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20 Best Dystopian Novels of All Time

By Robert English Updated on June 15, 2023 12:25PM EDT
While the world may feel hopelessly dystopian, these works of classic and modern fiction hold up a mirror with entertaining stories of our worst possible futures. Including The Hunger Games and The Handmaid's Tale, here are our top 20 favorite dystopian reads.
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
1
George Orwell
Station Eleven (Emily St John Mandel)
Station Eleven
2
Emily St John Mandel
The Time Machine (H.G. Wells)
The Time Machine
3
H.G. Wells
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
4
Ray Bradbury
Parable of the Sower (Octavia E Butler)
Parable of the Sower
5
Octavia E Butler
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
6
Kazuo Ishiguro
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
7
Aldous Huxley
The Power (Naomi Alderman)
The Power
8
Naomi Alderman
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
9
Margaret Atwood
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
10
Cormac McCarthy
The Giver (Lois Lowry)
The Giver
11
Lois Lowry
The Dispossessed (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Dispossessed
12
Ursula K. Le Guin
The Wall (John Lanchester)
The Wall
13
John Lanchester
We (Yevgeny Zamyatin)
We
14
Yevgeny Zamyatin
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
15
Anthony Burgess
The Man in the High Castle (Philip K. Dick)
The Man in the High Castle
16
Philip K. Dick
The Drowned World (JG Ballard)
The Drowned World
17
JG Ballard
The Stand (Stephen King)
The Stand
18
Stephen King
The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
The Hunger Games
19
Suzanne Collins
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
20
Kurt Vonnegut
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