Brave New World offers a provocative counterpoint. Huxley’s World State is meticulously organized, offering stability and comfort at the expense of individuality and freedom. Watching Bernard Marx and John the Savage navigate this society will have you thinking critically about progress, control, and what we value most.