The Dispossessed

30 Best Books About a Dystopian Future

Welcome to our list of Dystopian Novels! Dystopian literature has been captivating readers for decades with its bleak, imagined worlds that often mirror the darker aspects of our own society. These novels explore the consequences of political, social, or environmental collapse, and force us to confront uncomfortable truths about the world we live in. In this list, we have curated some of the best and most thought-provoking dystopian novels of all time.

From George Orwell's classic 1984 to Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale, these books have stood the test of time and continue to resonate with readers today. Whether you're a long-time fan of dystopian fiction or looking to explore the genre for the first time, we hope this list will take you on a journey through some of the most captivating and chilling worlds ever created in literature.

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Yevgeny Zamyatin

1924199

3.90

The Trial

Franz Kafka

1925304

3.96

Brave New World

Aldous Huxley

1932288

3.99

Nineteen Eight-Four

George Orwell

1949328

4.19

The Martian Chronicles

Ray Bradbury

1950288

4.15

Fahrenheit 451

Ray Bradbury

1953249

3.97

Lord of the Flies

William Golding

1954192

3.69

I am Legend

Richard Matheson

1954317

4.00

A Clockwork Orange

Anthony Burgess

1962240

4.00

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

Philip K. Dick

1968240

4.09

Slaughterhouse-Five

Kurt Vonnegut

1969288

4.09

Ursula K. Le Guin

1974400

4.24

The Stand

Stephen King

19781328

4.34

Neuromancer

William Gibson

1984336

3.90

The Handmaid's Tale

Margaret Atwood

1985311

4.13

Parable of The Sower

Octavia E. Butler

1993368

4.21

The Giver

Lois Lowry

1993240

4.13

Blindness

José Saramago

1995352

4.16

Battle Royale

Koushun Takami

1999656

4.25

Never Let Me Go

Kazuo Ishiguro

2005288

3.84

The Road

Cormac McCarthy

2006287

3.98

The Hunger Games

Suzanne Collins

2008384

4.33

The Maze Runner

James Dashner

2009375

4.04

Ready Player One

Ernest Cline

2011384

4.23

Wool

Hugh Howey

2011592

4.12

Bird Box

Josh Malerman

2014272

4.04

Red Rising

Pierce Brown

2014416

4.26

The Power

Naomi Alderman

2016400

3.78

Scythe

Neal Shusterman

2016464

4.33

To Paradise

Hanya Yanagihara

2022784

3.79

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The Trial

Brave New World

Nineteen Eight-Four

The Martian Chronicles

Fahrenheit 451

Lord of the Flies

I am Legend

A Clockwork Orange

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

Slaughterhouse-Five

The Dispossessed

The Stand

Neuromancer

The Handmaid's Tale

Parable of The Sower

The Giver

Blindness

Battle Royale

Never Let Me Go

The Road

The Hunger Games

The Maze Runner

Ready Player One

Wool

Bird Box

Red Rising

The Power

Scythe

To Paradise

The Dispossessed

Synopsis

A bleak moon settled by utopian anarchists, Anarres has long been isolated from other worlds, including its mother planet, Urras—a civilization of warring nations, great poverty, and immense wealth. Now Shevek, a brilliant physicist, is determined to reunite the two planets, which have been divided by centuries of distrust. He will seek answers, question the unquestionable, and attempt to tear down the walls of hatred that have kept them apart.

To visit Urras—to learn, to teach, to share—will require great sacrifice and risks, which Shevek willingly accepts. But the ambitious scientist's gift is soon seen as a threat, and in the profound conflict that ensues, he must reexamine his beliefs even as he ignites the fires of change.

Author

Ursula K. Le Guin

Year of Publishing

1974

Number of Pages

400

Goodreads Rating

4.24

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