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24 alternatives to Our Dried Voices

INDIEFAB Book of the Year-nominated dystopian fiction novel

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Our Dried Voices launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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Groundera▲257
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Reedsy Discovery▲199
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Curious Fictions▲130
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2016 · its alternatives →
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Jellybooks▲59
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2016 · its alternatives →
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Oryx and Crake▲108
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2015 · its alternatives →
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Super Sad True Love Story▲90
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2015 · its alternatives →
8
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2016 · its alternatives →
9
We Need Diverse Books▲87
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2014 · its alternatives →
10
Findaway Voices by Spotify▲180
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2025 · findawayvoices.com · its alternatives →
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Sapiens▲185
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2015 · its alternatives →
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Litographs Book Club▲84
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2015 · its alternatives →
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Looking for Feedback on My “Computer Science Fiction” Novel Blue Screen▲60
This has been my Covid burnout project and I would love any thoughts or input, especially about the Bash code. I just am finishing the first chapter of the audiobook and would love any thoughts, positive or negative. The full pdf here: https://KyleBenzle.com/BlueScreen.pdf Free first chapter of the audiobook: https://soundcloud.com/landgrant/blue-screen-chapter-1 Giving away the Amazon ebook: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B084GHLYSX Blurb: Peter Gustafson wants to save the world. In the year 2984, Peter is an average kid with a secret; he’s…
2023 · its alternatives →
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2014 · its alternatives →
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IndiesRead.it▲145
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2024 · its alternatives →
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Elon Musk and the Quest for a Fantastic Future▲67
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2017 · its alternatives →
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BestSFBooks, Mashup of the Best SF/Fantasy Books▲78
I'm releasing BestSFBooks today: http://www.bestsfbooks.com I was inspired by this HN post from a few weeks ago: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2978027 BestSFBooks ranks science fiction/fantasy books according to how many awards they've won or been nominated for. I included all the big ones (Hugo, Nebula, etc.) and also more obscure awards that I like such as SF Site Editor's choice. Once I had all the awards in there it was easy to start creating a New Book list based on award winning authors. I could tell the app was working as soon as I saw the two book lists on the home page.…
2011 · its alternatives →
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Dark Matter of the Mind▲67
The Culturally Articulated Unconscious
2017 · its alternatives →
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2017 · its alternatives →
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The Utopia Experiment▲103
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2015 · its alternatives →
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2016 · its alternatives →
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Fictionhub, a place to share fiction▲46
2015 · fictionhub.io · its alternatives →
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The Last Question by Isaac Asimov▲76
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