If you loved how The Space Merchants threw you into a future where advertising agencies and corporations control everything, you'll be hooked by Jennifer Government. Here, the world is run by ruthless corporations and marketing departments, and you'll follow characters like Hack Nike as he gets swept into a wild, high-stakes plot involving assassination, branding, and rebellion. The breakneck pace and biting satire are sure to delight you.

If you appreciated the witty, satirical edge of The Space Merchants, you'll enjoy Stand on Zanzibar's sharp, often darkly funny take on overpopulation and corporate culture. Brunner's near-future world is filled with clever observations, ad-speak, and absurdities that echo Pohl and Kornbluth's humor, all while weaving a complex, engaging narrative.

If the dystopian, commercialized future of The Space Merchants fascinated you, you'll find Brave New World just as compelling. Huxley's World State is obsessed with consumption, pleasure, and engineered happiness, offering a chilling critique of advertising, social control, and the loss of individuality that will resonate with fans of Pohl and Kornbluth's world.

If you were intrigued by the corporate and political machinations in The Space Merchants, you'll be drawn into The Dispossessed. Le Guin contrasts two planets with radically different societies, diving deep into the interplay between capitalism and anarchism through the journey of physicist Shevek, whose struggle to bridge worlds is as intellectually provocative as it is emotionally engaging.

If you were absorbed by the environmental and societal critique in The Space Merchants—like its depiction of scarcity and consumer excess—The Sheep Look Up will grip you with its harrowing portrayal of ecological collapse and unchecked corporate power. Through a cascade of personal stories and news snippets, Brunner delivers a powerful, unsettling vision of a future pushed to the brink by pollution and greed.