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
55,190 leden
1,017 besprekingen
4
Score 38
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 01:18 PM
- 38 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, Andrew_Orange, 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
- 31 Members
- ShelfMonkey, ShellyS, aulsmith, PDE, merrystar, sturlington, greydoll, BLBera, alex68, Bluewolf0411, rretzler, Jarandel, Aug3Zimm, SonoranDreamer, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, nicoleop, SENSpence, pan0ramix, JoyKP, dianeham, zfak102, EvolvedMan, Vit.Z, Andrew_Orange, ManWithAnAgenda, allyrod113, Charon07, skid0612, midget84
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Classic political dystopia. Mass surveillance, propaganda, historical deletion, mind control, and extreme totalitarianism. Required reading.
3
door Aldous Huxley
54,900 leden
785 besprekingen
3.9
Score 30
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 01:17 PM
- 30 Members
- ShelfMonkey, amz310783, ShellyS, PDE, merrystar, sturlington, thecoroner, BLBera, alex68, rretzler, Jarandel, Aug3Zimm, SonoranDreamer, cej1027, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Dreesie, nicoleop, pan0ramix, JoyKP, zfak102, EvolvedMan, klcallahan13, ManWithAnAgenda, allyrod113, Charon07, skid0612, midget84
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Classic dystopia and counterpoint to 1984. Genetic engineering, mass consumerism, mind control, totalitarianism. Required reading.
4
door George Orwell
61,489 leden
891 besprekingen
4
Score 28
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 01:34 PM
- 28 Members
- BookWallah, amz310783, ShellyS, aulsmith, PDE, merrystar, sturlington, thecoroner, greydoll, BLBera, rretzler, Jarandel, Aug3Zimm, SonoranDreamer, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, kara.shamy, nicoleop, pan0ramix, JoyKP, zfak102, EvolvedMan, Andrew_Orange, ManWithAnAgenda, allyrod113, Charon07, skid0612
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Political/satirical allegory with animal characters. Propaganda and totalitarianism. Required reading.
5
door Margaret Atwood
43,395 leden
1,165 besprekingen
4.1
Score 28
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 ,Andrew_Orange
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Classic feminist dystopia. Totalitarianism, infertility, theocracy. Required reading.
6
door William Golding
50,665 leden
745 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Score 23
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 01:35 PM
- 23 Members
- BookWallah, ShellyS, PDE, sturlington, Fiamme, greydoll, BLBera, alex68, rretzler, SonoranDreamer, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Dreesie, nicoleop, pan0ramix, JoyKP, zfak102, Andrew_Orange, allyrod113, Charon07, midget84
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Allegorical dystopia. Castaway boys on an uninhabited island regress to savagery.
7
- 22 Members
- ShelfMonkey, KimarieBee, BookWallah, amz310783, sturlington, BLBera, eclecticdodo, rretzler, SonoranDreamer, cej1027, ahef1963, Dreesie, Verkruissen, megschristina, nicoleop, JoyKP, EvolvedMan, awarren1, Andrew_Orange, ManWithAnAgenda, allyrod113, midget84,Lucy_Skywalker
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Classic example of a children's dystopia, one of the few on this list.
8
door Margaret Atwood
17,202 leden
542 besprekingen
3.9
Score 21
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 01:21 PM
- 22 Members
- ShelfMonkey, ShellyS, PDE, SylviaC, sturlington, BLBera, Dilara86, rretzler, Jarandel, Her_Royal_Orangeness, SonoranDreamer, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Dreesie, Verkruissen, pan0ramix, zfak102, allyrod113, Charon07, midget84,Rosenort
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Futuristic biopunk dystopia leading to an apocalypse. First of a trilogy.
9
door Stephen King
4,766 leden
103 besprekingen
4.2
Score 21
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 02:06 PM
- 21 Members
- ShelfMonkey, sturlington, jasmaynard, alex68, rretzler, Her_Royal_Orangeness, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, NateK, kara.shamy, Verkruissen, BlueHeaven1969, SENSpence, JoyKP, EvolvedMan, ManWithAnAgenda, allyrod113, TheRealLouise, flemertown, Charon07, midget84
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Biblical apocalypse, epidemic of human-engineered virus, showdown between good and evil.
10
door Cormac McCarthy
35,137 leden
1,408 besprekingen
4.1
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.
11
door Philip K. Dick
19,738 leden
478 besprekingen
4
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.
12
door H. G. Wells
18,049 leden
343 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Score 17
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 01:29 PM
- 17 Members
- ShelfMonkey, KimarieBee, sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, rretzler, SonoranDreamer, cej1027, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, Dreesie, JoyKP, ManWithAnAgenda, TheRealLouise, Charon07, izzy45
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Classic time travel novel. Far future dystopia in which humanity has de-evolved; also dying Earth. Required reading.
13
door Walter M. Miller Jr.
11,985 leden
315 besprekingen
3.9
Score 17
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 01:36 PM
- 18 Members
- ShelfMonkey, ShellyS, aulsmith, PDE, sturlington, Fiamme, Bluewolf0411, rretzler, Jarandel, gypsysmom, ahef1963, megschristina, pan0ramix, dianeham, EvolvedMan, Andrew_Orange, 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*
14
door Kurt Vonnegut
22,672 leden
300 besprekingen
4.1
Score 16
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 02:05 PM
- 16 Members
- ShelfMonkey, BookWallah, ShellyS, PDE, sturlington, djriave, BLBera, Aug3Zimm, gypsysmom, ahef1963, pan0ramix, ManWithAnAgenda, allyrod113, TheRealLouise, Charon07, izzy45
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Satirical apocalyptic novel.
15
12,232 leden
793 besprekingen
4.1
Score 16
Toegevoegd 2014-09-20, 06:37 PM
- 16 Members
- ShelfMonkey, SylviaC, sturlington, BLBera, rretzler, Her_Royal_Orangeness, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Dreesie, Verkruissen, pan0ramix, Rosenort, allyrod113, Charon07
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Flu pandemic wipes out most of the population.
16
door Suzanne Collins
66,164 leden
3,506 besprekingen
½ 4.3
Score 15
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 01:18 PM
- 21 Members
- KimarieBee, amz310783, ShellyS, sturlington, Fiamme, BLBera, eclecticdodo, rretzler, SonoranDreamer, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Dreesie, Verkruissen, megschristina, SENSpence, JoyKP, awarren1, Andrew_Orange, 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*
17
door Suzanne Collins
50,603 leden
1,808 besprekingen
4.2
Score 15
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 01:49 PM
- 17 Members
- amz310783, ShellyS, sturlington, BLBera, eclecticdodo, rretzler, SonoranDreamer, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Dreesie, megschristina, SENSpence, JoyKP, awarren1, Andrew_Orange, allyrod113, izzy45,Her_Royal_Orangeness ,Lucy_Skywalker
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Sequel to The Hunger Games.
18
door Anthony Burgess
26,346 leden
387 besprekingen
4
Score 15
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,Andrew_Orange
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Classic futuristic dystopia written in fictional dialect. Mind control, extreme violence. Required reading.
19
door Ursula K. Le Guin
10,971 leden
268 besprekingen
4.1
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
20
door Orson Scott Card
41,853 leden
1,055 besprekingen
½ 4.3
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.
21
door Kazuo Ishiguro
23,442 leden
944 besprekingen
3.8
Score 13
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 01:46 PM
- 14 Members
- ShelfMonkey, sturlington, BLBera, alex68, rretzler, Her_Royal_Orangeness, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Dreesie, Verkruissen, dianeham, ManWithAnAgenda, allyrod113, TheRealLouise,Bluewolf0411
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Alternate history dystopia.
Cloning and organ harvesting.
22
door Philip K. Dick
14,085 leden
365 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Score 13
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 02:01 PM
- 13 Members
- ShelfMonkey, PDE, sturlington, BLBera, alex68, Bluewolf0411, rretzler, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, pan0ramix, EvolvedMan, ManWithAnAgenda, TheRealLouise
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: WWII alternate history dystopia. Fascist US.
23
- 14 Members
- ShellyS, merrystar, sturlington, thecoroner, BLBera, alex68, rretzler, SonoranDreamer, pan0ramix, EvolvedMan, Andrew_Orange, ManWithAnAgenda, izzy45, skid0612,Verkruissen
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Classic precursor to 1984. Required reading for serious fans of dystopian lit.
24
door Octavia E. Butler
8,435 leden
243 besprekingen
4.1
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.
25
- 13 Members
- SylviaC, sturlington, cataloga, Fiamme, greydoll, alex68, Bluewolf0411, rretzler, ahef1963, DavidCady, EvolvedMan, Rosenort, Charon07
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Classic "pre-apocalyptic" novel. Nuclear devastation.
26
door Suzanne Collins
46,617 leden
1,759 besprekingen
3.9
Score 12
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 01:50 PM
- 14 Members
- ShellyS, sturlington, BLBera, eclecticdodo, rretzler, SonoranDreamer, gypsysmom, Dreesie, megschristina, SENSpence, JoyKP, awarren1, Andrew_Orange, allyrod113, ,Lucy_Skywalker
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Sequel to Catching Fire.
27
door Ray Bradbury
16,959 leden
323 besprekingen
4
Score 12
Toegevoegd 2014-05-18, 10:37 AM
- 12 Members
- ShelfMonkey, ShellyS, PDE, merrystar, SylviaC, sturlington, alex68, rretzler, SonoranDreamer, gypsysmom, ahef1963, EvolvedMan
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Human colonization of Mars, during which there is a nuclear war on Earth.
28
door John Wyndham
7,604 leden
209 besprekingen
4
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.
29
- 12 Members
- merrystar, SylviaC, sturlington, eclecticdodo, rretzler, NateK, kara.shamy, Verkruissen, JoyKP, zfak102, awarren1, allyrod113
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Future subterranean totalitarian society. Post-apocalyptic--environmental destruction.
30
door William Gibson
23,458 leden
378 besprekingen
3.9
Score 11
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 01:41 PM
- 11 Members
- hipdeep, ShelfMonkey, ShellyS, PDE, sturlington, alex68, rretzler, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, EvolvedMan
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Classic cyberpunk. Required reading.
31
- 11 Members
- ShelfMonkey, KimarieBee, sturlington, Dilara86, rretzler, cej1027, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, Dreesie, awarren1, ManWithAnAgenda
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: YA dystopia. Conformity, personal appearance. First of a series.
32
door Justin Cronin
9,571 leden
643 besprekingen
3.9
Score 11
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 01:49 PM
- 12 Members
- ShelfMonkey, sturlington, BLBera, Bluewolf0411, Jarandel, Her_Royal_Orangeness, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Verkruissen, ManWithAnAgenda, allyrod113, TheRealLouise,DavidCady
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Vampire apocalypse. First in a trilogy.
33
- 12 Members
- ShelfMonkey, SylviaC, sturlington, BLBera, Dilara86, SonoranDreamer, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, Dreesie, Verkruissen, pan0ramix, TheRealLouise,Rosenort
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Sequel to The Year of the Flood.
34
door Neal Stephenson
20,427 leden
403 besprekingen
4.1
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).
35
door Arthur C. Clarke
10,378 leden
232 besprekingen
3.9
Score 10
Toegevoegd 2014-05-15, 04:10 PM
- 11 Members
- ShellyS, PDE, sturlington, Bluewolf0411, rretzler, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, pan0ramix, EvolvedMan, ManWithAnAgenda,aulsmith
- Verklaringen
- aulsmith : Clarke didn't mean this to be dystopian, just a sad evolutionary farewell.sturlington: False utopia. Alien invasion, transhumanism.
36
- 10 Members
- youthfulzombie, ShelfMonkey, sturlington, Bluewolf0411, Her_Royal_Orangeness, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, Verkruissen, ManWithAnAgenda, allyrod113
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Sequel to The Passage.
37
door Margaret Atwood
7,413 leden
363 besprekingen
3.9
Score 9
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 01:48 PM
- 11 Members
- ShelfMonkey, SylviaC, sturlington, BLBera, Dilara86, rretzler, SonoranDreamer, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, Dreesie, zfak102,Bluewolf0411 ,Rosenort
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Sequel to Oryx and Crake.
38
door P. D. James
5,897 leden
202 besprekingen
½ 3.6
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.
39
door Ira Levin
3,125 leden
93 besprekingen
½ 3.6
Score 9
Toegevoegd 2014-03-09, 05:22 PM
- 9 Members
- sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, rretzler, ahef1963, Dreesie, JoyKP, ManWithAnAgenda, flemertown
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Feminist dystopia in which
suburban housewives are replaced with robot versions of themselves by their husbands.
40
- 10 Members
- KimarieBee, Fiamme, BLBera, rretzler, ahef1963, Dreesie, SENSpence, JoyKP, awarren1, allyrod113,sturlington ,DavidCady
- Verklaringen
- sturlington : YA dystopia. Conformity, totalitarianism. First of a trilogy.
41
door José Saramago
13,303 leden
398 besprekingen
4.1
Score 8
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 02:05 PM
- 8 Members
- sturlington, thecoroner, BLBera, alex68, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, Charon07
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Apocalyptic allegory. Blindness epidemic, extreme regression of civilization.
42
- 8 Members
- sturlington, BLBera, rretzler, SonoranDreamer, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, pan0ramix, pieperp
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Feminist dystopia in which women gain the power to kill with electrical shocks. Reverse gender roles.
43
- 8 Members
- ShelfMonkey, ShellyS, PDE, SylviaC, sturlington, greydoll, gypsysmom, ahef1963
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Post-apocalyptic dystopia. Evolution of humanity, development of telepathic powers, theological themes. YA audience.
44
door Octavia E. Butler
3,723 leden
96 besprekingen
4.1
Score 8
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 02:02 PM
- 8 Members
- ShellyS, sturlington, BLBera, Dilara86, Her_Royal_Orangeness, gypsysmom, ManWithAnAgenda, allyrod113
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Sequel to Parable of the Sower.
45
- 8 Members
- sturlington, BLBera, rretzler, Her_Royal_Orangeness, Dreesie, dianeham, ManWithAnAgenda, pieperp
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Futuristic dystopia. Organ harvesting, euthanasia of the aged and non-productive members of society.
46
door Terry Pratchett
35,482 leden
799 besprekingen
½ 4.3
Score 7
Toegevoegd 2014-05-16, 04:06 PM
- 7 Members
- hipdeep, sturlington, rretzler, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, allyrod113
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Comic apocalyptic novel that takes the biblical rapture as its premise.
47
- 8 Members
- hipdeep, sturlington, Fiamme, rretzler, ahef1963, NateK, Dreesie, ManWithAnAgenda,cej1027
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Alternate history with superheroes. Dystopian and apocalyptic themes.
48
door Ernest Cline
19,052 leden
1,289 besprekingen
4.1
Score 7
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 01:51 PM
- 8 Members
- hipdeep, sturlington, rretzler, Dreesie, Verkruissen, dianeham, awarren1, ManWithAnAgenda,Rosenort
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Futuristic dystopia: overcrowding and escape to virtual reality. Video game-like narrative.
49
door David Mitchell
17,996 leden
682 besprekingen
4.1
Score 7
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 01:45 PM
- 8 Members
- PDE, sturlington, BLBera, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, Dreesie, allyrod113, midget84,
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: This novel takes place in many different time periods, one of which is a mega-corporation dystopia with cloning, and another is a post-apocalyptic scenario featuring a fictional dialect.
50
- 9 Members
- ShelfMonkey, SylviaC, sturlington, Lucy_Skywalker, megschristina, awarren1, Rosenort, ManWithAnAgenda, allyrod113, ,Bluewolf0411
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Zombie apocalypse.
51
- 8 Members
- sturlington, Bluewolf0411, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, kara.shamy, JoyKP, allyrod113, flemertown,ManWithAnAgenda
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Time travel and alternate history.
Dystopia is only at the very end, as a result of changes to the timestream.
52
- 8 Members
- sturlington, cataloga, Her_Royal_Orangeness, SonoranDreamer, kara.shamy, JoyKP, awarren1, allyrod113,ManWithAnAgenda
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: A mysterious dome encloses a small town and civilization regresses quickly. Strong apocalyptic themes.
53
door Paolo Bacigalupi
6,331 leden
304 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Score 7
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 01:49 PM
- 8 Members
- aulsmith, sturlington, rretzler, Jarandel, gypsysmom, Lucy_Skywalker, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda,Her_Royal_Orangeness
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Futuristic biopunk dystopia. Climate change and genetic engineering.Her_Royal_Orangeness :
RapeX1000. *shudder*
54
- 9 Members
- ShelfMonkey, sallypursell, djriave, rretzler, Jarandel, Aug3Zimm, kara.shamy, Dreesie, dianeham,sturlington ,ManWithAnAgenda
- Verklaringen
- sturlington : YA dystopia inspired by 1984.
55
door David Brin
4,221 leden
93 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Score 7
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 02:02 PM
- 8 Members
- ShelfMonkey, ShellyS, merrystar, sturlington, greydoll, rretzler, megschristina, TheRealLouise,DavidCady
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Post-apocalyptic. When the end of America comes, what is the one thing that can bring us back from the brink of complete anarchy? That's right: the U.S. Postal Service.
56
- 7 Members
- ShellyS, aulsmith, sturlington, Dilara86, Her_Royal_Orangeness, pan0ramix, allyrod113
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Far future following an apocalypse; first contact with advanced alien species. First in a trilogy.
57
2,646 leden
68 besprekingen
½ 3.5
Score 7
Toegevoegd 2014-11-03, 11:54 AM
- 7 Members
- sturlington, rretzler, SonoranDreamer, Dreesie, ManWithAnAgenda, TheRealLouise, midget84
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: A utopian all-female society.
58
door Kate Wilhelm
1,811 leden
68 besprekingen
3.8
Score 7
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 02:06 PM
- 7 Members
- ShellyS, sturlington, rretzler, gypsysmom, dianeham, EvolvedMan, pieperp
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Post-apocalyptic novel. Cloning, loss of individuality.
59
door Jean Hegland
1,554 leden
49 besprekingen
3.9
Score 7
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 02:01 PM
- 7 Members
- sallypursell, sturlington, Her_Royal_Orangeness, SonoranDreamer, dianeham, allyrod113, TheRealLouise
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Feminist post-apocalyptic fiction. Regression of civilization, return to the wilderness.
60
door H. G. Wells
18,875 leden
313 besprekingen
3.8
Score 6
Toegevoegd 2014-05-19, 11:06 AM
- 6 Members
- ShelfMonkey, sturlington, alex68, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Martian invasion with a strong apocalyptic tone.
61
- 6 Members
- youthfulzombie, ShelfMonkey, sallypursell, sturlington, BlueHeaven1969, allyrod113
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Futuristic dystopia. Survival contests. One of The Bachman Books.
62
- 6 Members
- sallypursell, sturlington, Bluewolf0411, EvolvedMan, Rosenort, allyrod113
- Verklaringen
- 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.
63
- 6 Members
- SylviaC, sturlington, rretzler, cej1027, ahef1963, Charon07
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: One by one, use of different letters of the alphabet is outlawed in a fictional island country.
64
door Margaret Atwood
2,642 leden
152 besprekingen
½ 3.4
Score 6
Toegevoegd 2015-12-01, 04:36 PM
- 6 Members
- sturlington, BLBera, SonoranDreamer, gypsysmom, Dreesie, TheRealLouise
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Satirical dystopia in which people volunteer to live in a closed community where they must spend every other month in prison.
65
- 6 Members
- sallypursell, sturlington, gypsysmom, EvolvedMan, TheRealLouise, Charon07
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Feminist spec fiction set in 4 alternate universes, two of which could be considered dystopias.
66
door Sheri S. Tepper
2,187 leden
56 besprekingen
4
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.
67
door Paolo Bacigalupi
1,864 leden
95 besprekingen
3.8
Score 6
Toegevoegd 2015-11-21, 11:53 AM
- 6 Members
- hipdeep, sturlington, BLBera, gypsysmom, awarren1, pieperp
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Climate change leads to drought, collapse, and violent clashes over water in the Southwest.
68
- 7 Members
- sallypursell, BLBera, Aug3Zimm, kara.shamy, Verkruissen, dianeham, TheRealLouise,sturlington
69
door Ursula K. Le Guin
1,568 leden
23 besprekingen
4.1
Score 6
Toegevoegd 2014-05-19, 11:57 AM
- 6 Members
- sallypursell, sturlington, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda, pieperp
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Collection of three novels. Two are set on alien planets. One is far-future post-apocalyptic Earth following an alien invasion.
70
door Stephen King
23,258 leden
503 besprekingen
3.8
Score 5
Toegevoegd 2014-05-15, 04:34 PM
- 5 Members
- ShelfMonkey, sturlington, SonoranDreamer, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Post-apocalyptic alternate universe. Mix of western, horror and science fiction. First in a series.
71
- 6 Members
- Dilara86, cej1027, ahef1963, Dreesie, awarren1, ManWithAnAgenda,sturlington
- Verklaringen
- sturlington : Sequel to Uglies.
72
door Joe Haldeman
9,570 leden
254 besprekingen
4
Score 5
Toegevoegd 2014-05-16, 12:45 PM
- 5 Members
- ShellyS, sturlington, rretzler, gypsysmom, EvolvedMan
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Futuristic dystopia; perpetual war.
73
door C. S. Lewis
8,497 leden
88 besprekingen
3.8
Score 5
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 01:34 PM
- 6 Members
- merrystar, rretzler, cej1027, ahef1963, Andrew_Orange, allyrod113,sturlington
74
door N. K. Jemisin
8,462 leden
371 besprekingen
4.2
Score 5
Toegevoegd 2016-05-25, 01:58 PM
- 6 Members
- sallypursell, BLBera, rretzler, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,sturlington
- Verklaringen
- sturlington : DNF
75
door William Gibson
7,409 leden
54 besprekingen
3.8
Score 5
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 01:41 PM
- 5 Members
- ShelfMonkey, ShellyS, sturlington, gypsysmom, EvolvedMan
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Sequel to Count Zero.
76
door Margaret Atwood
6,545 leden
228 besprekingen
4.1
Score 5
Toegevoegd 2020-02-18, 07:23 AM
- 5 Members
- sturlington, rretzler, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Verkruissen
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Sequel to The Handmaid's Tale
77
- 5 Members
- KimarieBee, sturlington, gypsysmom, AlWheeler, EvolvedMan
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Alien civilization that experiences cyclical apocalypses.
78
- 5 Members
- sallypursell, sturlington, BLBera, allyrod113, skid0612
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Technological dystopia. Social networks, loss of privacy, corporate culture.
79
door M. R. Carey
5,474 leden
405 besprekingen
4
Score 5
Toegevoegd 2014-09-19, 01:39 PM
- 6 Members
- rretzler, nagasravika.bodapati, kara.shamy, Verkruissen, awarren1, allyrod113,sturlington
- Verklaringen
- sturlington :
Zombie apocalypse
80
- 5 Members
- sturlington, rretzler, kara.shamy, awarren1, ManWithAnAgenda
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: YA dystopia. Technology implants.
81
door Richard Matheson
4,918 leden
194 besprekingen
4
Score 5
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 02:00 PM
- 7 Members
- ShelfMonkey, PDE, sturlington, rretzler, Jarandel, nagasravika.bodapati, Verkruissen,Bluewolf0411 ,DavidCady
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Vampire/zombie apocalypse.
82
door Larry Niven
4,365 leden
71 besprekingen
3.9
Score 5
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 02:01 PM
- 5 Members
- sallypursell, sturlington, Bluewolf0411, gypsysmom, EvolvedMan
- Verklaringen
- 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.
83
door Jasper Fforde
4,151 leden
267 besprekingen
4.1
Score 5
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 01:48 PM
- 5 Members
- youthfulzombie, ShelfMonkey, djriave, cej1027, Dreesie
84
- 5 Members
- INTPLibrarian, sallypursell, sturlington, nagasravika.bodapati, Verkruissen
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: People start seeing something that causes them to go violently insane.
85
- 6 Members
- BLBera, Her_Royal_Orangeness, gypsysmom, Verkruissen, allyrod113, TheRealLouise,sturlington
- Verklaringen
- sturlington : Post-apocalyptic. DNF
86
door Marge Piercy
2,619 leden
51 besprekingen
3.9
Score 5
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 01:40 PM
- 5 Members
- sturlington, greydoll, BLBera, allyrod113, Charon07
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: A future anarchist utopia presented in contrast with present-day and (briefly) an alternate future dystopia.
87
door Ben H. Winters
2,160 leden
186 besprekingen
3.8
Score 5
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 02:01 PM
- 5 Members
- ShelfMonkey, sturlington, BLBera, rretzler, gypsysmom
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Pre-apocalyptic. Imminent meteor impact causes social collapse. First in a trilogy.
88
- 5 Members
- aulsmith, sallypursell, sturlington, rretzler, gypsysmom
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: WWII alternate history in which England goes fascist. First in a trilogy.
89
- 5 Members
- sallypursell, sturlington, BLBera, kara.shamy, Verkruissen
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Near-future feminist dystopia in which abortion has been outlawed.
90
door M. K. Wren
439 leden
17 besprekingen
3.8
Score 5
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 02:00 PM
- 5 Members
- sturlington, Her_Royal_Orangeness, gypsysmom, EvolvedMan, pieperp
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Post-nuclear war. Once the apocalypse is over with, two women survive on a farm on the Oregon coast while trying to preserve the remainder of mankind's knowledge and sparring with the ultra-Christian religious cult down the beach.
91
door James Dashner
17,069 leden
783 besprekingen
3.8
Score 4
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 01:48 PM
- 6 Members
- sallypursell, BLBera, rretzler, nagasravika.bodapati, Dreesie, awarren1,sturlington ,Lucy_Skywalker
- Verklaringen
- sturlington : YA dystopia series
92
door Alan Moore
10,694 leden
188 besprekingen
4.2
Score 4
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 01:19 PM
- 5 Members
- ShelfMonkey, eclecticdodo, rretzler, ManWithAnAgenda, TheRealLouise,sturlington
- Verklaringen
- sturlington : Probably not going to read this since I saw the movie.
93
door C. S. Lewis
9,217 leden
106 besprekingen
3.8
Score 4
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 01:33 PM
- 6 Members
- merrystar, rretzler, cej1027, ahef1963, Andrew_Orange, allyrod113,aulsmith ,sturlington
94
door Ray Bradbury
9,119 leden
148 besprekingen
4
Score 4
Toegevoegd 2014-05-17, 01:00 PM
- 5 Members
- ShellyS, PDE, sturlington, NateK, JoyKP,ShelfMonkey
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Short stories, several of which have apocalyptic and dystopian themes.
95
- 5 Members
- Dilara86, cej1027, ahef1963, awarren1, ManWithAnAgenda,sturlington
- Verklaringen
- sturlington : Sequel to Pretties.
96
door Kurt Vonnegut
6,936 leden
82 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Score 4
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 01:20 PM
- 4 Members
- ShelfMonkey, PDE, sallypursell, skid0612
97
door Ursula K. Le Guin
6,677 leden
197 besprekingen
4
Score 4
Toegevoegd 2014-03-06, 01:39 PM
- 6 Members
- PDE, sturlington, rretzler, kara.shamy, EvolvedMan, ManWithAnAgenda,Lucy_Skywalker ,skid0612
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Alternate realities include dystopian and apocalyptic possibilities.Lucy_Skywalker : a great book, indeed, but it's not really a dystopia
98
- 4 Members
- PDE, sturlington, kara.shamy, allyrod113
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: The last section takes place in a dystopian post-climate change world.
99
- 4 Members
- sturlington, rretzler, gypsysmom, EvolvedMan
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Futuristic dystopia. Overcrowding, scarcity of natural resources.
100
door Philip K. Dick
4,420 leden
71 besprekingen
3.9
Score 4
Toegevoegd 2014-05-19, 09:46 AM
- 4 Members
- PDE, sallypursell, sturlington, nagasravika.bodapati
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Futuristic dystopia. Environmental degradation of Earth. Miserable Martian colonies.
