The Handmaid's Tale

by Margaret Atwood

In a theocratic state that has stripped women of their rights, one woman recounts daily life under a system built around surveillance and reproductive control. Memories of the world before become both a source of pain and an assertion of identity.

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The full award history.

Clarke · 1987 · novel ↗
Winner

Locus · 1987 · sf novel ↗
Historical Locus poll selection

Nebula · 1987 · novel ↗
Finalist