The Chrysalids by John Wyndham. This was one inspiration for The Handmaid’s Tale
A Country of Ghosts by Margaret Killjoy
Amatka by Karin Tidbeck
A Short Stay in Hell by Steven Peck
Venomous Lumpsucker by Ned Beauman
The Fortunate Fall by Cameron Reed (also published with the name Raphael Carter)
Color of a Mirror by Daniel Adams-Dufresne
Bang Bang Bodisattva by Aubrey Wood
Blackfish City by Sam J. Miller
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MaddAddam trilogy by Margaret Atwood
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*Battle Royale* by Koushun Takami
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*We* by Yevgeny Zamyatin.
*Notes from Underground* by Fyodor Dostoevsky.
*Brave New World* by Aldous Huxley.
*Fahrenheit 451* by Ray Bradbury.
*Animal* *Farm* by George Orwell.
*Nineteen Eighty-Four* by George Orwell.
*Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?* by Philip K. Dick.
*The Time Machine* by H. G. Wells.
*The Giver* by Lois Lowry.
*The Trial* by Franz Kafka.
*The Forever War* by Joe Haldeman.
*Ender’s Game* by Orson Scott Card.
*Vampire Nation* by Thomas M. Sipos.
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Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler
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The Testing Series, Divergent series, Lunar Chronicle series are good YA dystopian choices
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*How High We Go in the Dark* by Sequoia Nagamatsu is a series of interwoven short stories about a near future where plague decimates much of the world and changes society fundamentally. It’s beautifully written and deeply philosophical and not your typical dystopia and that’s why I like it.
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Wool series by Hugh Howey, and Station Eleven
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War With the Newts by Karel Čapek
It’s often overlooked and doesn’t usually make people’s lists and I cant figure out why. One of the best books ive ever read.
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h{{The Book of Joan by Lidia Yuknavitch}}
h{{Thrust by Lidia Yuknavitch}}
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The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa
“The Memory Police is a 1994 dystopian novel by Yōko Ogawa, set on an unnamed island where objects mysteriously disappear, and the Memory Police enforce their permanent erasure from memory. The story follows a young novelist who hides her editor, one of the few who can remember the lost items, as they try to preserve the past through her writing, exploring themes of loss, surveillance, and identity.”
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If you like zombies with your dystopia, check out the Newsflesh trilogy by Mira Grant.
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Stand On Zanzibar by John Brunner is lesser known and awesome.
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The Road by Cormac McCarthy
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Severance by Ling Ma, Station 11 by Emily St. John Mandel
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Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandell
World War Z by Max Brooks
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Red rising
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Moon of the Crusted Snow and Moon of the Turning Leaves by Waubgeshig Rice!
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The hunger games trilogy now has two prequel books if you haven’t read them yet.
The Giver books are short, and each explores a different issue with living in a dystopian world.
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Station 11
Fantastic read.
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Under This Forgetful Sky by Lauren Yero is a standalone
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The Chrysalids by John Wyndham. This was one inspiration for The Handmaid’s Tale
A Country of Ghosts by Margaret Killjoy
Amatka by Karin Tidbeck
A Short Stay in Hell by Steven Peck
Venomous Lumpsucker by Ned Beauman
The Fortunate Fall by Cameron Reed (also published with the name Raphael Carter)
Color of a Mirror by Daniel Adams-Dufresne
Bang Bang Bodisattva by Aubrey Wood
Blackfish City by Sam J. Miller
MaddAddam trilogy by Margaret Atwood
*Battle Royale* by Koushun Takami
*We* by Yevgeny Zamyatin.
*Notes from Underground* by Fyodor Dostoevsky.
*Brave New World* by Aldous Huxley.
*Fahrenheit 451* by Ray Bradbury.
*Animal* *Farm* by George Orwell.
*Nineteen Eighty-Four* by George Orwell.
*Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?* by Philip K. Dick.
*The Time Machine* by H. G. Wells.
*The Giver* by Lois Lowry.
*The Trial* by Franz Kafka.
*The Forever War* by Joe Haldeman.
*Ender’s Game* by Orson Scott Card.
*Vampire Nation* by Thomas M. Sipos.
Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler
The Testing Series, Divergent series, Lunar Chronicle series are good YA dystopian choices
*How High We Go in the Dark* by Sequoia Nagamatsu is a series of interwoven short stories about a near future where plague decimates much of the world and changes society fundamentally. It’s beautifully written and deeply philosophical and not your typical dystopia and that’s why I like it.
Wool series by Hugh Howey, and Station Eleven
War With the Newts by Karel Čapek
It’s often overlooked and doesn’t usually make people’s lists and I cant figure out why. One of the best books ive ever read.
h{{The Book of Joan by Lidia Yuknavitch}}
h{{Thrust by Lidia Yuknavitch}}
The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa
“The Memory Police is a 1994 dystopian novel by Yōko Ogawa, set on an unnamed island where objects mysteriously disappear, and the Memory Police enforce their permanent erasure from memory. The story follows a young novelist who hides her editor, one of the few who can remember the lost items, as they try to preserve the past through her writing, exploring themes of loss, surveillance, and identity.”
If you like zombies with your dystopia, check out the Newsflesh trilogy by Mira Grant.
Stand On Zanzibar by John Brunner is lesser known and awesome.
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Severance by Ling Ma, Station 11 by Emily St. John Mandel
Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandell
World War Z by Max Brooks
Red rising
Moon of the Crusted Snow and Moon of the Turning Leaves by Waubgeshig Rice!
The hunger games trilogy now has two prequel books if you haven’t read them yet.
The Giver books are short, and each explores a different issue with living in a dystopian world.
Station 11
Fantastic read.
Under This Forgetful Sky by Lauren Yero is a standalone
Silo by Hugh Howey
Far North – Marcel Theroux
The Dog Stars – Peter Heller
Rain & Ruin by Theresa Shaver
Towers by Terry Schott
The Game is Life series by Terry Schott
Native Tongue trilogy by Suzette Haden Elgin!!
Unwind by the same author as scythe.
Uglies/pretties/specials/extras scott westerfeld.