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60 Essential Dystopian Novels

This list is made up of the most famous, influential, popular, and praised for superior writing dystopian fiction out there.
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Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
1
Ray Bradbury
The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
The Hunger Games
2
Suzanne Collins
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
3
George Orwell
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
4
Aldous Huxley
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
5
Margaret Atwood
We (Yevgeny Zamyatin)
We
6
Yevgeny Zamyatin
The Giver (Lois Lowry)
The Giver
7
Lois Lowry
Divergent (Veronica Roth)
Divergent
8
Veronica Roth
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
9
Anthony Burgess
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
10
Cormac McCarthy
The Time Machine (H.G. Wells)
The Time Machine
11
H.G. Wells
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
12
Kazuo Ishiguro
The Maze Runner (James Dashner)
The Maze Runner
13
James Dashner
Uglies (Scott Westerfeld)
Uglies
14
Scott Westerfeld
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
15
George Orwell
Oryx and Crake (Margaret Atwood)
Oryx and Crake
16
Margaret Atwood
The Children of Men (P.D. James)
The Children of Men
17
P.D. James
Station Eleven (Emily St John Mandel)
Station Eleven
18
Emily St John Mandel
Matched (Ally Condie)
Matched
19
Ally Condie
Ready Player One (Ernest Cline)
Ready Player One
20
Ernest Cline
The Iron Heel (Jack London)
The Iron Heel
21
Jack London
Parable of the Sower (Octavia E. Butler)
Parable of the Sower
22
Octavia E. Butler
The Man in the High Castle (Philip K. Dick)
The Man in the High Castle
23
Philip K. Dick
The Power (Naomi Alderman)
The Power
24
Naomi Alderman
Unwind (Neal Shusterman)
Unwind
25
Neal Shusterman
The Book of Joan (Lidia Yuknavitch)
The Book of Joan
26
Lidia Yuknavitch
The City of Ember (Jeanne Duprau)
The City of Ember
27
Jeanne Duprau
Red Rising (Pierce Brown)
Red Rising
28
Pierce Brown
Delirium (Lauren Oliver)
Delirium
29
Lauren Oliver
The Running Man (Richard Bachman)
The Running Man
30
Richard Bachman
Future Home of the Living God (Louise Erdrich)
Future Home of the Living God
31
Louise Erdrich
Battle Royale (Koushun Takami)
Battle Royale
32
Koushun Takami
Shatter Me (Tahereh Mafi)
Shatter Me
33
Tahereh Mafi
Legend (Marie Lu)
Legend
34
Marie Lu
The Wind-Up Girl (Paolo Bacigalupi)
The Wind-Up Girl
35
Paolo Bacigalupi
Super Sad True Love Story (Gary Shteyngart)
Super Sad True Love Story
36
Gary Shteyngart
The 5th Wave (Rick Yancey)
The 5th Wave
37
Rick Yancey
The Passage (Justin Cronin)
The Passage
38
Justin Cronin
Among the Hidden (Margaret Peterson Haddix)
Among the Hidden
39
Margaret Peterson Haddix
Logan's Run
Logan's Run
40
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