Best dystopian books

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I've read Fatherland, 1984, The Stand, Handmaid's Tale, etc. Am looking for recommendations along those lines .. plague, aliens and the like

What's the best dystopian book you've read?

King's Dark Tower series isn't quite dystopian but is sort of post-apocalyptic and very good.

You might like The Man in the High Castle but I didn't.

And The City and the City is worth a punt - again, not quite dystopian/apocalyptic but clever/really interesting premise. Loses itself a bit at the end.

I really liked Station Eleven.

Also recommend The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber. Bit different but broadly dystopian.

The End Specialist by Drew Magary

Oh yes, I liked World War Z even though I normally hate anything zombie.

A lot of people recommend Annihilation but I really disliked it, it just seemed entirely pointless.

Children of the dust and Brother in the land. Both young adult novels but very good nonetheless.

John Scalzi - Old man's war (and if you enjoy it there are so many books in the series)

Same author - Lock in, I read it over and over. Its about a virus though, soo maybe not one for now?!

Name Alderman - The Power

oh, and Terry pratchett's The Long Earth

Oh gawd - The Book of Strange New Things!!!! I'd forgotten all about that - aliens and a wanking vicar. I hated it!

How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff

I always recommend the Chaos Walking trilogy by Patrick Ness.
Yes! It's brilliant

Yes I've read Cell and enjoyed it. I read How I Live Now and loved it, it's exactly the kind of story I'm looking for in new books

It's fabulous, isn't it? I really loved Vox.

Not sure I could read any dystopia stuff right now.

Never let me go by Kazuo Ishiguro

Just finished The Last Day by Andrew Hunter-Murray and loved it. The premise is that the planet has stopped turning and I thought it might be a big far fetched for me but the author is one of the QI elves and he’d obviously done his research

I didnt like Station Eleven.

Age of Miracles was good, a bit YA though. What would happen if the world started spinning slower.

This is a great thread -- thanks OP! Downloading some samples now.

The End Specialist looks really promising.

Only a short story, but I've just reread Night Surf by Stephen King. Brrr.

Really loved Vox and also the Passage trilogy.

I loved Station Eleven. I’ve also just finished Robert Harris’ The Second Sleep, which I enjoyed a lot. It’s a pacy page-turner and a bit thin on character development but nonetheless very thought-provoking.

Also, Genus - Jonathan Trigell

The Wool trilogy by Hugh Howey.

Set a few hundred years after a pandemic killed off most of the population but some people fled to giant underground bunkers and set up a new society.

Lots of good suggestions already. I would add the Wool trilogy (Hugh Howey) and The Dog Stars (Peter Hell)

I've just listened to Animal.Farm on Spotify - there is an audio book on there. Though I'd like it if 1984 were on there too.

I do love The Stand. 11-22-63 is equally magnificent.

I loved 11-22-63 too! It's hard to go wrong with Stephen King