False Utopia

A False Utopia is similar to a Dystopia, but instead of the often visibly oppressive and/or anarchic "true" Dystopia, a False Utopia appears inviting at first and indeed may well be a nice place to live in but hides a dark and often terrible secret beneath its innocent exterior. A False Utopia is a place, a town, or even a world that seems or at least is supposed to have no faults, while in reality it just hides them very carefully from its inhabitants.

Many "Utopian" books are actually false utopias beneath the surface.

For similar themes/genres, also see:
Utopia
Dystopia
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The Giver (The Giver, #1)
Insurgent (Divergent, #2)
Divergent (Divergent, #1)
Space Pirate Queen of the Ten Billion Utopias
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
Crossed (Matched, #2)
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
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Hallucination Orbit
 
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J.T. McIntosh
Great Utopian and Dystopian Works of Literature
.Murder in the grave
After: Nineteen Stories of Apocalypse and Dystopia
Allegiant (Divergent, #3)
Golden Son (Red Rising Saga, #2)
Doomsday Morning
The Scorpion Rules (Prisoners of Peace #1)