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Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction From Goodreads

This list is from goodreads. Some of these books I would not classify as Dystopian or Post-Apocalyptic books but thats the list. The order is roughly the same as on the original list.
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The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
The Hunger Games
1
Suzanne Collins
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
2
George Orwell
The Giver (Lois Lowry)
The Giver
3
Lois Lowry
Divergent (Veronica Roth)
Divergent
4
Veronica Roth
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
5
Aldous Huxley
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
6
Ray Bradbury
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
7
Margaret Atwood
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
8
George Orwell
Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card)
Ender's Game
9
Orson Scott Card
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
10
William Golding
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
11
Cormac McCarthy
The Maze Runner (James Dashner)
The Maze Runner
12
James Dashner
Delirium (Lauren Oliver)
Delirium
13
Lauren Oliver
Uglies (Scott Westerfeld)
Uglies
14
Scott Westerfeld
Matched Series
Matched Series
15
The Stand (Stephen King)
The Stand
16
Stephen King
V for Vendetta (Alan Moore)
V for Vendetta
17
Alan Moore
Unwind (Neal Shusterman)
Unwind
18
Neal Shusterman
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
19
Kazuo Ishiguro
Oryx and Crake (Margaret Atwood)
Oryx and Crake
20
Margaret Atwood
World War Z (Max Brooks)
World War Z
21
Max Brooks
Legend (Marie Lu)
Legend
22
Marie Lu
The City of Ember (Jeanne Duprau)
The City of Ember
23
Jeanne Duprau
Watchmen (Alan Moore)
Watchmen
24
Alan Moore
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Philip K Dick)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
25
Philip K Dick
Ready Player One (Ernest Cline)
Ready Player One
26
Ernest Cline
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
27
Kurt Vonnegut
The Time Machine (H.G. Wells)
The Time Machine
28
H.G. Wells
Wool (Hugh Howey)
Wool
29
Hugh Howey
I Am Legend (Richard Matheson)
I Am Legend
30
Richard Matheson
Battle Royale (Koushun Takami)
Battle Royale
31
Koushun Takami
Anthem (Ayn Rand)
Anthem
32
Ayn Rand
Life as We Knew It Series (Susan Pfeffer)
Life as We Knew It Series
33
Susan Pfeffer
Cinder (Marissa Meyer)
Cinder
34
Marissa Meyer
The Gunslinger (Stephen King)
The Gunslinger
35
Stephen King
We (Yevgeny Zamyatin)
We
36
Yevgeny Zamyatin
The Passage (Justin Cronin)
The Passage
37
Justin Cronin
The Knife of Never Letting Go (Patrick Ness)
The Knife of Never Letting Go
38
Patrick Ness
Shatter Me (Tahereh Mafi)
Shatter Me
39
Tahereh Mafi
The Selection (Kiera Cass)
The Selection
40
Kiera Cass
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