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Can you suggest any incredible dystopian novels for me to read, pls??

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CantFindTheBeat · 09/01/2023 20:37

I'm desperate to get engrossed in a book again.

Very little seems to interest me right now.

I love dystopian novels.

Over the years, I've loved:

Handmaids Tale
Flawed
The Road
World War Z
Brave New World

Found these ok:

Vox
Station Eleven
The Chrysalids
1984
I am legend

And loads more I can't remember!

Have you read anything along these lines that you would recommend?

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RhubarbFairy · 09/01/2023 20:50

I enjoyed both The Constant Rabbit (1984 meets Animal Farm with parallels with antisemitism in WW2) and The House in the Cerulean Sea (dystopia but with hope).

I thought House was one of the most beautiful books I've ever read, and Rabbit stayed with me for a while.

Witchbitch20 · 09/01/2023 20:50

The End of Men - Christina Sweeney-Baird

LozzaChops101 · 09/01/2023 20:50

The Machine Stops. Very short, but spookily prescient!

parietal · 09/01/2023 20:51

Power by Naomi Alderman
The Country of Ice Cream Star by Sandra Newman
Oryx and Crake: MaddAddam Trilogy, Book 1
by Margaret Atwood
The fifth season - NK Jesimin

Theredjellybean · 09/01/2023 20:51

The Wall
The Power
Femlandia

Any of the maddadam series by Margaret Atwood..plus the heart goes first .

The farm
Never let me go
Dust trilogy
The ship

I love dystopian futures

thenightsky · 09/01/2023 20:51

After reading Vox, I then read Femlandia by the same author.
I enjoyed that.

Also, Skin by Liam Brown.

I love a good dystopian novel, so I'm really place marking for more suggestions. Grin

Tratjymp · 09/01/2023 20:51

Lord of the Flies.

MissCherryCakeyBun · 09/01/2023 20:51

Wanderers by Chuck Wendig
The Passage by Justin Cronin

FoxtrotOscarFoxtrotOscar · 09/01/2023 20:51

A friend totally loved Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro.

IsItMimi · 09/01/2023 20:51

Day of the Triffids? I think it's become a bit of a cliché because of bad adaptations, but I enjoyed the book.

You could also try virtually any other Margaret Atwood book if you liked the handmaid's tale. Also, classics are classic for a reason, so if you haven't tried them, try The Road, A Brave New World, Fahrenheit 451.....

Tratjymp · 09/01/2023 20:51

Lord of the Flies.

Bobbybobbins · 09/01/2023 20:51

Short story but love 'The Birds'

powershowerforanhour · 09/01/2023 20:51

The Children of Men
Day of the Triffids
JG Farrell's "Troubles" (a sort of weird micro-dystopia)

MissCherryCakeyBun · 09/01/2023 20:51

Wanderers by Chuck Wendig
The Passage by Justin Cronin

LozzaChops101 · 09/01/2023 20:52

The Machine Stops. Very short, but spookily prescient!

countdowntonap · 09/01/2023 20:52

The MaddAddam Trilogy Series by Margaret Atwood

MissCherryCakeyBun · 09/01/2023 20:52

Wanderers by Chuck Wendig
The Passage by Justin Cronin

Tacocatgoatcheesepizza · 09/01/2023 20:52

Have you read the Wool trilogy by Hugh Howey?

powershowerforanhour · 09/01/2023 20:53

The Children of Men

Day of the Triffids

JG Farrell's "Troubles" (a sort of weird micro-dystopia)

MissCherryCakeyBun · 09/01/2023 20:53

Wanderers by Chuck Wendig
The Passage by Justin Cronin

RichardMarxisinnocent · 09/01/2023 20:53

I enjoyed We by Yevgeny Zamyatin.

Tacocatgoatcheesepizza · 09/01/2023 20:53

Have you read the Wool trilogy by Hugh Howey?

missymousey · 09/01/2023 20:54

The Peripheral by William Gibson
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood

abracady · 09/01/2023 20:55

Moths.

missymousey · 09/01/2023 20:55

The Peripheral
Number 9 Dream
Oryx and Crake