Dystopia

Dystopia is a form of literature that explores social and political structures. It is a creation of a nightmare world - unlike its opposite, Utopia, which is an ideal world.

Dystopia is often characterized by an authoritarian or totalitarian form of government. It often features multiple kinds of repressive social control systems, a lack or total absence of individual freedoms and expressions, and a state of constant warfare or violence.

Many novels combine Dystopia and Utopia, often as a metaphor for the different directions humanity can take in its choices, ending up with one of the two poss
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World's Okayest Oracle (Reluctantly) Seeks Demon (Supernatural Entanglements)
The Divine Gardener's Handbook: Or What To Do If Your Girlfriend Accidentally Turns Off the Sun
The Salt King
The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State
MAYA: Seed Takes Root (Maya #1)
The Season of Light and Darkness
The Breakup
Makeshift
Rite of Unity
The Demon Star
Augusta Pine Does Not Exist
Mudlark
We Were Forbidden
The Felicity Complex
Alchemised
Powerful (The Powerless Trilogy, #1.5)
Us Defiant Few (Us Dark Few, #3)
Scion
Broken Dove (Silver Elite, #2)
Fallow
Under Story
Biological War: A Scenario
Exit Party
Us Deadly Few (Us Dark Few, #2)
Dungeon Crawler Carl (Dungeon Crawler Carl Graphic Novel, #1)
A Forbidden Alchemy (The Artisan Trilogy, #1)
The Infinite Sadness of Small Appliances
The Last Contract of Isako
The Poppy Fields
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1984
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The Handmaid's Tale
Allegiant (Divergent, #3)
The Maze Runner (The Maze Runner, #1)

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