Dystopian and Apocalyptic Literature
- Beschrijving
- 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
1
door Ray Bradbury
53,812 leden
994 besprekingen
4
Algemene Rangorde 1
Score 37
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 01:18 PM
- 37 Members
- hipdeep, ShelfMonkey, BookWallah, amz310783, ShellyS, merrystar, sturlington, thecoroner, Fiamme, BLBera, alex68, eclecticdodo, Bluewolf0411, rretzler, Jarandel, Aug3Zimm, Her_Royal_Orangeness, SonoranDreamer, cej1027, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, Dreesie, nicoleop, pan0ramix, JoyKP, dianeham, EvolvedMan, avm1863, Vit.Z, AyannaKW, thehappyteacher, ManWithAnAgenda, allyrod113, flemertown, Charon07, midget84
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Futuristic philosophical dystopia. Loss of freedom of speech, mass consumerism, totalitarianism and extreme censorship. Required reading.
2
door Margaret Atwood
42,213 leden
1,137 besprekingen
4.1
Algemene Rangorde 4
Score 29
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 01:22 PM
- 30 Members
- ShelfMonkey, amz310783, ShellyS, PDE, SylviaC, sturlington, thecoroner, Fiamme, greydoll, BLBera, Dilara86, alex68, eclecticdodo, rretzler, Jarandel, Her_Royal_Orangeness, SonoranDreamer, cej1027, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Dreesie, Verkruissen, pan0ramix, JoyKP, zfak102, ManWithAnAgenda, allyrod113, Charon07,Rosenort
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Classic feminist dystopia. Totalitarianism, infertility, theocracy. Required reading.
3
door Suzanne Collins
64,360 leden
3,479 besprekingen
½ 4.3
Algemene Rangorde 17
Score 14
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 01:18 PM
- 20 Members
- KimarieBee, amz310783, ShellyS, sturlington, Fiamme, BLBera, eclecticdodo, rretzler, SonoranDreamer, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Dreesie, Verkruissen, megschristina, SENSpence, JoyKP, awarren1, ManWithAnAgenda, allyrod113, flemertown, ,Her_Royal_Orangeness ,cej1027 ,Lucy_Skywalker ,DavidCady ,
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Televised survival contests. Post-apocalyptic future America. Probably the best of the recent YA dystopias.Her_Royal_Orangeness :
"We're in a battle for our lives so why don't we go in this cave and make out for awhile?" *eyeroll*
4
door Orson Scott Card
41,074 leden
1,045 besprekingen
½ 4.3
Algemene Rangorde 20
Score 13
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 01:41 PM
- 15 Members
- BookWallah, aulsmith, merrystar, sturlington, Fiamme, rretzler, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, Verkruissen, nicoleop, SENSpence, JoyKP, zfak102, EvolvedMan, awarren1,Her_Royal_Orangeness ,ManWithAnAgenda
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Futuristic military SF with dystopian themes. Child soldiers versus aliens. First in a series.Her_Royal_Orangeness : Homophobic and misogynistic.
5
door John Wyndham
7,441 leden
207 besprekingen
4
Algemene Rangorde 27
Score 12
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 01:35 PM
- 12 Members
- ShelfMonkey, KimarieBee, PDE, SylviaC, sturlington, Fiamme, greydoll, Bluewolf0411, Jarandel, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Dreesie
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Apocalyptic "cozy catastrophe". Blindness epidemic and man-eating plants.
6
door William Golding
49,542 leden
745 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Algemene Rangorde 6
Score 22
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 01:35 PM
- 22 Members
- BookWallah, ShellyS, PDE, sturlington, Fiamme, greydoll, BLBera, alex68, rretzler, SonoranDreamer, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Dreesie, nicoleop, pan0ramix, JoyKP, zfak102, allyrod113, Charon07, midget84
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Allegorical dystopia. Castaway boys on an uninhabited island regress to savagery.
7
door Walter M. Miller Jr.
11,731 leden
306 besprekingen
3.9
Algemene Rangorde 14
Score 16
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 01:36 PM
- 17 Members
- ShelfMonkey, ShellyS, aulsmith, PDE, sturlington, Fiamme, Bluewolf0411, rretzler, Jarandel, gypsysmom, ahef1963, megschristina, pan0ramix, dianeham, EvolvedMan, ManWithAnAgenda, Charon07,Her_Royal_Orangeness
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Post-apocalyptic theological novel. Six hundred years after the Simplification -- total nuclear annihilation -- a cloister of monks in Utah preserve the little that remains of the world's knowledge, and wonder whether mankind is perpetually doomed to destroy itself.Her_Royal_Orangeness : I've tried to read this several times and just can't get past the monk wandering around in the desert digging holes. *yawn*
8
door Nevil Shute
4,880 leden
177 besprekingen
3.9
Algemene Rangorde 24
Score 13
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 02:02 PM
- 13 Members
- SylviaC, sturlington, cataloga, Fiamme, greydoll, alex68, Bluewolf0411, rretzler, ahef1963, DavidCady, EvolvedMan, Rosenort, Charon07
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Classic "pre-apocalyptic" novel. Nuclear devastation.
9
door Cormac McCarthy
34,365 leden
1,404 besprekingen
4.1
Algemene Rangorde 10
Score 19
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 01:46 PM
- 19 Members
- KimarieBee, amz310783, PDE, sturlington, Fiamme, BLBera, rretzler, Jarandel, Her_Royal_Orangeness, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, kara.shamy, Verkruissen, megschristina, JoyKP, DavidCady, EvolvedMan, Rosenort, allyrod113
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Post-apocalyptic. A man and his son wander through a desolated landscape of ashes, eking out their survival from the little that's left remaining, while trying to get... well, nowhere in particular, really.
10
door Anthony Burgess
25,853 leden
386 besprekingen
4
Algemene Rangorde 13
Score 16
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 01:19 PM
- 16 Members
- ShelfMonkey, ShellyS, sturlington, thecoroner, Fiamme, BLBera, alex68, rretzler, SonoranDreamer, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, Dreesie, megschristina, JoyKP, izzy45
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Classic futuristic dystopia written in fictional dialect. Mind control, extreme violence. Required reading.
11
door Alan Moore
19,133 leden
493 besprekingen
½ 4.3
Algemene Rangorde 47
Score 7
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 01:42 PM
- 8 Members
- hipdeep, sturlington, Fiamme, rretzler, ahef1963, NateK, Dreesie, ManWithAnAgenda,cej1027
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Alternate history with superheroes. Dystopian and apocalyptic themes.
12
door Veronica Roth
25,327 leden
1,434 besprekingen
4
Algemene Rangorde 40
Score 8
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 01:51 PM
- 10 Members
- KimarieBee, Fiamme, BLBera, rretzler, ahef1963, Dreesie, SENSpence, JoyKP, awarren1, allyrod113,sturlington ,DavidCady
- Verklaringen
- sturlington : YA dystopia. Conformity, totalitarianism. First of a trilogy.
13
door Ursula K. Le Guin
10,680 leden
266 besprekingen
4.1
Algemene Rangorde 19
Score 14
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 01:59 PM
- 15 Members
- ShellyS, PDE, sturlington, Fiamme, alex68, rretzler, Jarandel, SonoranDreamer, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, pan0ramix, EvolvedMan, ManWithAnAgenda, allyrod113, TheRealLouise,skid0612
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: False utopia/anarchism.skid0612 : Wonderful book, not a dystopia
14
door P. D. James
5,787 leden
200 besprekingen
½ 3.6
Algemene Rangorde 38
Score 9
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 01:42 PM
- 9 Members
- sturlington, Fiamme, BLBera, rretzler, ahef1963, JoyKP, DavidCady, zfak102, ManWithAnAgenda
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Futuristic dystopia/apocalyptic novel. Male infertility, human extinction, dictatorship. Christian allegory.
15
door Neal Stephenson
20,144 leden
397 besprekingen
4.1
Algemene Rangorde 34
Score 10
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 01:21 PM
- 10 Members
- hipdeep, ShelfMonkey, KimarieBee, ShellyS, sturlington, Fiamme, rretzler, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Cyberpunk (or post-cyberpunk).
16
door Philip K. Dick
19,242 leden
473 besprekingen
4
Algemene Rangorde 11
Score 18
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 01:18 PM
- 18 Members
- hipdeep, ShelfMonkey, PDE, sturlington, thecoroner, Fiamme, alex68, rretzler, Jarandel, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, JoyKP, dianeham, zfak102, EvolvedMan, ManWithAnAgenda, flemertown, izzy45
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Philosophical futuristic dystopia. Environmental degradation, androids, existentialism.
17
door Octavia E. Butler
8,083 leden
237 besprekingen
4.1
Algemene Rangorde 23
Score 13
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 01:19 PM
- 13 Members
- ShellyS, sturlington, Fiamme, BLBera, Dilara86, Her_Royal_Orangeness, SonoranDreamer, gypsysmom, Verkruissen, pan0ramix, ManWithAnAgenda, allyrod113, TheRealLouise
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Feminist dystopia. Society has completely collapsed, and a young woman is driven from her home after her neighborhood is burned and her family murdered. Despite the violence and hopelessness that surrounds her, she is determined to spread her spiritual message.
18
door Sheri S. Tepper
2,158 leden
56 besprekingen
4
Algemene Rangorde 66
Score 6
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 02:00 PM
- 6 Members
- ShellyS, sturlington, Fiamme, Her_Royal_Orangeness, SonoranDreamer, gypsysmom
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Feminist false utopia. Post-apocalyptic matriarchal society.
