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100 Great Works of Dystopian Fiction

Here's Vulture website's list of 100 great works of dystopian fiction. Included are graphic novels, YA books, literary fiction, books published long ago as well as ones published recently. If you want to read more about how they selected the books, take a look at the link below.
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Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels
1
Jonathan Swift
The Last Man (Mary Shelley)
The Last Man
2
Mary Shelley
Samuel Butler: Erewhon
Samuel Butler: Erewhon
3
The Time Machine (H.G. Wells)
The Time Machine
4
H.G. Wells
The Machine Stops (E. M. Forster)
The Machine Stops
5
E. M. Forster
We
We
6
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
7
Aldous Huxley
It Can't Happen Here (Sinclair Lewis)
It Can't Happen Here
8
Sinclair Lewis
Swastika Night (Katherine Burdekin)
Swastika Night
9
Katherine Burdekin
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
10
George Orwell
Tales of the Dying Earth
Tales of the Dying Earth
11
Limbo (Bernard Wolfe)
Limbo
12
Bernard Wolfe
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
13
Ray Bradbury
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
14
William Golding
The Stars My Destination (Alfred Bester)
The Stars My Destination
15
Alfred Bester
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
16
Ayn Rand
Inter Ice Age 4
Inter Ice Age 4
17
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Walter M. Miller, Jr.)
A Canticle for Leibowitz
18
Walter M. Miller, Jr.
The Drowned World, J. G. Ballard (1962)
The Drowned World, J. G. Ballard (1962)
19
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
20
Anthony Burgess
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
21
Kurt Vonnegut
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream (Harlan Ellison)
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream
22
Harlan Ellison
Stand on Zanzibar (John Brunner)
Stand on Zanzibar
23
John Brunner
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Philip K. Dick)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
24
Philip K. Dick
The Lathe of Heaven (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Lathe of Heaven
25
Ursula K. Le Guin
The Lorax (Dr. Seuss)
The Lorax
26
Dr. Seuss
The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman
The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman
27
Motorman (David Ohle)
Motorman
28
David Ohle
Roadside Picnic (Arkady & Boris Strugatsky)
Roadside Picnic
29
Arkady & Boris Strugatsky
The Girl Who Was Plugged in (James Tiptree Jr.)
The Girl Who Was Plugged In
30
James Tiptree Jr.
Dhalgren (Samuel R. Delany)
Dhalgren
31
Samuel R. Delany
Girl Who Owned a City (O.T. Nelson)
Girl Who Owned a City
32
O.T. Nelson
Woman on the Edge of Time (Marge Piercy)
Woman on the Edge of Time
33
Marge Piercy
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang (Kate Wilhelm)
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang
34
Kate Wilhelm
The Twenty Days of Turin (Giorgio De Maria)
The Twenty Days of Turin
35
Giorgio De Maria
The Stand (Stephen King)
The Stand
36
Stephen King
Riddley Walker (Russell Hoban)
Riddley Walker
37
Russell Hoban
Shadow of the Torturer (Gene Wolfe)
Shadow of the Torturer
38
Gene Wolfe
Akira (Katsuhiro Otomo)
Akira
39
Katsuhiro Otomo
Neuromancer (William Gibson)
Neuromancer
40
William Gibson
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