Dystopian and Apocalyptic Literature

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This is my preset list of dystopian/utopian literature, which includes apocalyptic literature, for the purposes of this list. Feel free to vote up your recommendations and thumbs down books that are not worth reading. Keywords: dystopia, utopia, apocalypse, postapocalyptic
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The Long Walk
por Stephen King
5,194 membros
118 críticas
4
Global Rank 61
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Explicações
sturlington: Futuristic dystopia. Survival contests. One of The Bachman Books.
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Alas, Babylon
por Pat Frank
4,931 membros
143 críticas
4
Global Rank 62
6 Members
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Explicações
sturlington: Classic post-nuclear war apocalyptic fiction. The residents of a small Florida town, having been alerted just prior to an all-out nuclear war, must struggle with the vagaries of small-town politics after the apocalypse.
3
Lucifer's Hammer
por Larry Niven
4,310 membros
70 críticas
3.9
Global Rank 79
5 Members
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Explicações
sturlington: A comet has slammed into the Earth, destroying all governing structures, and within weeks all of the survivors have reverted to feudalism, cannibalism and worse. Fun times.
4
Worlds of Exile and Illusion: Three Complete Novels of the Hainish Series in One Volume
por Ursula K. Le Guin
1,517 membros
24 críticas
4.1
Global Rank 69
6 Members
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Explicações
sturlington: Collection of three novels. Two are set on alien planets. One is far-future post-apocalyptic Earth following an alien invasion.
5
The Female Man
por Joanna Russ
2,182 membros
57 críticas
½ 3.5
Global Rank 65
6 Members
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Explicações
sturlington: Feminist spec fiction set in 4 alternate universes, two of which could be considered dystopias.
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Farthing
por Jo Walton
1,582 membros
114 críticas
3.9
Global Rank 84
5 Members
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Explicações
sturlington: WWII alternate history in which England goes fascist. First in a trilogy.
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Into the Forest
por Jean Hegland
1,531 membros
49 críticas
3.9
Global Rank 58
7 Members
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Explicações
sturlington: Feminist post-apocalyptic fiction. Regression of civilization, return to the wilderness.
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Forty Signs of Rain
por Kim Stanley Robinson
1,422 membros
47 críticas
½ 3.4
Global Rank 109
4 Members
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Explicações
sturlington: First in a trilogy. Climate change apocalypse.
9
Borne
por Jeff VanderMeer
2,103 membros
88 críticas
3.8
Global Rank 104
4 Members
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Explicações
sturlington: Post-apocalyptic dystopian city dominated by a genetically engineered giant bear.
10
American War
por Omar El Akkad
1,833 membros
96 críticas
3.8
Global Rank 106
4 Members
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Explicações
sturlington: Dystopian future in which outlawing of fossil fuels has sparked a second American Civil War.
11
Red Clocks
por Leni Zumas
1,127 membros
61 críticas
½ 3.7
Global Rank 85
5 Members
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Explicações
sturlington: Near-future feminist dystopia in which abortion has been outlawed.
12
Memory of Water
por Emmi Itäranta
606 membros
47 críticas
3.8
Global Rank 117
4 Members
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Explicações
sturlington: Post-climate change dystopia in which water has become scarce.
13
Gold Fame Citrus
por Claire Vaye Watkins
664 membros
38 críticas
½ 3.3
Global Rank 116
4 Members
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Explicações
sturlington: Due to climate change, a gigantic sand dune has covered the Southwestern US.
14
The Machine Stops
por E. M. Forster
676 membros
41 críticas
3.9
Global Rank 115
4 Members
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Explicações
sturlington: Early dystopian/apocalyptic story. Technocracy collapses.
15
An Ocean of Minutes
por Thea Lim
334 membros
22 críticas
½ 3.5
Global Rank 120
4 Members
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16
The Maze Runner
por James Dashner
16,330 membros
777 críticas
3.8
Global Rank 88
6 Members
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Explicações
sturlington : YA dystopia series
17
Little Brother
por Cory Doctorow
5,582 membros
396 críticas
4
Global Rank 60
8 Members
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Explicações
sturlington : YA dystopia inspired by 1984.
18
The House of the Scorpion
por Nancy Farmer
5,976 membros
238 críticas
4.1
Global Rank 127
3 Members
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Explicações
sturlington: Children's futuristic dystopia. Cloning.
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The Circle
por Dave Eggers
5,873 membros
419 críticas
½ 3.4
Global Rank 75
5 Members
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Explicações
sturlington: Technological dystopia. Social networks, loss of privacy, corporate culture.
20
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
por Philip K. Dick
4,335 membros
73 críticas
3.9
Global Rank 98
4 Members
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Explicações
sturlington: Futuristic dystopia. Environmental degradation of Earth. Miserable Martian colonies.
21
Boneshaker
por Cherie Priest
3,699 membros
217 críticas
½ 3.6
Global Rank 130
5 Members
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Explicações
sturlington: Alternate history steampunk. Seattle overtaken by zombies. First in a series.
22
The Running Man
por Stephen King
3,826 membros
75 críticas
½ 3.6
Global Rank 100
4 Members
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Explicações
sturlington: Televised survival contests in futuristic dystopia. One of The Bachman books.
23
The Age of Miracles
por Karen Thompson Walker
3,315 membros
335 críticas
½ 3.7
Global Rank 102
4 Members
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Explicações
sturlington: Environmental collapse from slowing of Earth's rotation.
24
Earth
por David Brin
2,398 membros
39 críticas
3.8
Global Rank 136
3 Members
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Explicações
sturlington: Dystopian near-future. Climate change, misuse of technology.
25
Gun, With Occasional Music
por Jonathan Lethem
2,318 membros
65 críticas
½ 3.7
Global Rank 137
4 Members
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Explicações
sturlington: Futuristic dystopia with a noir theme.
26
Bird Box
por Josh Malerman
3,237 membros
253 críticas
3.8
Global Rank 80
5 Members
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Explicações
sturlington: People start seeing something that causes them to go violently insane.
27
Robopocalypse
por Daniel H. Wilson
2,242 membros
168 críticas
½ 3.6
Global Rank 139
3 Members
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Always Coming Home
por Ursula K. Le Guin
2,134 membros
22 críticas
3.9
Global Rank 142
3 Members
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Explicações
sturlington: Post-apocalyptic anarchist utopia. It is the far, far future, and the only remnants of the past are a network of computers. This book collects the stories, poetry and rituals of the Kesh, who have built a primitive utopia on the ashes of civilization.
29
CivilWarLand in Bad Decline
por George Saunders
2,029 membros
76 críticas
4
Global Rank 143
3 Members
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Explicações
sturlington: Collection of short stories with dystopian themes.
30
Make Room! Make Room!
por Harry Harrison
1,581 membros
48 críticas
½ 3.6
Global Rank 146
3 Members
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Explicações
sturlington: Overpopulation, starvation, scarcity of resources.
31
Slow River
por Nicola Griffith
1,195 membros
47 críticas
3.8
Global Rank 151
3 Members
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Explicações
sturlington: Near-future society that can be interpreted as dystopian. Gulf between have's and have-not's.
32
Camp Concentration
por Thomas M. Disch
1,123 membros
30 críticas
½ 3.6
Global Rank 153
3 Members
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The Family Tree
por Sheri S. Tepper
1,052 membros
22 críticas
3.9
Global Rank 157
3 Members
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Explicações
sturlington: Far future post-apocalyptic utopia in which humanity has almost died out from a bio-engineered plague.
34
Amnesia Moon
por Jonathan Lethem
1,037 membros
26 críticas
½ 3.5
Global Rank 158
3 Members
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Explicações
sturlington: Post-apocalyptic novel questions the nature of reality.
35
Brown Girl in the Ring
por Nalo Hopkinson
1,180 membros
53 críticas
½ 3.7
Global Rank 110
4 Members
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Explicações
sturlington: Futuristic urban fantasy. Collapse of inner city Toronto, voodoo cults.
36
World Made By Hand
por James Howard Kunstler
970 membros
56 críticas
½ 3.5
Global Rank 159
3 Members
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Explicações
sturlington: Environmental collapse and "peak oil" lead to regression to pre-Industrial Age society.
37
The Reapers Are the Angels: A Novel
por Alden Bell
954 membros
114 críticas
3.9
Global Rank 160
3 Members
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Explicações
sturlington: Zombie apocalypse
38
The Children's Hospital
por Chris Adrian
902 membros
34 críticas
½ 3.6
Global Rank 161
3 Members
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Explicações
sturlington: Biblical apocalypse--global flood.
39
Mockingbird
por Walter Tevis
1,069 membros
41 críticas
4
Global Rank 156
3 Members
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40
Bone Dance
por Emma Bull
858 membros
20 críticas
3.8
Global Rank 164
3 Members
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41
Girl in Landscape
por Jonathan Lethem
865 membros
30 críticas
½ 3.5
Global Rank 162
3 Members
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Explicações
sturlington: Environmental collapse on Earth forces a family to relocate to an alien planet. Space Western themes.
42
Singer from the Sea
por Sheri S. Tepper
769 membros
8 críticas
½ 3.7
Global Rank 168
3 Members
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43
This is the Way the World Ends
por James Morrow
778 membros
16 críticas
½ 3.6
Global Rank 166
3 Members
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44
Ice
por Anna Kavan
1,151 membros
43 críticas
3.8
Global Rank 152
3 Members
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Explicações
sturlington: Surreal story in which the world is being encased in ice.
45
The Carhullan Army
por Sarah Hall
685 membros
48 críticas
½ 3.4
Global Rank 172
3 Members
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Explicações
sturlington: Feminist dystopia. Climate change, scarcity of resources, population control.
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334
por Thomas M. Disch
691 membros
18 críticas
½ 3.6
Global Rank 171
3 Members
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47
Emergence
por David R. Palmer
659 membros
19 críticas
4.1
Global Rank 174
4 Members
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48
Far North
por Marcel Theroux
616 membros
52 críticas
3.8
Global Rank 175
3 Members
ShelfMonkey, sallypursell, sturlington
Explicações
sturlington: Set in Siberia after general collapse following climate change.
49
The City, Not Long After
por Pat Murphy
491 membros
21 críticas
3.9
Global Rank 181
3 Members
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Explicações
sturlington: Set in post-apocalyptic San Francisco after a plague has wiped out most of the world's population; magical realism.
50
The Rapture
por Liz Jensen
433 membros
47 críticas
½ 3.3
Global Rank 184
3 Members
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51
The Genocides
por Thomas M. Disch
546 membros
7 críticas
½ 3.4
Global Rank 179
3 Members
ShelfMonkey, sallypursell, Her_Royal_Orangeness
52
Winterlong
por Elizabeth Hand
462 membros
½ 3.6
Global Rank 182
3 Members
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53
The Natural Way of Things
por Charlotte Wood
521 membros
31 críticas
3.8
Global Rank 180
3 Members
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Explicações
sturlington: Several girls are imprisoned in a remote compound on the Outback by a corporation for being involved in public sex scandals.
54
The Scarlet Plague
por Jack London
568 membros
28 críticas
½ 3.6
Global Rank 178
3 Members
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Explicações
sturlington: Early vision of fall of civilization following an epidemic.
55
The Book of Phoenix
por Nnedi Okorafor
581 membros
37 críticas
½ 3.7
Global Rank 177
3 Members
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Explicações
sturlington: Prequel to Who Fears Death about a genetically engineered immortal who brings about the destruction of the world.
56
The Gone World
por Tom Sweterlitsch
820 membros
46 críticas
3.8
Global Rank 165
3 Members
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Explicações
sturlington: Time travel to an apocalyptic future.
57
A Scientific Romance
por Ronald Wright
410 membros
12 críticas
3.8
Global Rank 185
3 Members
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58
The Wall
por John Lanchester
702 membros
51 críticas
½ 3.6
Global Rank 170
3 Members
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59
Company Town
por Madeline Ashby
485 membros
31 críticas
½ 3.6
Global Rank 118
4 Members
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60
The Country of Ice Cream Star
por Sandra Newman
401 membros
25 críticas
½ 3.7
Global Rank 187
3 Members
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61
The End We Start From
por Megan Hunter
425 membros
42 críticas
½ 3.4
Global Rank 119
4 Members
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Explicações
sturlington: Flooded London leads to a refugee situation.
62
The Hatching
por Ezekiel Boone
404 membros
42 críticas
½ 3.4
Global Rank 186
3 Members
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63
The Dead Lands
por Benjamin Percy
347 membros
19 críticas
½ 3.4
Global Rank 190
3 Members
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Explicações
sturlington: Following a superflu epidemic and nuclear attack, St. Louis walls itself off from the rest of the world and keeps citizens imprisoned inside.
64
Suicide Club
por Rachel Heng
226 membros
19 críticas
½ 3.4
Global Rank 193
3 Members
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65
The Ice People
por Maggie Gee
130 membros
6 críticas
3.2
Global Rank 194
3 Members
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66
Cell
por Stephen King
11,599 membros
262 críticas
½ 3.4
Global Rank 280
3 Members
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Explicações
sturlington: Zombie apocalypse.
Her_Royal_Orangeness : Reads like a script for B horror flick. Quite possibly the worst book King has written.
67
Player Piano
por Kurt Vonnegut
6,819 membros
81 críticas
½ 3.7
Global Rank 93
4 Members
ShelfMonkey, PDE, sallypursell, skid0612
68
Altered Carbon
por Richard K. Morgan
6,956 membros
216 críticas
4
Global Rank 124
4 Members
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Explicações
sturlington: Futuristic dystopia with noir themes. First in a series.
69
The Fifth Season
por N. K. Jemisin
7,964 membros
362 críticas
4.2
Global Rank 72
6 Members
sallypursell, BLBera, rretzler, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,sturlington
Explicações
70
The Forest of Hands and Teeth
por Carrie Ryan
4,059 membros
383 críticas
½ 3.6
Global Rank 128
4 Members
sallypursell, Lucy_Skywalker, Verkruissen, awarren1,sturlington
Explicações
sturlington : YA zombie apocalypse.
71
Feed
por Mira Grant
3,368 membros
279 críticas
3.8
Global Rank 206
3 Members
youthfulzombie, sallypursell, awarren1,sturlington
Explicações
youthfulzombie: Awesome post-apocalyptic zombies
sturlington : Zombie apocalypse. DNF
72
John Dies at the End
por David Wong
3,611 membros
177 críticas
3.8
Global Rank 282
3 Members
ShelfMonkey, sallypursell, awarren1,sturlington ,ManWithAnAgenda
73
All the Birds in the Sky
por Charlie Jane Anders
2,860 membros
178 críticas
½ 3.6
Global Rank 134
4 Members
sallypursell, BLBera, gypsysmom, kara.shamy,rretzler
Explicações
rretzler : Ugh - I think magic and sci-fi in the same book ruined it for me.
74
The Gone-Away World
por Nick Harkaway
2,030 membros
103 críticas
4.1
Global Rank 216
2 Members
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75
The Fireman
por Joe Hill
2,447 membros
159 críticas
3.8
Global Rank 211
2 Members
sallypursell, sturlington
Explicações
sturlington: Epidemic of spontaneous combustion leads to collapse of society.
76
The Telling
por Ursula K. Le Guin
2,061 membros
56 críticas
3.8
Global Rank 214
3 Members
sallypursell, sturlington, kara.shamy,aulsmith
Explicações
sturlington: Repression of religion on a dystopian alien planet.
77
Who Fears Death
por Nnedi Okorafor
2,211 membros
107 críticas
3.8
Global Rank 140
3 Members
sallypursell, sturlington, Verkruissen
Explicações
sturlington: Far future post-apocalyptic Africa.
78
Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse
por John Joseph Adams
1,546 membros
50 críticas
½ 3.7
Global Rank 147
3 Members
sallypursell, sturlington, allyrod113
Explicações
sturlington: A retrospective of possible post-apocalyptic scenarios, ranging from the immediate aftermath to far, far in the future. Authors include Stephen King, Octavia Butler, Paolo Bacigalupi, etc.
79
Pure
por Julianna Baggott
1,327 membros
106 críticas
½ 3.7
Global Rank 149
4 Members
mkbird, sallypursell, dianeham, awarren1,sturlington
Explicações
sturlington : YA dystopia
80
Damnation Alley
por Roger Zelazny
1,263 membros
31 críticas
½ 3.3
Global Rank 223
2 Members
ShelfMonkey, sallypursell
81
This Perfect Day
por Ira Levin
1,297 membros
37 críticas
3.9
Global Rank 222
2 Members
sallypursell, sturlington
Explicações
sturlington: Futuristic technocracy.
82
Too Like the Lightning
por Ada Palmer
1,801 membros
92 críticas
½ 3.7
Global Rank 219
2 Members
sallypursell, kara.shamy
83
The Bar Code Tattoo
por Suzanne Weyn
1,237 membros
32 críticas
½ 3.5
Global Rank 224
3 Members
mkbird, sallypursell, awarren1,sturlington
Explicações
sturlington : YA dystopian series.
84
Eternity Road
por Jack McDevitt
1,115 membros
23 críticas
½ 3.6
Global Rank 154
3 Members
ShellyS, sallypursell, dianeham
85
The Wild Shore
por Kim Stanley Robinson
1,107 membros
23 críticas
½ 3.7
Global Rank 155
3 Members
aulsmith, sallypursell, allyrod113
Explicações
aulsmith: The apocalypse was only in the US, but that's all we get to see.
86
California
por Edan Lepucki
1,109 membros
83 críticas
3.2
Global Rank 226
2 Members
sallypursell, Dreesie
87
The Stone Gods
por Jeanette Winterson
1,015 membros
44 críticas
½ 3.5
Global Rank 228
2 Members
sallypursell, Her_Royal_Orangeness
88
Vox
por Christina Dalcher
1,533 membros
117 críticas
½ 3.5
Global Rank 68
7 Members
sallypursell, BLBera, Aug3Zimm, kara.shamy, Verkruissen, dianeham, TheRealLouise,sturlington
89
Air: Or, Have Not Have
por Geoff Ryman
864 membros
31 críticas
½ 3.7
Global Rank 163
3 Members
sallypursell, sturlington, Charon07
Explicações
sturlington: Near-future technological dystopia; culture clash in Asian village.
90
Happiness™️
por Will Ferguson
835 membros
27 críticas
½ 3.6
Global Rank 229
2 Members
ShelfMonkey, sallypursell
91
The Cabin at the End of the World
por Paul Tremblay
1,822 membros
100 críticas
½ 3.5
Global Rank 145
3 Members
sallypursell, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
Explicações
sturlington: Ambiguous apocalyptic scenario. A few people in an isolated cabin must make a dreadful choice to save the world.
92
The Gold Coast
por Kim Stanley Robinson
786 membros
20 críticas
½ 3.5
Global Rank 230
2 Members
sallypursell, sturlington
Explicações
sturlington: Futuristic dystopia. Overpopulation, mass consumerism. One of a trilogy of alternative futures of California, which also include a post-apocalyptic future and a utopian future.
93
This Other Eden
por Ben Elton
674 membros
10 críticas
½ 3.5
Global Rank 236
2 Members
ShelfMonkey, sallypursell
94
The Three
por Sarah Lotz
780 membros
48 críticas
½ 3.3
Global Rank 231
2 Members
sallypursell, sturlington
Explicações
sturlington: Start of Biblical apocalypse.
95
The Sundial
por Shirley Jackson
751 membros
20 críticas
3.9
Global Rank 169
3 Members
sallypursell, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
Explicações
sturlington: Pre-apocalyptic satire.
96
Malevil
por Robert Merle
571 membros
16 críticas
4.1
Global Rank 239
2 Members
sallypursell, Jarandel
97
The Last Ship
por William Brinkley
605 membros
19 críticas
½ 3.4
Global Rank 237
2 Members
sallypursell, BLBera
98
The Last One
por Alexandra Oliva
678 membros
77 críticas
½ 3.7
Global Rank 235
2 Members
sallypursell, sturlington
Explicações
sturlington: Reality game show taking place as a viral pandemic occurs; contestants don't know what's real.
99
Sleepless
por Charlie Huston
486 membros
28 críticas
3.8
Global Rank 244
2 Members
sallypursell, sturlington
Explicações
sturlington: Apocalyptic dystopia. Insomnia epidemic, breakdown of society.
100
Brave New Worlds: Dystopian Stories
por John Joseph Adams
506 membros
18 críticas
3.9
Global Rank 242
2 Members
sallypursell, sturlington
Explicações
sturlington: Collection of dystopian stories, including several must-read classics.