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The Best Dystopian Novels

"Dystopia" is a word which here means, "a messed-up structure of government or communal life that is generally bad for most people involved but everyone goes along with because the alternate is thought to be much worse." The emphasis is, of course, on there being some manner of messed up structure, rather than just a pure apocalyptic or anarchist fiction. Sorry, The Road.
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
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George Orwell
1Q84 (Haruki Murakami)
1Q84
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Haruki Murakami
All Tomorrow's Parties
All Tomorrow's Parties
3
Allegiant (Veronica Roth)
Allegiant
4
Veronica Roth
Among the Hidden (Margaret Peterson Haddix)
Among the Hidden
5
Margaret Peterson Haddix
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
6
George Orwell
Anthem (Ayn Rand)
Anthem
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Ayn Rand
Article 5 (Kristen Simmons)
Article 5
8
Kristen Simmons
The Ask and the Answer (Patrick Ness)
The Ask and the Answer
9
Patrick Ness
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
10
Ayn Rand
Battle Royale (Koushun Takami)
Battle Royale
11
Koushun Takami
Bend Sinister (Vladimir Nabokov)
Bend Sinister
12
Vladimir Nabokov
Binti (Nnedi Okorafor)
Binti
13
Nnedi Okorafor
Binti: Home (Nnedi Okorafor)
Binti: Home
14
Nnedi Okorafor
Bleeding Edge (Thomas Pynchon)
Bleeding Edge
15
Thomas Pynchon
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
16
Aldous Huxley
Brown Girl in the Ring (Nalo Hopkinson)
Brown Girl in the Ring
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Nalo Hopkinson
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Walter M. Miller, Jr.)
A Canticle for Leibowitz
18
Walter M. Miller, Jr.
Capital (John Lanchester)
Capital
19
John Lanchester
The Castle (Franz Kafka)
The Castle
20
Franz Kafka
Catching Fire (Suzanne Collins)
Catching Fire
21
Suzanne Collins
Champion (Marie Lu)
Champion
22
Marie Lu
The Children of Men (P.D. James)
The Children of Men
23
P.D. James
The Chrysalids (John Wyndham)
The Chrysalids
24
John Wyndham
Cinder (Marissa Meyer)
Cinder
25
Marissa Meyer
The City and the Stars
The City and the Stars
26
The City of Ember (Jeanne Duprau)
The City of Ember
27
Jeanne Duprau
A Clockwork Oragne
A Clockwork Oragne
28
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
29
David Mitchell
Count Zero (William Gibson)
Count Zero
30
William Gibson
Cress (Marissa Meyer)
Cress
31
Marissa Meyer
Crossed (Ally Condie)
Crossed
32
Ally Condie
The Death Cure (James Dashner)
The Death Cure
33
James Dashner
Delirium (Lauren Oliver)
Delirium
34
Lauren Oliver
Destroy Me (Tahereh Mafi)
Destroy Me
35
Tahereh Mafi
The Diamond Age (Neal Stephenson)
The Diamond Age
36
Neal Stephenson
The Dispossessed (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Dispossessed
37
Ursula K. Le Guin
Divergent (Veronica Roth)
Divergent
38
Veronica Roth
Divided We Fall
Divided We Fall
39
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Philip K. Dick)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
40
Philip K. Dick
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