Dystopian and Apocalyptic Literature

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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
Il racconto dell'ancella
di Margaret Atwood
42,248 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.
2
La fattoria degli animali
di George Orwell
59,980 utenti
882 recensioni
4
Classifica globale 5
27 Members
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Spiegazioni
sturlington: Political/satirical allegory with animal characters. Propaganda and totalitarianism. Required reading.
3
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.
4
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.
5
L'ultimo degli uomini
di Margaret Atwood
17,013 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.
6
The Girl with All the Gifts
di M. R. Carey
5,318 utenti
401 recensioni
4
Classifica globale 76
6 Members
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Spiegazioni
sturlington : Zombie apocalypse
7
Giorni memorabili
di Michael Cunningham
1,986 utenti
48 recensioni
½ 3.5
Classifica globale 144
3 Members
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Spiegazioni
sturlington: Set in three different times; the last is a futuristic dystopia.
8
The Machine Stops
di E. M. Forster
676 utenti
41 recensioni
3.9
Classifica globale 115
4 Members
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Spiegazioni
sturlington: Early dystopian/apocalyptic story. Technocracy collapses.
9
Il signore delle mosche
di William Golding
49,567 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.
10
Always Coming Home
di Ursula K. Le Guin
2,135 utenti
22 recensioni
3.9
Classifica globale 142
3 Members
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Spiegazioni
sturlington: Post-apocalyptic anarchist utopia. It is the far, far future, and the only remnants of the past are a network of computers. This book collects the stories, poetry and rituals of the Kesh, who have built a primitive utopia on the ashes of civilization.
11
I reietti dell'altro pianeta
di Ursula K. Le Guin
10,697 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
12
La falce dei cieli
di Ursula K. Le Guin
6,514 utenti
195 recensioni
4
Classifica globale 94
6 Members
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Spiegazioni
sturlington: Alternate realities include dystopian and apocalyptic possibilities.
Lucy_Skywalker : a great book, indeed, but it's not really a dystopia
13
La salvezza di Aka
di Ursula K. Le Guin
2,064 utenti
56 recensioni
3.8
Classifica globale 214
3 Members
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Spiegazioni
sturlington: Repression of religion on a dystopian alien planet.
14
L' ombra dello scorpione
di Stephen King
4,581 utenti
99 recensioni
4.2
Classifica globale 8
21 Members
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Spiegazioni
sturlington: Biblical apocalypse, epidemic of human-engineered virus, showdown between good and evil.
15
The Dome
di Stephen King
11,636 utenti
452 recensioni
3.8
Classifica globale 52
8 Members
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Spiegazioni
sturlington: A mysterious dome encloses a small town and civilization regresses quickly. Strong apocalyptic themes.
16
22/11/'63
di Stephen King
13,557 utenti
761 recensioni
4.2
Classifica globale 51
8 Members
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Spiegazioni
sturlington: Time travel and alternate history. Dystopia is only at the very end, as a result of changes to the timestream.
17
Worlds of Exile and Illusion: Three Complete Novels of the Hainish Series in One Volume
di Ursula K. Le Guin
1,523 utenti
24 recensioni
4.1
Classifica globale 69
6 Members
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Spiegazioni
sturlington: Collection of three novels. Two are set on alien planets. One is far-future post-apocalyptic Earth following an alien invasion.
18
Stazione undici
di Emily St. John Mandel
11,689 utenti
779 recensioni
4.1
Classifica globale 15
16 Members
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Spiegazioni
sturlington: Flu pandemic wipes out most of the population.
19
La strada
di Cormac McCarthy
34,404 utenti
1,406 recensioni
4.1
Classifica globale 10
19 Members
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Spiegazioni
sturlington: Post-apocalyptic. A man and his son wander through a desolated landscape of ashes, eking out their survival from the little that's left remaining, while trying to get... well, nowhere in particular, really.
20
Le ore invisibili
di David Mitchell
4,984 utenti
290 recensioni
3.8
Classifica globale 96
4 Members
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Spiegazioni
sturlington: The last section takes place in a dystopian post-climate change world.
21
L'atlante delle nuvole
di David Mitchell
17,668 utenti
682 recensioni
4.1
Classifica globale 49
8 Members
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Spiegazioni
sturlington: This novel takes place in many different time periods, one of which is a mega-corporation dystopia with cloning, and another is a post-apocalyptic scenario featuring a fictional dialect.
22
I bastardi
di Vladimir Nabokov
1,660 utenti
25 recensioni
½ 3.7
Classifica globale 291
Member
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23
Sleep Donation
di Karen Russell
347 utenti
24 recensioni
½ 3.4
Classifica globale 254
2 Members
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24
CivilWarLand in Bad Decline
di George Saunders
2,032 utenti
76 recensioni
4
Classifica globale 143
3 Members
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Spiegazioni
sturlington: Collection of short stories with dystopian themes.
25
Il mondo nuovo
di Aldous Huxley
53,877 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.
26
Wool
di Hugh Howey
6,571 utenti
379 recensioni
4.1
Classifica globale 28
12 Members
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Spiegazioni
sturlington: Future subterranean totalitarian society. Post-apocalyptic--environmental destruction.
27
The Windup Girl
di Paolo Bacigalupi
6,219 utenti
304 recensioni
½ 3.7
Classifica globale 53
8 Members
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Spiegazioni
sturlington: Futuristic biopunk dystopia. Climate change and genetic engineering.
Her_Royal_Orangeness : RapeX1000. *shudder*
28
Il passaggio
di Justin Cronin
9,389 utenti
633 recensioni
3.9
Classifica globale 32
12 Members
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Spiegazioni
sturlington: Vampire apocalypse. First in a trilogy.
29
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.
30
Feed
di M. T. Anderson
5,155 utenti
433 recensioni
3.8
Classifica globale 77
5 Members
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Spiegazioni
sturlington: YA dystopia. Technology implants.
31
Il libro delle cose nuove e strane
di Michel Faber
2,200 utenti
134 recensioni
½ 3.7
Classifica globale 141
3 Members
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Spiegazioni
sturlington: Set on an alien planet while apocalyptic collapse is going on back on Earth.
32
The City of Mirrors
di Justin Cronin
1,886 utenti
93 recensioni
4
Classifica globale 105
4 Members
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Spiegazioni
sturlington: Sequel to The Twelve
33
American War
di Omar El Akkad
1,832 utenti
96 recensioni
3.8
Classifica globale 106
4 Members
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Spiegazioni
sturlington: Dystopian future in which outlawing of fossil fuels has sparked a second American Civil War.
34
Too Like the Lightning
di Ada Palmer
1,800 utenti
92 recensioni
½ 3.7
Classifica globale 219
2 Members
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35
The Country of Ice Cream Star
di Sandra Newman
401 utenti
25 recensioni
½ 3.7
Classifica globale 187
3 Members
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36
Red Clocks
di Leni Zumas
1,128 utenti
61 recensioni
½ 3.7
Classifica globale 85
5 Members
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Spiegazioni
sturlington: Near-future feminist dystopia in which abortion has been outlawed.
37
The Dead Lands
di Benjamin Percy
347 utenti
19 recensioni
½ 3.4
Classifica globale 190
3 Members
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Spiegazioni
sturlington: Following a superflu epidemic and nuclear attack, St. Louis walls itself off from the rest of the world and keeps citizens imprisoned inside.
38
The Gone World
di Tom Sweterlitsch
820 utenti
46 recensioni
3.8
Classifica globale 165
3 Members
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Spiegazioni
sturlington: Time travel to an apocalyptic future.
39
The Hatching
di Ezekiel Boone
405 utenti
42 recensioni
½ 3.4
Classifica globale 186
3 Members
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40
I Dodici
di Justin Cronin
3,560 utenti
167 recensioni
3.8
Classifica globale 36
10 Members
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Spiegazioni
sturlington: Sequel to The Passage.
41
Vox
di Christina Dalcher
1,536 utenti
117 recensioni
½ 3.5
Classifica globale 68
7 Members
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42
Suicide Club
di Rachel Heng
227 utenti
19 recensioni
½ 3.4
Classifica globale 193
3 Members
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43
All the Birds in the Sky
di Charlie Jane Anders
2,861 utenti
178 recensioni
½ 3.6
Classifica globale 134
4 Members
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Spiegazioni
rretzler : Ugh - I think magic and sci-fi in the same book ruined it for me.
44
Gather the Daughters
di Jennie Melamed
475 utenti
29 recensioni
½ 3.6
Classifica globale 310
2 Members
sallypursell, kara.shamy,sturlington
45
X
di Cory Doctorow
5,592 utenti
397 recensioni
4
Classifica globale 60
8 Members
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Spiegazioni
sturlington : YA dystopia inspired by 1984.
46
I testamenti
di Margaret Atwood
6,131 utenti
225 recensioni
4.1
Classifica globale 95
4 Members
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Spiegazioni
sturlington: Sequel to The Handmaid's Tale
47
The City in the Middle of the Night
di Charlie Jane Anders
1,194 utenti
38 recensioni
½ 3.6
Classifica globale 225
2 Members
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48
La fabbrica
di Joanne Ramos
749 utenti
56 recensioni
½ 3.6
Classifica globale 233
2 Members
sallypursell, kara.shamy
49
The End of the World Running Club
di Adrian J. Walker
442 utenti
32 recensioni
½ 3.6
Classifica globale 183
3 Members
sallypursell, kara.shamy, Verkruissen
50
A Children's Bible
di Lydia Millet
876 utenti
45 recensioni
½ 3.7
Classifica globale 113
4 Members
sturlington, nagasravika.bodapati, kara.shamy, allyrod113
51
Severance
di Ling Ma
2,039 utenti
94 recensioni
3.8
Classifica globale 215
2 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy
52
The Test
di Sylvain Neuvel
489 utenti
31 recensioni
3.8
Classifica globale 243
2 Members
kara.shamy, dianeham
53
The Dreamers
di Karen Thompson Walker
1,037 utenti
73 recensioni
½ 3.6
Classifica globale 298
Member
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54
Wanderers
di Chuck Wendig
1,135 utenti
38 recensioni
3.9
Classifica globale 297
Member
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55
Moon of the Crusted Snow
di Waubgeshig Rice
799 utenti
61 recensioni
3.8
Classifica globale 301
Member
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