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Recommendations please - dystopian fiction

65 replies

MoorGirl · 11/04/2022 21:19

Any ideas?
I have previously really enjoyed:

Battle Royale
Margaret Atwood's Oryx and Crake trilogy
Children of Time
The Hunger Games series

Thanks!

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pointythings · 31/05/2022 19:44

Seconding Sheri Tepper, particularly the Grass trilogy. You could also go waaaay back and read Dinner at Deviant's Palace by Tim Powers and if you want beautiful vintage alternate reality I recommend Pavane by Keith Roberts,

usernamenotaccepted · 31/05/2022 19:51

The Unit by Ninni Holmqvist.

WalkerWalking · 31/05/2022 19:58

Anything by John Wyndham, especially the crysallids, but also day of the triffids and the midwich cuckoos (although possibly these are more post apocalyptic, or post world-altering-event, than dystopian?)

Vox by Christina something (not the best tbh, the ending is shit, but the premise is very disturbing)

I'm going to be following up this thread- I love a bit of terrifyingly close to the truth dystopia.

PhilibusterVigilantly · 31/05/2022 21:13

The Wall - John Lanchester
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood

ladyinthecampervan · 31/05/2022 21:22

Make Room, Make Room

InvincibleInvisibility · 31/05/2022 21:27

I loved the Justin Cronin books mentioned by PP

Also William Fortschen books: one second after and one year after - they're based on what could happen after an EMP bomb wipes out electronics in America.

Belovedfool · 04/06/2022 22:36

The girl with all the gifts. Really freaked me out.

DisplayPurposesOnly · 04/06/2022 22:42

Z For Zachariah

mizu · 05/06/2022 15:51

Crikey I remember reading Z for Zachariah on the school bus and weeping my heart out!

StickyFingeredWeeNed · 09/06/2022 20:05

@Belovedfool the boy on the bridge is the sequel - excellent! We meet Melanie grown-up!

Belovedfool · 09/06/2022 20:32

StickyFingeredWeeNed · 09/06/2022 20:05

@Belovedfool the boy on the bridge is the sequel - excellent! We meet Melanie grown-up!

Oh, I'm going to have to read that, but I kind of don't want to lol! Thanks, I think....

cooliebrown · 17/06/2022 10:05

Woman On The Edge of Time by Marge Piercy - both dystopian and utopian, with 1970s USA as the tipping point which might go either way

PritiPatelsMaker · 25/06/2022 07:05

Another vote for The Girl with All the Gifts and 1984.

You might also like The Midwich Cuckoos. John Wyndham is usually a very easy read but with great storylines and Sky is about to show a dramatisation.

TheOnlyLivingBoyInNewCross · 25/06/2022 07:09

I wish the latest Supreme Court decision was dystopian fiction…

someone needs to tell the USA that The Handmaid’s Tale isn’t a How To manual.

PritiPatelsMaker · 25/06/2022 07:12

Exactly @TheOnlyLivingBoyInNewCross. Such scary times.

After recommending the Midwich Cuckoos I've just realised it's on the Kindle Deals for £1.99.

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