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Genres › Dystopia

The Absolute at Large
Karel Capek
16 days •
ⓘ 1922 • A revolutionary new source of energy transforms society in this satirical sci-fi novel.
After London
Richard Jefferies
33 days •
ⓘ 1885 • After a sudden disaster wipes across England, the population reverts to a more barbaric way of life to survive in this early post-apocalyptic novel.
Anthem
Ayn Rand
8 days •
ⓘ 1938 • A glimpse at a frightening future where individuality is nowhere to be found and all decisions are made by a committee. When our narrator breaks the bounds of society, he is marked for death.
The Coming Race
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
25 days •
ⓘ 1871 • Discover the Vril-ya, angel-like beings who - for now - live in an underground Utopia.
A Crystal Age
W.H. Hudson
25 days •
ⓘ 1887 • Following what he remembers as an accident in the mountains, Smith emerges into a utopia strange to him where so many of his concepts and beliefs - even love - are unknown.
The Iron Heel
Jack London
37 days •
ⓘ 1908 • One of the earliest modern dystopian novels, London chronicles the oppressions of an oligarchic tyranny in the United States.
The Last Man
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
72 days •
ⓘ 1826 • Plague threatens to destroy mankind, and Romantic ideals, in this grim apocalyptic science fiction novel.
Lord of the World
Robert Hugh Benson
40 days •
ⓘ 1908 • A Catholic novel that envisions a future dystopia in which religion is all but abandoned. Into this stage steps the Anti-Christ and the End of the World seems near.
The Machine Stops
E.M. Forster
4 days •
ⓘ 1909 • Forced to live underground, humanity relies on a vast machine to communicate. Those who do not conform are forced out. A chilling prescient exploration of our reliance on social media and the internet.
Men Like Gods
H.G. Wells
25 days •
ⓘ 1923 • Mr. Barnstaple, weary of his life, takes a holiday but ends up transported into a futuristic utopia.
The Night Land
William Hope Hodgson
76 days •
ⓘ 1912 • Far in the future, the remnants of humanity hide from the dark Watchers within a giant protective pyramid. Lovecraft called this "one of the most potent pieces of macabre imagination ever written."
The Sleeper Awakes
H.G. Wells
34 days •
ⓘ 1910 • Insomniac Graham awakes to find it is the year 2100, he is master of the world - and under arrest by order of the White Council. An early dystopian novel.
Theodore Savage
Cicely Hamilton
19 days •
ⓘ 1922 • A humble civil servant must survive in a harsh new reality after sudden war destroys modern civilization in this post-WWI novel by a celebrated women’s rights activist.
This Crowded Earth
Robert Bloch
14 days •
ⓘ 1958 • A science fiction thriller from the author of "Psycho" set in a dark overpopulated future.
Utopia
Thomas More
13 days •
ⓘ 1516 • Journey through an island community where vice and violence are absent, all religions are tolerated, there's full employment and goods are community-owned.
We
Yevgeny Zamyatin
23 days •
ⓘ 1920 • In a dystopian world, a spacecraft engineer helping the totalitarian state conquer other worlds is pulled into a web of deceit and revolution.
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