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Best Dystopian Books of All Time

Here's a list of the top 59 dystopian books of all time according to Bookscrolling. Have you read many of these harrowing tales?
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Caesar's Column (Ignatius L.Donnelly)
Caesar's Column
1
Ignatius L.Donnelly
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
2
Kurt Vonnegut
Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card)
Ender's Game
3
Orson Scott Card
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
4
Gone (Michael Grant)
Gone
5
Michael Grant
Legend (Marie Lu)
Legend
6
Marie Lu
Make Room! Make Room!
Make Room! Make Room!
7
Player Piano (Kurt Vonnegut)
Player Piano
8
Kurt Vonnegut
Super Sad True Love Story (Gary Shteyngart)
Super Sad True Love Story
9
Gary Shteyngart
The City of Ember (Jeanne Duprau)
The City of Ember
10
Jeanne Duprau
The Diamond Age (Neal Stephenson)
The Diamond Age
11
Neal Stephenson
The Dispossessed (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Dispossessed
12
Ursula K. Le Guin
The Lathe of Heaven (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Lathe of Heaven
13
Ursula K. Le Guin
The Stand (Stephen King)
The Stand
14
Stephen King
The Windup Girl (Paolo Bacigalupi)
The Windup Girl
15
Paolo Bacigalupi
This Perfect Day
This Perfect Day
16
Wither (Lauren Destefano)
Wither
17
Lauren Destefano
Among the Hidden (Margaret Peterson Haddix)
Among the Hidden
18
Margaret Peterson Haddix
Armageddon's Children
Armageddon's Children
19
Article 5 (Kristen Simmons)
Article 5
20
Kristen Simmons
Battle Royale (Koushun Takami)
Battle Royale
21
Koushun Takami
Delirium (Lauren Oliver)
Delirium
22
Lauren Oliver
It Can't Happen Here (Sinclair Lewis)
It Can't Happen Here
23
Sinclair Lewis
Logan's Run (William F Nolan)
Logan's Run
24
William F Nolan
Obernewtyn
Obernewtyn
25
Shatter Me (Tahereh Mafi)
Shatter Me
26
Tahereh Mafi
Across the Universe (Beth Revis)
Across the Universe
27
Beth Revis
Anthem (Ayn Rand)
Anthem
28
Ayn Rand
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
29
Ayn Rand
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
30
David Mitchell
Ready Player One (Ernest Cline)
Ready Player One
31
Ernest Cline
Station Eleven (Emily St John Mandel)
Station Eleven
32
Emily St John Mandel
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Walter M. Miller, Jr.)
A Canticle for Leibowitz
33
Walter M. Miller, Jr.
Animal Farm – George Orwell
Animal Farm – George Orwell
34
Matched (Ally Condie)
Matched
35
Ally Condie
Neuromancer (William Gibson)
Neuromancer
36
William Gibson
The Chrysalids (John Wyndham)
The Chrysalids
37
John Wyndham
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
38
William Golding
The Running Man (Stephen King)
The Running Man
39
Stephen King
Divergent (Veronica Roth)
Divergent
40
Veronica Roth
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