Dystopian and Apocalyptic Literature
- Description
- 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
- Members
- 68 participating members
sturlington ,sallypursell ,ShelfMonkey ,gypsysmom ,BLBera ,kara.shamy ,allyrod113 ,ManWithAnAgenda ,Her_Royal_Orangeness ,ShellyS ,ahef1963 ,Dreesie ,rretzler ,nagasravika.bodapati ,SonoranDreamer ,EvolvedMan ,awarren1 ,Verkruissen ,PDE ,alex68 ,JoyKP ,pan0ramix ,Charon07 ,dianeham ,Fiamme ,Jarandel ,SylviaC ,TheRealLouise ,aulsmith ,Dilara86 ,merrystar ,cej1027 ,mkbird ,Bluewolf0411 ,zfak102 ,thecoroner ,greydoll ,KimarieBee ,hipdeep ,SENSpence ,megschristina ,eclecticdodo ,amz310783 ,BookWallah ,nicoleop ,Rosenort ,flemertown ,skid0612 ,pieperp ,izzy45 ,NateK ,Lucy_Skywalker ,youthfulzombie ,DavidCady ,BlueHeaven1969 ,Vit.Z ,midget84 ,cataloga ,Bookslesstravelled ,Chiyan ,AyannaKW ,AlWheeler ,jasmaynard ,avm1863 ,thehappyteacher ,INTPLibrarian ,klcallahan13 ,inge87
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- 35 Members
- hipdeep, ShelfMonkey, BookWallah, amz310783, ShellyS, merrystar, sturlington, thecoroner, Fiamme, BLBera, alex68, eclecticdodo, Bluewolf0411, rretzler, Jarandel, Her_Royal_Orangeness, SonoranDreamer, cej1027, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, Dreesie, nicoleop, pan0ramix, JoyKP, dianeham, EvolvedMan, avm1863, Vit.Z, AyannaKW, thehappyteacher, ManWithAnAgenda, allyrod113, flemertown, Charon07
- Explanations
- sturlington: Futuristic philosophical dystopia. Loss of freedom of speech, mass consumerism, totalitarianism and extreme censorship. Required reading.
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77,313 members
1,223 reviews
4.2
Score 28
Added 2014-03-06, 01:17 PM
- 28 Members
- ShelfMonkey, ShellyS, aulsmith, PDE, merrystar, sturlington, greydoll, BLBera, alex68, Bluewolf0411, rretzler, Jarandel, SonoranDreamer, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, nicoleop, SENSpence, pan0ramix, JoyKP, dianeham, zfak102, EvolvedMan, Vit.Z, ManWithAnAgenda, allyrod113, Charon07, skid0612
- Explanations
- sturlington: Classic political dystopia. Mass surveillance, propaganda, historical deletion, mind control, and extreme totalitarianism. Required reading.
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- 28 Members
- ShelfMonkey, amz310783, ShellyS, PDE, merrystar, sturlington, thecoroner, BLBera, alex68, rretzler, Jarandel, SonoranDreamer, cej1027, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Dreesie, nicoleop, pan0ramix, JoyKP, zfak102, EvolvedMan, klcallahan13, ManWithAnAgenda, allyrod113, Charon07, skid0612
- Explanations
- sturlington: Classic dystopia and counterpoint to 1984. Genetic engineering, mass consumerism, mind control, totalitarianism. Required reading.
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39,684 members
1,091 reviews
4.1
Score 28
Added 2014-03-06, 01:22 PM
- 29 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, pan0ramix, JoyKP, zfak102, ManWithAnAgenda, allyrod113, Charon07,Rosenort
- Explanations
- sturlington: Classic feminist dystopia. Totalitarianism, infertility, theocracy. Required reading.
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- 26 Members
- BookWallah, amz310783, ShellyS, aulsmith, PDE, merrystar, sturlington, thecoroner, greydoll, BLBera, rretzler, Jarandel, SonoranDreamer, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, kara.shamy, nicoleop, pan0ramix, JoyKP, zfak102, EvolvedMan, ManWithAnAgenda, allyrod113, Charon07, skid0612
- Explanations
- sturlington: Political/satirical allegory with animal characters. Propaganda and totalitarianism. Required reading.
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- 21 Members
- BookWallah, ShellyS, PDE, sturlington, Fiamme, greydoll, BLBera, alex68, rretzler, SonoranDreamer, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Dreesie, nicoleop, pan0ramix, JoyKP, zfak102, allyrod113, Charon07
- Explanations
- sturlington: Allegorical dystopia. Castaway boys on an uninhabited island regress to savagery.
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- 20 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
- Explanations
- sturlington: Biblical apocalypse, epidemic of human-engineered virus, showdown between good and evil.
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- 20 Members
- ShelfMonkey, KimarieBee, BookWallah, amz310783, sturlington, BLBera, eclecticdodo, rretzler, SonoranDreamer, cej1027, ahef1963, Dreesie, Verkruissen, megschristina, nicoleop, JoyKP, EvolvedMan, awarren1, ManWithAnAgenda, allyrod113,Lucy_Skywalker
- Explanations
- sturlington: Classic example of a children's dystopia, one of the few on this list.
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- 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
- Explanations
- 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.
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18,179 members
458 reviews
4
Score 18
Added 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
- Explanations
- sturlington: Philosophical futuristic dystopia. Environmental degradation, androids, existentialism.
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- 19 Members
- ShelfMonkey, ShellyS, PDE, SylviaC, sturlington, BLBera, Dilara86, Jarandel, Her_Royal_Orangeness, SonoranDreamer, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Dreesie, pan0ramix, zfak102, allyrod113, Charon07,Rosenort
- Explanations
- sturlington: Futuristic biopunk dystopia leading to an apocalypse. First of a trilogy.
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- 17 Members
- ShelfMonkey, KimarieBee, sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, rretzler, SonoranDreamer, cej1027, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, Dreesie, JoyKP, ManWithAnAgenda, TheRealLouise, Charon07, izzy45
- Explanations
- sturlington: Classic time travel novel. Far future dystopia in which humanity has de-evolved; also dying Earth. Required reading.
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- 16 Members
- ShelfMonkey, ShellyS, sturlington, thecoroner, Fiamme, BLBera, alex68, rretzler, SonoranDreamer, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, Dreesie, megschristina, JoyKP, izzy45
- Explanations
- sturlington: Classic futuristic dystopia written in fictional dialect. Mind control, extreme violence. Required reading.
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11,167 members
301 reviews
3.9
Score 16
Added 2014-03-06, 01:36 PM
- 17 Members
- ShelfMonkey, ShellyS, aulsmith, PDE, sturlington, Fiamme, Bluewolf0411, rretzler, Jarandel, gypsysmom, ahef1963, megschristina, pan0ramix, dianeham, EvolvedMan, ManWithAnAgenda, Charon07,Her_Royal_Orangeness
- Explanations
- 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*
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10,341 members
743 reviews
4.1
Score 16
Added 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
- Explanations
- sturlington: Flu pandemic wipes out most of the population.
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59,773 members
3,420 reviews
½ 4.3
Score 14
Added 2014-03-06, 01:18 PM
- 20 Members
- KimarieBee, amz310783, ShellyS, sturlington, Fiamme, BLBera, eclecticdodo, rretzler, SonoranDreamer, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Dreesie, Verkruissen, megschristina, SENSpence, JoyKP, awarren1, ManWithAnAgenda, allyrod113, flemertown, ,Her_Royal_Orangeness ,cej1027 ,Lucy_Skywalker ,DavidCady ,
- Explanations
- 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*
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- 16 Members
- amz310783, ShellyS, sturlington, BLBera, eclecticdodo, rretzler, SonoranDreamer, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Dreesie, megschristina, SENSpence, JoyKP, awarren1, allyrod113, izzy45,Her_Royal_Orangeness ,Lucy_Skywalker
- Explanations
- sturlington: Sequel to The Hunger Games.
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- 14 Members
- ShelfMonkey, BookWallah, ShellyS, PDE, sturlington, BLBera, gypsysmom, ahef1963, pan0ramix, ManWithAnAgenda, allyrod113, TheRealLouise, Charon07, izzy45
- Explanations
- sturlington: Satirical apocalyptic novel.
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- 15 Members
- BookWallah, aulsmith, merrystar, sturlington, Fiamme, rretzler, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, nicoleop, SENSpence, JoyKP, zfak102, EvolvedMan, awarren1, Chiyan,Her_Royal_Orangeness ,ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- sturlington: Futuristic military SF with dystopian themes. Child soldiers versus aliens. First in a series.Her_Royal_Orangeness : Homophobic and misogynistic.
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- 14 Members
- ShelfMonkey, sturlington, BLBera, alex68, rretzler, Her_Royal_Orangeness, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Dreesie, Verkruissen, dianeham, ManWithAnAgenda, allyrod113, TheRealLouise,Bluewolf0411
- Explanations
- sturlington: Alternate history dystopia.
Cloning and organ harvesting.
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12,969 members
337 reviews
½ 3.7
Score 13
Added 2014-03-06, 02:01 PM
- 13 Members
- ShelfMonkey, PDE, sturlington, BLBera, alex68, Bluewolf0411, rretzler, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, pan0ramix, EvolvedMan, ManWithAnAgenda, TheRealLouise
- Explanations
- sturlington: WWII alternate history dystopia. Fascist US.
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- 14 Members
- ShellyS, PDE, sturlington, Fiamme, alex68, Jarandel, SonoranDreamer, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, pan0ramix, EvolvedMan, ManWithAnAgenda, allyrod113, TheRealLouise,skid0612
- Explanations
- sturlington: False utopia/anarchism.skid0612 : Wonderful book, not a dystopia
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7,089 members
214 reviews
4.1
Score 13
Added 2014-03-06, 01:19 PM
- 13 Members
- ShellyS, sturlington, Fiamme, BLBera, Dilara86, Her_Royal_Orangeness, SonoranDreamer, gypsysmom, Verkruissen, pan0ramix, ManWithAnAgenda, allyrod113, TheRealLouise
- Explanations
- 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.
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- 13 Members
- SylviaC, sturlington, cataloga, Fiamme, greydoll, alex68, Bluewolf0411, rretzler, ahef1963, DavidCady, EvolvedMan, Rosenort, Charon07
- Explanations
- sturlington: Classic "pre-apocalyptic" novel. Nuclear devastation.
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- 12 Members
- ShelfMonkey, KimarieBee, PDE, SylviaC, sturlington, Fiamme, greydoll, Bluewolf0411, Jarandel, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Dreesie
- Explanations
- sturlington: Apocalyptic "cozy catastrophe". Blindness epidemic and man-eating plants.
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- 13 Members
- ShellyS, sturlington, BLBera, eclecticdodo, rretzler, SonoranDreamer, gypsysmom, Dreesie, megschristina, SENSpence, JoyKP, awarren1, allyrod113, ,Lucy_Skywalker
- Explanations
- sturlington: Sequel to Catching Fire.
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- 11 Members
- hipdeep, ShelfMonkey, ShellyS, PDE, sturlington, alex68, rretzler, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, EvolvedMan
- Explanations
- sturlington: Classic cyberpunk. Required reading.
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- 11 Members
- ShelfMonkey, ShellyS, PDE, merrystar, SylviaC, sturlington, alex68, SonoranDreamer, gypsysmom, ahef1963, EvolvedMan
- Explanations
- sturlington: Human colonization of Mars, during which there is a nuclear war on Earth.
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- 12 Members
- ShelfMonkey, sturlington, BLBera, Bluewolf0411, Jarandel, Her_Royal_Orangeness, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Verkruissen, ManWithAnAgenda, allyrod113, TheRealLouise,DavidCady
- Explanations
- sturlington: Vampire apocalypse. First in a trilogy.
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- 12 Members
- ShellyS, merrystar, sturlington, thecoroner, BLBera, alex68, SonoranDreamer, pan0ramix, EvolvedMan, ManWithAnAgenda, izzy45, skid0612,Verkruissen
- Explanations
- sturlington: Classic precursor to 1984. Required reading for serious fans of dystopian lit.
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- 11 Members
- merrystar, SylviaC, sturlington, eclecticdodo, NateK, kara.shamy, Verkruissen, JoyKP, zfak102, awarren1, allyrod113
- Explanations
- sturlington: Future subterranean totalitarian society. Post-apocalyptic--environmental destruction.
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- 12 Members
- ShelfMonkey, SylviaC, sturlington, BLBera, Dilara86, SonoranDreamer, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, Dreesie, Verkruissen, pan0ramix, TheRealLouise,Rosenort
- Explanations
- sturlington: Sequel to The Year of the Flood.
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- 10 Members
- ShelfMonkey, KimarieBee, sturlington, Dilara86, cej1027, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, Dreesie, awarren1, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- sturlington: YA dystopia. Conformity, personal appearance. First of a series.
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- 11 Members
- ShellyS, PDE, sturlington, Bluewolf0411, rretzler, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, pan0ramix, EvolvedMan, ManWithAnAgenda,aulsmith
- Explanations
- aulsmith : Clarke didn't mean this to be dystopian, just a sad evolutionary farewell.sturlington: False utopia. Alien invasion, transhumanism.
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- 10 Members
- youthfulzombie, ShelfMonkey, sturlington, Bluewolf0411, Her_Royal_Orangeness, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, Verkruissen, ManWithAnAgenda, allyrod113
- Explanations
- sturlington: Sequel to The Passage.
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- 9 Members
- hipdeep, ShelfMonkey, KimarieBee, ShellyS, sturlington, Fiamme, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- sturlington: Cyberpunk (or post-cyberpunk).
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- 9 Members
- sturlington, Fiamme, BLBera, rretzler, ahef1963, JoyKP, DavidCady, zfak102, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- sturlington: Futuristic dystopia/apocalyptic novel. Male infertility, human extinction, dictatorship. Christian allegory.
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- 9 Members
- sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, rretzler, ahef1963, Dreesie, JoyKP, ManWithAnAgenda, flemertown
- Explanations
- sturlington: Feminist dystopia in which
suburban housewives are replaced with robot versions of themselves by their husbands.
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- 10 Members
- KimarieBee, Fiamme, BLBera, rretzler, ahef1963, Dreesie, SENSpence, JoyKP, awarren1, allyrod113,sturlington ,DavidCady
- Explanations
- sturlington : YA dystopia. Conformity, totalitarianism. First of a trilogy.
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12,388 members
373 reviews
4.1
Score 8
Added 2014-03-06, 02:05 PM
- 8 Members
- sturlington, thecoroner, BLBera, alex68, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, Charon07
- Explanations
- sturlington: Apocalyptic allegory. Blindness epidemic, extreme regression of civilization.
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6,978 members
358 reviews
3.9
Score 8
Added 2014-03-06, 01:48 PM
- 10 Members
- ShelfMonkey, SylviaC, sturlington, BLBera, Dilara86, SonoranDreamer, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, Dreesie, zfak102,Bluewolf0411 ,Rosenort
- Explanations
- sturlington: Sequel to Oryx and Crake.
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- 8 Members
- ShelfMonkey, ShellyS, PDE, SylviaC, sturlington, greydoll, gypsysmom, ahef1963
- Explanations
- sturlington: Post-apocalyptic dystopia. Evolution of humanity, development of telepathic powers, theological themes. YA audience.
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3,183 members
89 reviews
4.1
Score 8
Added 2014-03-06, 02:02 PM
- 8 Members
- ShellyS, sturlington, BLBera, Dilara86, Her_Royal_Orangeness, gypsysmom, ManWithAnAgenda, allyrod113
- Explanations
- sturlington: Sequel to Parable of the Sower.
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- 8 Members
- hipdeep, sturlington, Fiamme, rretzler, ahef1963, NateK, Dreesie, ManWithAnAgenda,cej1027
- Explanations
- sturlington: Alternate history with superheroes. Dystopian and apocalyptic themes.
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- 8 Members
- PDE, sturlington, BLBera, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, Dreesie, allyrod113, midget84,
- Explanations
- 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.
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- 8 Members
- hipdeep, sturlington, rretzler, Dreesie, Verkruissen, dianeham, awarren1, ManWithAnAgenda,Rosenort
- Explanations
- sturlington: Futuristic dystopia: overcrowding and escape to virtual reality. Video game-like narrative.
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by Max Brooks
14,783 members
698 reviews
4
Score 7
Added 2014-03-06, 02:03 PM
- 9 Members
- ShelfMonkey, SylviaC, sturlington, Lucy_Skywalker, megschristina, awarren1, Rosenort, ManWithAnAgenda, allyrod113, ,Bluewolf0411
- Explanations
- sturlington: Zombie apocalypse.
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- 8 Members
- sturlington, Bluewolf0411, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, kara.shamy, JoyKP, allyrod113, flemertown,ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- sturlington: Time travel and alternate history.
Dystopia is only at the very end, as a result of changes to the timestream.
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- 8 Members
- sturlington, cataloga, Her_Royal_Orangeness, SonoranDreamer, kara.shamy, JoyKP, awarren1, allyrod113,ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- sturlington: A mysterious dome encloses a small town and civilization regresses quickly. Strong apocalyptic themes.
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- 8 Members
- aulsmith, sturlington, rretzler, Jarandel, gypsysmom, Lucy_Skywalker, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda,Her_Royal_Orangeness
- Explanations
- sturlington: Futuristic biopunk dystopia. Climate change and genetic engineering.Her_Royal_Orangeness :
RapeX1000. *shudder*
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- 7 Members
- sturlington, BLBera, SonoranDreamer, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, pan0ramix, pieperp
- Explanations
- sturlington: Feminist dystopia in which women gain the power to kill with electrical shocks. Reverse gender roles.
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- 7 Members
- ShellyS, aulsmith, sturlington, Dilara86, Her_Royal_Orangeness, pan0ramix, allyrod113
- Explanations
- sturlington: Far future following an apocalypse; first contact with advanced alien species. First in a trilogy.
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- 7 Members
- sturlington, rretzler, SonoranDreamer, Dreesie, ManWithAnAgenda, TheRealLouise, midget84
- Explanations
- sturlington: A utopian all-female society.
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by Kate Wilhelm
1,707 members
64 reviews
3.8
Score 7
Added 2014-03-06, 02:06 PM
- 7 Members
- ShellyS, sturlington, rretzler, gypsysmom, dianeham, EvolvedMan, pieperp
- Explanations
- sturlington: Post-apocalyptic novel. Cloning, loss of individuality.
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- 7 Members
- sallypursell, sturlington, Her_Royal_Orangeness, SonoranDreamer, dianeham, allyrod113, TheRealLouise
- Explanations
- sturlington: Feminist post-apocalyptic fiction. Regression of civilization, return to the wilderness.
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- 7 Members
- sturlington, BLBera, Her_Royal_Orangeness, Dreesie, dianeham, ManWithAnAgenda, pieperp
- Explanations
- sturlington: Futuristic dystopia. Organ harvesting, euthanasia of the aged and non-productive members of society.
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32,577 members
761 reviews
½ 4.3
Score 6
Added 2014-05-16, 04:06 PM
- 6 Members
- hipdeep, sturlington, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, allyrod113
- Explanations
- sturlington: Comic apocalyptic novel that takes the biblical rapture as its premise.
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- 6 Members
- ShelfMonkey, sturlington, alex68, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963
- Explanations
- sturlington: Martian invasion with a strong apocalyptic tone.
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- 6 Members
- youthfulzombie, ShelfMonkey, sallypursell, sturlington, BlueHeaven1969, allyrod113
- Explanations
- sturlington: Futuristic dystopia. Survival contests. One of The Bachman Books.
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- 6 Members
- sallypursell, sturlington, Bluewolf0411, EvolvedMan, Rosenort, allyrod113
- Explanations
- 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.
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- 7 Members
- ShelfMonkey, ShellyS, merrystar, sturlington, greydoll, megschristina, TheRealLouise,DavidCady
- Explanations
- 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.
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- 6 Members
- sturlington, BLBera, SonoranDreamer, gypsysmom, Dreesie, TheRealLouise
- Explanations
- sturlington: Satirical dystopia in which people volunteer to live in a closed community where they must spend every other month in prison.
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2,074 members
53 reviews
4
Score 6
Added 2014-03-06, 02:00 PM
- 6 Members
- ShellyS, sturlington, Fiamme, Her_Royal_Orangeness, SonoranDreamer, gypsysmom
- Explanations
- sturlington: Feminist false utopia. Post-apocalyptic matriarchal society.
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- 6 Members
- sallypursell, sturlington, gypsysmom, EvolvedMan, TheRealLouise, Charon07
- Explanations
- sturlington: Feminist spec fiction set in 4 alternate universes, two of which could be considered dystopias.
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- 6 Members
- hipdeep, sturlington, BLBera, gypsysmom, awarren1, pieperp
- Explanations
- sturlington: Climate change leads to drought, collapse, and violent clashes over water in the Southwest.
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1,395 members
22 reviews
4.1
Score 6
Added 2014-05-19, 11:57 AM
- 6 Members
- sallypursell, sturlington, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda, pieperp
- Explanations
- sturlington: Collection of three novels. Two are set on alien planets. One is far-future post-apocalyptic Earth following an alien invasion.
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- 6 Members
- Dilara86, cej1027, ahef1963, Dreesie, awarren1, ManWithAnAgenda,sturlington
- Explanations
- sturlington : Sequel to Uglies.
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- 5 Members
- ShellyS, sturlington, rretzler, gypsysmom, EvolvedMan
- Explanations
- sturlington: Futuristic dystopia; perpetual war.
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- 5 Members
- ShelfMonkey, ShellyS, sturlington, gypsysmom, EvolvedMan
- Explanations
- sturlington: Sequel to Count Zero.
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- 5 Members
- KimarieBee, sturlington, gypsysmom, AlWheeler, EvolvedMan
- Explanations
- sturlington: Alien civilization that experiences cyclical apocalypses.
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- 5 Members
- sallypursell, sturlington, BLBera, allyrod113, skid0612
- Explanations
- sturlington: Technological dystopia. Social networks, loss of privacy, corporate culture.
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- 5 Members
- sallypursell, sturlington, Bluewolf0411, gypsysmom, EvolvedMan
- Explanations
- 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.
73
- 5 Members
- SylviaC, sturlington, cej1027, ahef1963, Charon07
- Explanations
- sturlington: One by one, use of different letters of the alphabet is outlawed in a fictional island country.
74
- 6 Members
- BLBera, Her_Royal_Orangeness, gypsysmom, Verkruissen, allyrod113, TheRealLouise,sturlington
- Explanations
- sturlington : Post-apocalyptic. DNF
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by Marge Piercy
2,462 members
49 reviews
3.9
Score 5
Added 2014-03-06, 01:40 PM
- 5 Members
- sturlington, greydoll, BLBera, allyrod113, Charon07
- Explanations
- sturlington: A future anarchist utopia presented in contrast with present-day and (briefly) an alternate future dystopia.
77
- 5 Members
- sallypursell, sturlington, BLBera, kara.shamy, Verkruissen
- Explanations
- sturlington: Near-future feminist dystopia in which abortion has been outlawed.
78
- 5 Members
- sturlington, Her_Royal_Orangeness, gypsysmom, EvolvedMan, pieperp
- Explanations
- 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.
79
- 4 Members
- ShelfMonkey, sturlington, SonoranDreamer, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- sturlington: Post-apocalyptic alternate universe. Mix of western, horror and science fiction. First in a series.
80
- 6 Members
- sallypursell, BLBera, rretzler, nagasravika.bodapati, Dreesie, awarren1,sturlington ,Lucy_Skywalker
- Explanations
- sturlington : YA dystopia series
81
- 5 Members
- ShelfMonkey, eclecticdodo, rretzler, ManWithAnAgenda, TheRealLouise,sturlington
- Explanations
- sturlington : Probably not going to read this since I saw the movie.
82
- 5 Members
- ShellyS, PDE, sturlington, NateK, JoyKP,ShelfMonkey
- Explanations
- sturlington: Short stories, several of which have apocalyptic and dystopian themes.
84
- 5 Members
- Dilara86, cej1027, ahef1963, awarren1, ManWithAnAgenda,sturlington
- Explanations
- sturlington : Sequel to Pretties.
85
- 5 Members
- sallypursell, BLBera, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,sturlington
- Explanations
- sturlington : DNF
87
- 6 Members
- ShelfMonkey, sallypursell, Jarandel, kara.shamy, Dreesie, dianeham,sturlington ,ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- sturlington : YA dystopia inspired by 1984.
88
- 4 Members
- sturlington, kara.shamy, awarren1, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- sturlington: YA dystopia. Technology implants.
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by M. R. Carey
4,828 members
379 reviews
4
Score 4
Added 2014-09-19, 01:39 PM
- 5 Members
- nagasravika.bodapati, kara.shamy, Verkruissen, awarren1, allyrod113,sturlington
- Explanations
- sturlington :
Zombie apocalypse
90
- 4 Members
- PDE, sturlington, kara.shamy, allyrod113
- Explanations
- sturlington: The last section takes place in a dystopian post-climate change world.
91
- 6 Members
- ShelfMonkey, PDE, sturlington, rretzler, Jarandel, nagasravika.bodapati,Bluewolf0411 ,DavidCady
- Explanations
- sturlington: Vampire/zombie apocalypse.
92
4,133 members
69 reviews
3.9
Score 4
Added 2014-05-19, 09:46 AM
- 4 Members
- PDE, sallypursell, sturlington, nagasravika.bodapati
- Explanations
- sturlington: Futuristic dystopia. Environmental degradation of Earth. Miserable Martian colonies.
94
- 4 Members
- ShelfMonkey, sallypursell, sturlington, nagasravika.bodapati
- Explanations
- sturlington: Televised survival contests in futuristic dystopia. One of The Bachman books.
95
- 4 Members
- sturlington, SonoranDreamer, Rosenort, allyrod113
- Explanations
- sturlington: Classic post-apocalyptic novel. One of the few survivors of a plague attempts to rebuild society but instead must watch it erode to a primitive state.
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3,197 members
331 reviews
½ 3.7
Score 4
Added 2014-03-06, 01:57 PM
- 4 Members
- sallypursell, SylviaC, sturlington, Verkruissen
- Explanations
- sturlington: Environmental collapse from slowing of Earth's rotation.
97
- 4 Members
- INTPLibrarian, sallypursell, sturlington, nagasravika.bodapati
- Explanations
- sturlington: People start seeing something that causes them to go violently insane.
98
- 4 Members
- ShelfMonkey, sturlington, alex68, SENSpence
- Explanations
- sturlington: Satirical dystopia. Evolved apes, de-evolved people.
99
- 4 Members
- ShelfMonkey, sturlington, BLBera, gypsysmom
- Explanations
- sturlington: Pre-apocalyptic. Imminent meteor impact causes social collapse. First in a trilogy.
100
- 4 Members
- sallypursell, sturlington, Dreesie, awarren1
- Explanations
- sturlington: Post-apocalyptic dystopian city dominated by a genetically engineered giant bear.