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Whether they’re sci-fi books about androids dominating the world or speculative fiction tales that aren’t so far from real life, dystopian novels are never not in vogue. From widely popular series to critically acclaimed works, these stories’ social commentary caters to both casual readers and literary critics, often making the list for ...
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- A dystopia set during an apocalypse. "The Fifth Season" by N.K. Jemisin, available at Amazon and Bookshop, from $14.80. As society collapses beneath an environmental apocalypse and a horrifying mass murderer, Essun finds that her husband has killed her son and kidnapped her daughter.
- A dystopia plagued by an epidemic of blindness. "Blindness" by José Saramago, available on Amazon and Bookshop, from $10.59. When an unnamed society is swept by an epidemic of "white blindness" that leaves victims totally blind, authorities attempt to quarantine victims in an abandoned mental hospital.
- A young adult dystopian read with fantasy elements. "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir, available on Amazon and Bookshop, from $8.32. Selected as one of TIME's 100 Best YA Books of All Time, "An Ember in the Ashes" uses fantasy elements to create a dystopia where all must vow allegiance to the Martial Empire and live in fear of their power.
- A series set in dystopian districts that host a deadly competition. "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins, available on Amazon and Bookshop, from $11.69.
- Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (1953) A book about the burning of books. Powerful words about the power of the written word. In 1953, Ray Bradbury gave the world a chilling view of a possible future based all too deeply in the truths of the past and present—the bonfires of the vanities throughout history leading up to the Nazi book burnings just a decade earlier and the Senate Subcommittee of Juvenile Delinquency that was about to launch an attack on comic books.
- Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell (1949) When we say something is Orwellian, what we are truly saying is that say it exhibits the authoritarian specter of Nineteen Eighty-Four’s Big Brother.
- Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (1932) Predating George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four and, in some ways, proving even more prescient, Aldous Huxley’s vicious undoing of utopia proves that the most brutal deaths can come from the softest touch.
- Animal Farm by George Orwell (1945) Not all classics are worth their continued inclusion in the canon, but George Orwell’s Animal Farm, one of the 20 century’s seminal dystopian narratives, continues to offer lasting significance.
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- The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood. Hailed by the New York Times as “the patron saint of feminist dystopian fiction,” Margaret Atwood crafted a novel that feels as relevant today as it did when it was published in 1985.
- 1984 by George Orwell. While nearly four decades have passed since the title year, this book’s themes of surveillance and censorship are still relevant today.
- The Stand by Stephen King. One of the most relatable dystopian books, Stephen King‘s 1978 bestseller is set in a world forever altered by a pandemic. A strain of super-flu will kill most people in the world within a few weeks, and the few who are left will need a leader.
- Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel. Twenty years after a pandemic changed the world forever, Kirsten Raymonde and a group of actors and musicians try to keep the arts alive.
- 1984 George Orwell.
- The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) Suzanne Collins.
- Brave New World Aldous Huxley.
- Divergent (Divergent, #1) Veronica Roth (Goodreads Author)
Jun 15, 2023 · The 20 best dystopian novels of all time. While the world may feel hopelessly dystopian, these works of classic and modern fiction hold up a mirror with entertaining stories of our worst...
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