Dystopic Books

Showing 1-50 of 3,460
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 226 times as dystopic)
avg rating 4.35 — 10,003,269 ratings — published 2008
Rate this book
Clear rating
1984 1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 184 times as dystopic)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,538,674 ratings — published 1948
Rate this book
Clear rating
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2) Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 182 times as dystopic)
avg rating 4.36 — 4,200,044 ratings — published 2009
Rate this book
Clear rating
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3) Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 175 times as dystopic)
avg rating 4.12 — 3,758,908 ratings — published 2010
Rate this book
Clear rating
Divergent (Divergent, #1) Divergent (Divergent, #1)
by (shelved 160 times as dystopic)
avg rating 4.13 — 4,406,695 ratings — published 2011
Rate this book
Clear rating
The Handmaid's Tale The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 143 times as dystopic)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,458,513 ratings — published 1985
Rate this book
Clear rating
Fahrenheit 451 Fahrenheit 451 (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 135 times as dystopic)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,874,802 ratings — published 1953
Rate this book
Clear rating
Brave New World Brave New World (Paperback)
by (shelved 124 times as dystopic)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,095,885 ratings — published 1932
Rate this book
Clear rating
Insurgent (Divergent, #2) Insurgent (Divergent, #2)
by (shelved 117 times as dystopic)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,630,798 ratings — published 2012
Rate this book
Clear rating
The Giver (The Giver, #1) The Giver (The Giver, #1)
by (shelved 97 times as dystopic)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,831,268 ratings — published 1993
Rate this book
Clear rating
Allegiant (Divergent, #3) Allegiant (Divergent, #3)
by (shelved 94 times as dystopic)
avg rating 3.60 — 1,147,644 ratings — published 2013
Rate this book
Clear rating
Animal Farm Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 86 times as dystopic)
avg rating 4.02 — 4,615,303 ratings — published 1945
Rate this book
Clear rating
Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1) Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
by (shelved 63 times as dystopic)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,311,276 ratings — published 2011
Rate this book
Clear rating
The Maze Runner (The Maze Runner, #1) The Maze Runner (The Maze Runner, #1)
by (shelved 62 times as dystopic)
avg rating 4.06 — 1,700,634 ratings — published 2009
Rate this book
Clear rating
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1) Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1)
by (shelved 59 times as dystopic)
avg rating 4.00 — 289,390 ratings — published 2003
Rate this book
Clear rating
Never Let Me Go Never Let Me Go (Paperback)
by (shelved 57 times as dystopic)
avg rating 3.85 — 868,411 ratings — published 2005
Rate this book
Clear rating
The Road The Road (Hardcover)
by (shelved 56 times as dystopic)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,049,360 ratings — published 2006
Rate this book
Clear rating
Lord of the Flies Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 48 times as dystopic)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,227,195 ratings — published 1954
Rate this book
Clear rating
Uglies (Uglies, #1) Uglies (Uglies, #1)
by (shelved 48 times as dystopic)
avg rating 3.84 — 710,107 ratings — published 2005
Rate this book
Clear rating
Station Eleven Station Eleven (Hardcover)
by (shelved 47 times as dystopic)
avg rating 4.07 — 622,194 ratings — published 2014
Rate this book
Clear rating
Matched (Matched, #1) Matched (Matched, #1)
by (shelved 47 times as dystopic)
avg rating 3.62 — 816,465 ratings — published 2010
Rate this book
Clear rating
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (The Hunger Games, #0) The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (The Hunger Games, #0)
by (shelved 46 times as dystopic)
avg rating 3.99 — 1,212,195 ratings — published 2020
Rate this book
Clear rating
The Selection (The Selection, #1) The Selection (The Selection, #1)
by (shelved 43 times as dystopic)
avg rating 4.07 — 1,776,519 ratings — published 2012
Rate this book
Clear rating
Legend (Legend, #1) Legend (Legend, #1)
by (shelved 43 times as dystopic)
avg rating 4.15 — 566,402 ratings — published 2011
Rate this book
Clear rating
Wool Omnibus (Silo, #1) Wool Omnibus (Silo, #1)
by (shelved 42 times as dystopic)
avg rating 4.23 — 279,987 ratings — published 2012
Rate this book
Clear rating
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (ebook)
by (shelved 42 times as dystopic)
avg rating 4.09 — 518,064 ratings — published 1968
Rate this book
Clear rating
Delirium (Delirium, #1) Delirium (Delirium, #1)
by (shelved 42 times as dystopic)
avg rating 3.95 — 479,794 ratings — published 2011
Rate this book
Clear rating
Red Queen (Red Queen, #1) Red Queen (Red Queen, #1)
by (shelved 39 times as dystopic)
avg rating 3.98 — 1,183,065 ratings — published 2015
Rate this book
Clear rating
The Scorch Trials (The Maze Runner, #2) The Scorch Trials (The Maze Runner, #2)
by (shelved 38 times as dystopic)
avg rating 3.89 — 647,062 ratings — published 2010
Rate this book
Clear rating
A Clockwork Orange A Clockwork Orange (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as dystopic)
avg rating 4.00 — 775,636 ratings — published 1962
Rate this book
Clear rating
The Death Cure (The Maze Runner, #3) The Death Cure (The Maze Runner, #3)
by (shelved 35 times as dystopic)
avg rating 3.78 — 504,322 ratings — published 2011
Rate this book
Clear rating
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1) Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
by (shelved 35 times as dystopic)
avg rating 4.19 — 271,635 ratings — published 1993
Rate this book
Clear rating
Shatter Me (Shatter Me, #1) Shatter Me (Shatter Me, #1)
by (shelved 34 times as dystopic)
avg rating 3.84 — 1,245,040 ratings — published 2011
Rate this book
Clear rating
Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1) Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
by (shelved 33 times as dystopic)
avg rating 4.27 — 821,463 ratings — published 2014
Rate this book
Clear rating
Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1) Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 33 times as dystopic)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,017,541 ratings — published 2012
Rate this book
Clear rating
The Testaments (The Handmaid's Tale, #2) The Testaments (The Handmaid's Tale, #2)
by (shelved 32 times as dystopic)
avg rating 4.20 — 431,155 ratings — published 2019
Rate this book
Clear rating
Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games, #0.5) Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games, #0.5)
by (shelved 30 times as dystopic)
avg rating 4.50 — 1,121,050 ratings — published 2025
Rate this book
Clear rating
Scythe (Arc of a Scythe, #1) Scythe (Arc of a Scythe, #1)
by (shelved 29 times as dystopic)
avg rating 4.32 — 420,357 ratings — published 2016
Rate this book
Clear rating
The Elite (The Selection, #2) The Elite (The Selection, #2)
by (shelved 29 times as dystopic)
avg rating 3.94 — 877,853 ratings — published 2013
Rate this book
Clear rating
The Year of the Flood (MaddAddam, #2) The Year of the Flood (MaddAddam, #2)
by (shelved 29 times as dystopic)
avg rating 4.07 — 133,685 ratings — published 2009
Rate this book
Clear rating
The Host (The Host, #1) The Host (The Host, #1)
by (shelved 28 times as dystopic)
avg rating 3.86 — 1,051,492 ratings — published 2008
Rate this book
Clear rating
V for Vendetta V for Vendetta (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as dystopic)
avg rating 4.26 — 326,264 ratings — published 1990
Rate this book
Clear rating
The Man in the High Castle The Man in the High Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as dystopic)
avg rating 3.59 — 237,428 ratings — published 1962
Rate this book
Clear rating
The One (The Selection, #3) The One (The Selection, #3)
by (shelved 27 times as dystopic)
avg rating 4.14 — 783,007 ratings — published 2014
Rate this book
Clear rating
Blindness Blindness (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 27 times as dystopic)
avg rating 4.18 — 343,279 ratings — published 1995
Rate this book
Clear rating
Pretties (Uglies, #2) Pretties (Uglies, #2)
by (shelved 27 times as dystopic)
avg rating 3.83 — 280,923 ratings — published 2005
Rate this book
Clear rating
We We (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as dystopic)
avg rating 3.88 — 114,112 ratings — published 1924
Rate this book
Clear rating
The 5th Wave (The 5th Wave, #1) The 5th Wave (The 5th Wave, #1)
by (shelved 26 times as dystopic)
avg rating 4.00 — 481,225 ratings — published 2013
Rate this book
Clear rating
Pandemonium (Delirium, #2) Pandemonium (Delirium, #2)
by (shelved 26 times as dystopic)
avg rating 4.02 — 246,164 ratings — published 2012
Rate this book
Clear rating
The Long Walk The Long Walk (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as dystopic)
avg rating 4.00 — 286,246 ratings — published 1979
Rate this book
Clear rating


Scott Kaelen
“Moses threw the spent cigarette butt to the ground. It bounced once then lay still. A lazy wisp of smoke drifted towards the reaching shadows. He pushed himself to his feet and brushed flakes of grit from the seat of his jeans. Stuffing his hands in his pockets, he moved away from the pipe and began to negotiate a route down the alley. A rivulet of cans, wrappers and remnants of kebabs dotted the ground like flotsam; the waste of nights past, discarded by the nameless, faceless masses marking their territories with futile gestures. Oh, sure, the trash was still emptied these days – there were still garbage men around, but it just delayed the inevitable, prolonging the agony of a tired and dying world.”
Scott Kaelen, Moses Garrett

Angelo M. Codevilla
“Tacit collaboration by millions who
bite their lip is even more essential than lip service by thousands of favor seekers. Hence, to stimulate at least passive cooperation, the party strives to give the impression that “everybody” is already on its side. (The Rise of Political Correctness)”
Angelo Codevilla

More quotes...