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Some Books That Show Us Where We Could Be Headed If We're Not Careful

52 works of fiction- some dystopian, some apocalyptic, some just surreal - that present all-too-plausible futures for the world we live in now.
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1984 (Orwell)
1984
1
Orwell
Alas Babylon (Frank)
Alas Babylon
2
Frank
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
3
Aldous Huxley
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Miller)
A Canticle for Leibowitz
4
Miller
Cat's Cradle (Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
5
Vonnegut
The Children of Men (P.D. James)
The Children of Men
6
P.D. James
A Clockwork Orange (Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
7
Burgess
Distrust That Particular Flavor (William Gibson)
Distrust That Particular Flavor
8
William Gibson
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
9
Ray Bradbury
Farnham's Freehold (Robert Heinlein)
Farnham's Freehold
10
Robert Heinlein
Fatherland (Robert Harris)
Fatherland
11
Robert Harris
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said (Philip K. Dick)
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
12
Philip K. Dick
Galapagos (Kurt Vonnegut)
Galapagos
13
Kurt Vonnegut
Gathering Blue (Lois Lowry)
Gathering Blue
14
Lois Lowry
The Giver (Lois Lowry)
The Giver
15
Lois Lowry
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
16
Margaret Atwood
The Hunger Games Series (Suzanne Collins)
The Hunger Games Series
17
Suzanne Collins
Ice (Anna Kavan)
Ice
18
Anna Kavan
It Can't Happen Here (Sinclair Lewis)
It Can't Happen Here
19
Sinclair Lewis
The Jagged Orbit (Brunner)
The Jagged Orbit
20
Brunner
The Long Tomorrow (Leigh Brackett)
The Long Tomorrow
21
Leigh Brackett
Maddaddam (Margaret Atwood)
Maddaddam
22
Margaret Atwood
Make Room! Make Room!, Harry Harrison (1966)
Make Room! Make Room!, Harry Harrison (1966)
23
The Manchurian Candidate (Richard Condon)
The Manchurian Candidate
24
Richard Condon
Messenger (Lois Lowry)
Messenger
25
Lois Lowry
Neuromancer (William Gibson)
Neuromancer
26
William Gibson
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
27
Kazuo Ishiguro
Night of Camp David (Knebel)
Night of Camp David
28
Knebel
On the Beach (Shute)
On the Beach
29
Shute
Oryx and Crake (Margaret Atwood)
Oryx and Crake
30
Margaret Atwood
Pattern Recognition (William Gibson)
Pattern Recognition
31
William Gibson
The Peripheral (William Gibson)
The Peripheral
32
William Gibson
Planet of the Apes (Pierre Boulle)
Planet of the Apes
33
Pierre Boulle
Player Piano (Kurt Vonnegut)
Player Piano
34
Kurt Vonnegut
The Plot Against America (Philip Roth)
The Plot Against America
35
Philip Roth
Ready Player One (Ernest Cline)
Ready Player One
36
Ernest Cline
Revolt in 2100 (Heinlein)
Revolt in 2100
37
Heinlein
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
38
Cormac McCarthy
A Scanner Darkly (Philip K. Dick)
A Scanner Darkly
39
Philip K. Dick
The Second Sleep (Robert Harris)
The Second Sleep
40
Robert Harris
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