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Dystopian Fiction

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Intro to Dystopian Fiction

The antonym of utopia, a dystopia is typically a future, or an alternative timeline in which society is ruled by fear and dehumanization. Dystopian fiction is often a social commentary on real-world issues like religion, economics, politics, technology, etc., that tries to warn or dissuade the society from going down the path to becoming a dystopia. Often times, these Dystopian Novels portray their society as a Utopia, but then reveal the flaws of the society and how horrible it really is. Dystopian novels are able to create a haunting reading experience designed to excite the reader, but also make the reader think “what if?”

Utopian Novels

Are Utopias really any better? Find out for yourself with these classic Utopian novels!

♦ The Republic / Plato

♦ Utopia / Thomas More

♦ Always Coming Home / Ursula K. Le Guin

♦ Island / Aldous Huxley

♦ A Modern Utopia / H. G. Wells

♦ For Us, the Living: a Comedy of Customs / Robert A. Henlein

♦ Herland / Charlotte Perkins Gilman

♦ The Fifth Sacred Thing / Starhawk

♦ Lost Horizon / James Hilton

Dystopian Series

Love series? Check out the first book of these popular series!

♦ The Hunger Games / Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games trilogy) ♦ Divergent / Veronica Roth (Divergent series) ♦ Parasite / Mira Grant (Parasitology trilogy) ♦ Red Rising / Pierce Brown (Red Rising trilogy) ♦ The Bone Season / Samantha Shannon (Bone Season series) ♦ The Departure / Neal Asher (The Owner series)

Recent Dystopian Titles and Authors

♦ Ready Player One / Ernest Cline

♦ Station Eleven / Emily St. John Mandel

♦ Dominion / C.J. Sansom

♦ The Circle / Dave Eggers

♦ J / Howard Jacobson

♦ Bird Box / Josh Malerman

♦ 5 to 1 / Holly Bodger

♦ Bats of the Republic / Zachary Thomas

♦ Super Sad True Love Story / Gary Shteyngart

♦ 1Q84 / Haruki Murakami; translated by Jay Rubin and Philip Gabriel

Classic Dystopian Novels

♦ 1984 / George Orwell ♦ Brave New World / Aldous Huxley ♦ A Clockwork Orange / Anthony Burgess ♦ The Giver / Lois Lowry ♦ Fahrenheit 451 / Ray Bradbury ♦ The Iron Heel / Jack London ♦ The Handmaid’s Tale / Margaret Atwood ♦ The Stand / Stephen King ♦ Animal Farm / George Orwell ♦ Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? / Phillip K. Dick ♦ Anthem / Ayn Rand