Best Dystopian Books

Sci-fi list with the best dystopian books and graphic novels.

 
RatingTitleYearTypeLinksTagsReviewedBySummary#
05We1924bookdystopian2022.12Yevgeny Zamiatin

1924.05.We
06The Trial1925bookdystopian2022.12Franz Kafka

1925.06.The
08Brave New World1932bookdystopian2022.12Aldous Huxley

1932.08.Bra
05The Shape of Things to Come1933bookdystopian2022.12H. G. Wells

1933.05.The
05Anthem1938bookdystopian2022.12Ayn Rand

1938.05.Ant
05Slan1940bookdystopian, space, superpowers / superhero2022.12A. E. van Vogt

1940.05.Sla
10Nineteen Eighty-Four1949bookdystopian, futuristic2022.12George Orwell

1949.10.Nin
09City1952bookdystopian, robots/nanotech2022.12Clifford Simak

1952.09.Cit
08Player Piano1952bookcomedy, dystopian2022.12Kurt Vonnegut

1952.08.Pla
08The Space Merchants1953bookdystopian, space2022.12Frederik Pohl, C.M. Kornbluth

1953.08.The
10Childhood’s End1954bookaliens, apocalypse, dystopian2022.12Arthur C. Clarke

1954.10.Chi
10Fahrenheit 4511954bookdystopian, futuristic2022.12Ray Bradbury

1954.10.Fah
08The Chrysalids1955bookdystopian, post-apocalyptic2022.12John Wyndham

1955.08.The
07The City and the Stars1956bookdystopian, mystery2022.12Arthur C. Clarke

1956.07.The
06Time Out Of Joint1959bookdystopian, time travel2022.12Philip K. Dick

1959.06.Tim
06A Clockwork Orange1962bookcomedy, dystopian2022.12Anthony Burgess

1962.06.A C
07Hothouse1962bookaction, dystopian, post-apocalyptic2022.12Brian Aldiss

1962.07.Hot
05The Drowned World1962bookapocalypse, dystopian, post-apocalyptic2022.12J. G. Ballard

1962.05.The
08Cat’s Cradle1963bookcomedy, drama, dystopian2022.12Kurt Vonnegut

1963.08.Cat
06Planet of the Apes1963bookdystopian2022.12Pierre Boulle

1963.06.Pla
07Martian Time Slip1964bookdystopian, space, time travel2022.12Philip K. Dick

1964.07.Mar
09The Three Stigmata Of Palmer Eldritch1964bookdystopian2022.12Philip K. Dick

1964.09.The
06An Age1967bookdystopian, time travel2022.12Brian Aldiss

1967.06.An
07The White Mountains1967bookaliens, dystopian, post-apocalyptic2022.12John Christopher

1967.07.The
10Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?1968bookcyberpunk, dystopian, post-apocalyptic2022.12Philip K. Dick

1968.10.Do
05Stand on Zanzibar1968bookcyberpunk, dystopian2022.12John Brunner

1968.05.Sta
08This Perfect Day1970bookdystopian, horror, post-apocalyptic2022.12Ira Levin

1970.08.Thi
07The Lathe of Heaven1971bookdystopian, superpowers / superhero2022.12Ursula K. Le Guin

1971.07.The
09Roadside Picnic1972bookdystopian, mystery2022.12Arkady, Boris Strugatsky

1972.09.Roa
06The Sheep Look Up1972bookdystopian, horror, post-apocalyptic2022.12John Brunner

1972.06.The
09The Stepford Wives1972bookdystopian, mystery2022.12Ira Levin

1972.09.The
07The Doomed City1972bookdystopian2022.12Boris Strugatsky, Arkady Strugatsky

1972.07.The
10The Dispossessed1974bookdystopian2022.12Ursula K. Le Guin

1974.10.The
06Inverted World1974bookdystopian, post-apocalyptic2022.12Christopher Priest

1974.06.Inv
06The Shockwave Rider1975bookcyberpunk, dystopian2022.12John Brunner

1975.06.The
06A Scanner Darkly1977bookdystopian2022.12Philip K. Dick

1977.06.A S
08Lucifer’s Hammer1977bookapocalypse, dystopian, post-apocalyptic2022.12Niven, Pournelle

1977.08.Luc
09The Eye of the Heron1978bookdystopian, ya2022.12Ursula K. Le Guin

1978.09.The
06Treason1979bookdystopian, mystery, space2022.12Orson Scott Card

1979.06.Tre
06The Peace War1984bookdystopian, post-apocalyptic, time travel2022.12Vernor Vinge

1984.06.The
08The Handmaid’s Tale1985bookdystopian2022.12Margaret Atwood

1985.08.The
08Burning Chrome1986bookcyberpunk, dystopian2022.12William Gibson

1986.08.Bur
09Snow Crash1992bookcyberpunk, dystopian2022.12Neal Stephenson

1992.09.Sno
06Beggars in Spain1993bookdystopian2022.12Nancy Kress

1993.06.Beg
07Parable of the Sower1993bookdystopian, post-apocalyptic2022.12Octavia Butler

1993.07.Par
06The Giver1993bookdystopian, ya2022.12Lois Lowry

1993.06.The
07Virtual Light1993bookcyberpunk, dystopian2022.12William Gibson

1993.07.Vir
09The Diamond Age1995bookcyberpunk, dystopian, robots/nanotech2022.12Neal Stephenson

1995.09.The
05Eternity Road1998bookdystopian, post-apocalyptic2022.12Jack McDevitt

1998.05.Ete
08Metro 20332002bookdystopian, horror, post-apocalyptic2022.12Dmitry Glukhovsky

2002.08.Met
08Oryx and Crake2003bookdystopian, post-apocalyptic2022.12Margaret Atwood

2003.08.Ory
06Never Let Me Go2005bookdystopian, mystery2022.12Kazuo Ishiguro

2005.06.Nev
07Spin2005bookaliens, dystopian, time travel2022.12Robert Charles Wilson

2005.07.Spi
05Brasyl2007bookcyberpunk, dystopian2022.12Ian McDonald

2007.05.Bra
07The Hunger Games2008bookdystopian, futuristic, ya2022.12Suzanne Collins

2008.07.The
06The Windup Girl2009bookcyberpunk, dystopian, steampunk2022.12Paolo Bacigalupi

2009.06.The
06Ship Breaker2010bookdystopian, post-apocalyptic, ya2022.12Paolo Baci

2010.06.Shi
05Zoo City2010bookdystopian, mystery2022.12Lauren Beukes

2010.05.Zoo
05Half Way Home2010bookdystopian, ya2022.12Hugh Howey

2010.05.Hal
07BioShock: Rapture2011bookdystopian, horror, steampunk2022.12John Shirley

2011.07.Bio
04Deus Ex: Icarus Effect2011bookcyberpunk, dystopian2022.12James Swallow

2011.04.Deu
08The Departure2011bookcyberpunk, dystopian, space2022.12Neal Asher

2011.08.The
08Dark Eden2012bookaliens, dystopian, mystery2022.12Chris Beckett

2012.08.Dar
08Steelheart2013bookdystopian, superpowers / superhero, ya2022.12Brandon Sanderson

2013.08.Ste
06Red Rising2014bookdystopian, space, ya2022.12Pierce Brown

2014.06.Red
06Illuminae2015bookdystopian, space2022.12Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff

2015.06.Ill
05Seveneves2015bookdystopian, post-apocalyptic, space2022.12Neal Stephenson

2015.05.Sev
04Hell Divers2016bookdystopian, horror, post-apocalyptic2022.12Nicholas Sansbury Smith

2016.04.Hel
08Scythe2016bookdystopian, ya2022.12Neal Shusterman

2016.08.Scy
08Dogs of War2017bookcyberpunk, dystopian, military2022.12Adrian Tchaikovsky

2017.08.Dog
08Skyward2018bookdystopian, space, ya2022.12Brandon Sanderson

2018.08.Sky
08Cage of Souls2019bookdystopian, post-apocalyptic2022.12Adrian Tchaikovsky

2019.08.Cag

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