Dystopian and Apocalyptic Literature

Descrizione
This is my preset list of dystopian/utopian literature, which includes apocalyptic literature, for the purposes of this list. Feel free to vote up your recommendations and thumbs down books that are not worth reading. Keywords: dystopia, utopia, apocalypse, postapocalyptic
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1
The Gate to Women's Country
di Sheri S. Tepper
2,158 utenti
56 recensioni
4
Classifica globale 66
6 Members
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Spiegazioni
sturlington: Feminist false utopia. Post-apocalyptic matriarchal society.
2
La parabola del seminatore
di Octavia E. Butler
8,104 utenti
239 recensioni
4.1
Classifica globale 23
13 Members
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Spiegazioni
sturlington: Feminist dystopia. Society has completely collapsed, and a young woman is driven from her home after her neighborhood is burned and her family murdered. Despite the violence and hopelessness that surrounds her, she is determined to spread her spiritual message.
3
Il racconto dell'ancella
di Margaret Atwood
42,255 utenti
1,138 recensioni
4.1
Classifica globale 4
30 Members
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Spiegazioni
sturlington: Classic feminist dystopia. Totalitarianism, infertility, theocracy. Required reading.
4
La Terra sull'abisso
di George R. Stewart
3,632 utenti
115 recensioni
3.9
Classifica globale 101
4 Members
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Spiegazioni
sturlington: Classic post-apocalyptic novel. One of the few survivors of a plague attempts to rebuild society but instead must watch it erode to a primitive state.
5
Herland
di Charlotte Perkins Gilman
2,602 utenti
70 recensioni
½ 3.5
Classifica globale 56
7 Members
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Spiegazioni
sturlington: A utopian all-female society.
6
I reietti dell'altro pianeta
di Ursula K. Le Guin
10,694 utenti
268 recensioni
4.1
Classifica globale 19
15 Members
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Spiegazioni
sturlington: False utopia/anarchism.
skid0612 : Wonderful book, not a dystopia
7
The Heart Goes Last
di Margaret Atwood
2,588 utenti
150 recensioni
½ 3.4
Classifica globale 64
6 Members
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Spiegazioni
sturlington: Satirical dystopia in which people volunteer to live in a closed community where they must spend every other month in prison.
8
L'ultimo degli uomini
di Margaret Atwood
17,012 utenti
536 recensioni
3.9
Classifica globale 7
22 Members
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Spiegazioni
sturlington: Futuristic biopunk dystopia leading to an apocalypse. First of a trilogy.
9
L'anno del diluvio
di Margaret Atwood
7,280 utenti
362 recensioni
3.9
Classifica globale 37
11 Members
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Spiegazioni
sturlington: Sequel to Oryx and Crake.
10
L'altro inizio
di Margaret Atwood
3,538 utenti
153 recensioni
3.9
Classifica globale 33
12 Members
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Spiegazioni
sturlington: Sequel to The Year of the Flood.
11
Ragazze elettriche
di Naomi Alderman
4,744 utenti
254 recensioni
½ 3.7
Classifica globale 42
8 Members
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Spiegazioni
sturlington: Feminist dystopia in which women gain the power to kill with electrical shocks. Reverse gender roles.
12
L'ultimo cavaliere
di Stephen King
22,751 utenti
493 recensioni
3.8
Classifica globale 87
4 Members
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Spiegazioni
sturlington: Post-apocalyptic alternate universe. Mix of western, horror and science fiction. First in a series.
13
La chiamata dei tre
di Stephen King
15,901 utenti
243 recensioni
4.1
Classifica globale 121
3 Members
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Spiegazioni
sturlington: Sequel to The Gunslinger.
14
Terre desolate
di Stephen King
14,038 utenti
195 recensioni
4.1
Classifica globale 122
3 Members
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Spiegazioni
sturlington: Sequel to The Drawing of the Three.
15
Hunger games
di Suzanne Collins
64,448 utenti
3,484 recensioni
½ 4.3
Classifica globale 17
20 Members
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Spiegazioni
sturlington: Televised survival contests. Post-apocalyptic future America. Probably the best of the recent YA dystopias.
Her_Royal_Orangeness : "We're in a battle for our lives so why don't we go in this cave and make out for awhile?" *eyeroll*
16
Il ‰canto della rivolta
di Suzanne Collins
45,153 utenti
1,741 recensioni
3.9
Classifica globale 29
13 Members
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Spiegazioni
sturlington: Sequel to Catching Fire.
17
La ragazza di fuoco
di Suzanne Collins
49,095 utenti
1,792 recensioni
4.2
Classifica globale 18
16 Members
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Spiegazioni
sturlington: Sequel to The Hunger Games.
18
Il mondo nuovo
di Aldous Huxley
53,880 utenti
772 recensioni
3.9
Classifica globale 3
30 Members
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Spiegazioni
sturlington: Classic dystopia and counterpoint to 1984. Genetic engineering, mass consumerism, mind control, totalitarianism. Required reading.
19
1984
di George Orwell
81,917 utenti
1,270 recensioni
4.2
Classifica globale 2
30 Members
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Spiegazioni
sturlington: Classic political dystopia. Mass surveillance, propaganda, historical deletion, mind control, and extreme totalitarianism. Required reading.
20
La fattoria degli animali
di George Orwell
59,996 utenti
883 recensioni
4
Classifica globale 5
27 Members
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Spiegazioni
sturlington: Political/satirical allegory with animal characters. Propaganda and totalitarianism. Required reading.
21
Il donatore
di Lois Lowry
40,041 utenti
1,585 recensioni
4.2
Classifica globale 9
21 Members
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Spiegazioni
sturlington: Classic example of a children's dystopia, one of the few on this list.
22
La macchina del tempo
di H. G. Wells
17,679 utenti
338 recensioni
½ 3.7
Classifica globale 12
17 Members
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Spiegazioni
sturlington: Classic time travel novel. Far future dystopia in which humanity has de-evolved; also dying Earth. Required reading.
23
Cronache marziane
di Ray Bradbury
16,623 utenti
323 recensioni
4.1
Classifica globale 25
12 Members
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Spiegazioni
sturlington: Human colonization of Mars, during which there is a nuclear war on Earth.
24
Noi
di Yevgeny Zamyatin
8,461 utenti
214 recensioni
3.8
Classifica globale 26
13 Members
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Spiegazioni
sturlington: Classic precursor to 1984. Required reading for serious fans of dystopian lit.
25
Into the Forest
di Jean Hegland
1,535 utenti
49 recensioni
3.9
Classifica globale 58
7 Members
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Spiegazioni
sturlington: Feminist post-apocalyptic fiction. Regression of civilization, return to the wilderness.
26
Fahrenheit 451
di Ray Bradbury
53,884 utenti
997 recensioni
4
Classifica globale 1
37 Members
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Spiegazioni
sturlington: Futuristic philosophical dystopia. Loss of freedom of speech, mass consumerism, totalitarianism and extreme censorship. Required reading.
27
Il signore delle mosche
di William Golding
49,571 utenti
745 recensioni
½ 3.7
Classifica globale 6
22 Members
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Spiegazioni
sturlington: Allegorical dystopia. Castaway boys on an uninhabited island regress to savagery.
28
The Dome
di Stephen King
11,637 utenti
452 recensioni
3.8
Classifica globale 52
8 Members
sturlington, cataloga, Her_Royal_Orangeness, SonoranDreamer, kara.shamy, JoyKP, awarren1, allyrod113,ManWithAnAgenda
Spiegazioni
sturlington: A mysterious dome encloses a small town and civilization regresses quickly. Strong apocalyptic themes.
29
Arancia meccanica
di Anthony Burgess
25,879 utenti
389 recensioni
4
Classifica globale 13
16 Members
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Spiegazioni
sturlington: Classic futuristic dystopia written in fictional dialect. Mind control, extreme violence. Required reading.