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Dystopian

The best books on dystopian, ranked by quality.

  1. 1
    Sunrise on the Reaping Suzanne Collins · 2025
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.6 (35 ratings)
    EN Dystopian Young adult
  2. 2
    The Stand Stephen King · 1978
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 (94 ratings)
    EN Dystopian Horror
  3. 3
    Defy Me Tahereh Mafi · 2019
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.7 (18 ratings)
    EN Dystopian YA fantasy
  4. 4
    Parable of the sower Octavia E. Butler · 1993
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.4 (57 ratings)
    EN Dystopian
  5. 5
    Animal Farm / Nineteen Eighty-Four George Orwell, G Orwell, George Orwel, George Orwell · 1949
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 (32 ratings)
    EN Dystopian Classics
  6. 6
    Animal Farm George Orwell · 1945
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (616 ratings)
    EN Dystopian Classics
  7. 7
    V for Vendetta Alan Moore, David Lloyd · 1988
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (99 ratings)
    EN Dystopian Graphic novels & comics
  8. 8
    Golden Son Pierce Brown · 2015
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (58 ratings)
    EN Space opera Dystopian
  9. 9
    The Hunger Games Special Sales Set Suzanne Collins · 2010
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 (19 ratings)
    EN Dystopian Young adult
  10. 10
    Station Eleven (Television Tie-In) Emily St. John Mandel · 2014
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.1 (91 ratings)
    EN Dystopian Literary fiction
  11. 11
    Prodigy Marie Lu · 2012
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 (25 ratings)
    EN Dystopian Young adult
  12. 12
    Blindness José Saramago · 1995
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (43 ratings)
    EN Dystopian Classics
  13. 13
    Wool Hugh Howey · 2011
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.4 (14 ratings)
    EN Dystopian
  14. 14
    The Giver Lois Lowry · 1993
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (329 ratings)
    EN Dystopian Middle grade
  15. 15
    The Time Machine H. G. Wells · 1895
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (134 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Science fiction Dystopian Classics
  16. 16
    Invitation to the Game Monica Hughes · 1990
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.4 (11 ratings)
    EN Dystopian Middle grade
  17. 17
    Brave New World Aldous Huxley · 1932
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (488 ratings)
    EN Dystopian Classics
  18. 18
    Qualityland Marc-Uwe Kling · 2017
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (13 ratings)
    EN Dystopian Humorous fiction
  19. 19
    Destroy Me Tahereh Mafi · 2012
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.1 (24 ratings)
    EN Dystopian YA fantasy
  20. 20
    Shatter Me Tahereh Mafi · 2011
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 3.9 (204 ratings)
    EN Dystopian YA fantasy
  21. 21
    The darkest minds Alexandra Bracken, Amy McFadden, Montserrat Triviño Gonzalez · 2012
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (40 ratings)
    EN Dystopian Young adult
  22. 22
    Red Rising Pierce Brown · 2014
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 3.9 (103 ratings)
    EN Space opera Dystopian
  23. 23
    We Евгений Иванович Замятин · 1924
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 3.9 (52 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Science fiction Dystopian Classics
  24. 24
    After London Richard Jefferies · 1885
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (1 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Science fiction Dystopian Classics
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