Your favourite Dystopian novels

[jerriblank]

Hi, I love dystopian fiction and would love to read some new books.

Can I ask for any of your recommendations?

Thanks in advance!

@gertrudemortimer

That's what I came on to say! I haven't met anyone else who's read them.
Absolutely loved the Wool trilogy.

The unit by ninni holmqvist.
Station 11
The age of miracles
The wall by John Lancaster

Love lots of these mentioned I loved and would also add:

The Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi - water becomes a scarce resource with some areas of America siphoning off more than their fair share.

Recursion by Blake Crouch - a form of memory time travel and its implications. Better than his other Dark Matter but that's also worth a go. Maybe more sci-fi than pure dystopia.

Blue Ticket by Sophie Mackintosh - a curve ball as lots of people hate it but I loved it. Girls at the start of their period are given a blue ticket or a white ticket determining whether or not they can have children. It's very sparsely written but I found it haunting and an excellent piece of writing.

The Children of Dust - another curve ball in that it's a children's book. I read it when I was about 12 but it has stuck with me over 20-odd years. The story of three generations of nuclear war survivors and the genesis of, eventually, a new species of human.

The Choice by Clare Wade.

Station Eleven - couldn’t put it down!
Cat’s cradle -Kurt Vonnegut
Everything by John Wyndham
Man in the high castle
Never let me go
Brave new world
Fahrenheit 451
1984
City of Ember
A canticle for Leibovitz

Word of warning for On the Beach - the ending is deeply disturbing and upsetting and involves a very young child.

I've loved

Station Eleven - Emily St John Mandel
In the Country of Last Things - Paul Auster
Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
1984 - George Orwell
The Road - Cormac McCarthy
Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
The Children of Men - PD james

Some great suggestions on this list. I loved:
The Passage series
Wool series
End of the World Running Club
Station Eleven
American War

Also enjoyed:
The Reapers are the Angels
The Road
The Ship
The Age of Miracles
White Horse
Sand
A Lovely Way to Burn
Red Rising trilogy
The Ice

I read The Unit last night all in one go.

I just finished an excellent book called last one at the party, was completely hooked

Just to add something, here's a conveniently timed Goodreads list.
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The unsouled trilogy is great!

Oh I've found my people! I can't think of any that haven't already been mentioned, but I think I'm going to have to add several to my to read list

Well I came on this thread yesterday to mention the madaddam series and instead ended up downloading the recommended station eleven and I’m on the last few chapters already. it’s going to be very difficult to find another story this good afternoon ive finished!

@bimbimbap

i’ve got a lot of ideas of books to check out now! surprised only one person has mentioned the death of grass - it’s EXCELLENT!

Oh good another fan of the underrated death of grass!

My recommendations
The stand
Swan song
Station 11
The age of miracles (this is YA if you enjoy this sort of easy reading)

I really need to try some Octavia Butler!

He, she, It by Marge Pearcey.

@Liking80

He, she, It by Marge Pearcey.

I was just scrolling through to see if anyone had recommended any Marge Piercy.

I also loved Women on the Edge of Time.

I have all my original Marge Piercy books!

DS went through a phase of these - lots on here he has enjoyed - don’t think anyone had mentioned We by Yevgeny Zamyatin

Oops, I spelt her name incorrectly but yes also loved Women on The Edge of Time.

The Unit is one of my all-time favourite books. @PhantomHawk I downloaded Children of The Dust to my Kindle last year after reading it as a teen. So good.

I came here to recommend one I just finished - Last One At the Party, by Bethany Clift. I really loved it.