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Visions of what could be

Essential Dystopian Fiction Reading Guides

The most-discussed dystopian and post-apocalyptic fiction — from Orwell and Huxley to contemporary visions of what our world might become.

1984 George Orwell · 1949 Editor's Choice Get it on Amazon →
Brave New World Aldous Huxley · 1932 Essential Read Get it on Amazon →
The Handmaid's Tale Margaret Atwood · 1985 Essential Read Get it on Amazon →
We Yevgeny Zamyatin · 1924 Essential Read See details →
Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury · 1953 Essential Read See details →
A Clockwork Orange Anthony Burgess · 1962 Recommended See details →
The Road Cormac McCarthy · 2006 Essential Read See details →
Station Eleven Emily St. John Mandel · 2014 Recommended See details →
Never Let Me Go Kazuo Ishiguro · 2005 Essential Read See details →
The Giver Lois Lowry · 1993 Recommended See details →
The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins · 2008 Editor's Choice See details →
Parable of the Sower Octavia Butler · 1993 Recommended See details →
Oryx and Crake Margaret Atwood · 2003 Recommended See details →
The Children of Men P.D. James · 1992 Essential Read See details →
Lord of the Flies William Golding · 1954 Recommended See details →
Prophet Song Paul Lynch · 2023 Essential Read See details →

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