Dystopia - Then and Now
If you devoured The Hunger Games or Shatter Me, this list is for you!  Dystopian worlds have been fertile ground for novelists for decades.  Check out the Goodreads analysis of the last 90 years and enjoy one of our selections from "then" and "now."
 The handmaid's tale by Atwood, Margaret Eleanor, 1939-   The handmaid's tale
Atwood, Margaret Eleanor, 1939-
 
 Matched by Condie, Allyson Braithwaite.   Matched
Condie, Allyson Braithwaite.
All her life, Cassia has never had a choice. The Society dictates everything: when and how to play, ...
 
 Oryx and Crake : a novel by Atwood, Margaret Eleanor, 1939-   Oryx and Crake : a novel
Atwood, Margaret Eleanor, 1939-
"As the story opens, the narrator, who calls himself Snowman, is sleeping in a tree, wearing a dirty ...
 
 The Year of the flood : a novel by Atwood, Margaret, 1939-   The Year of the flood : a novel
Atwood, Margaret, 1939-
When a natural disaster predicted by God's Gardeners leader Adam One obliterates most human life, tw ...
 
 The Hunger games by Collins, Suzanne.   The Hunger games
Collins, Suzanne.
In a future North America, where the rulers of Panem maintain control through an annual televised su ...
 
 Catching fire by Collins, Suzanne.   Catching fire
Collins, Suzanne.
By winning the annual Hunger Games, District 12 tributes Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark have sec ...
 
 Mockingjay by Collins, Suzanne.   Mockingjay
Collins, Suzanne.
Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. But now that she's made it o ...
 
 Shatter me by Mafi, Tahereh.   Shatter me
Mafi, Tahereh.
Ostracized or incarcerated her whole life, seventeen-year-old Juliette is freed on the condition tha ...
 
 A clockwork orange by Burgess, Anthony, 1917-1993.   A clockwork orange
Burgess, Anthony, 1917-1993.
Anthony Burgess's modern classic of youthful violence and social redemption, reissued to include the ...
 
 Feed by Anderson, M. T.   Feed
Anderson, M. T.
"So says Titus, a teenager whose ability to read, write, and even think for himself has been almost ...
 
 The unit : a novel by Holmqvist, Ninni, 1958-   The unit : a novel
Holmqvist, Ninni, 1958-
In the Society, men and women past middle age who are single, childless, and without jobs in progres ...
 
 Unwind by Shusterman, Neal.   Unwind
Shusterman, Neal.
In a future world where those between the ages of thirteen and eighteen can have their lives "unwoun ...
 
 Brave new world by Huxley, Aldous, 1894-1963.   Brave new world
Huxley, Aldous, 1894-1963.
 
 The giver by Lowry, Lois.   The giver
Lowry, Lois.
"A modern-day tale for readers of all ages! Jonas's world is perfect. Everything is under control. T ...
 
 The children of men by James, P. D.   The children of men
James, P. D.
In 2021, with the human race becoming extinct because of the infertility of all males, Oxford histor ...
 
 The Declaration by Malley, G. R.   The Declaration
Malley, G. R.
In 2140 England, where drugs enable people to live forever and children are illegal, teenaged Anna, ...
 
 1984 : a novel by Orwell, George, 1903-1950   1984 : a novel
Orwell, George, 1903-1950
Portrays life in a future time when a totalitarian government watches over all citizens and directs ...
 
 The maze runner by Dashner, James, 1972-   The maze runner
Dashner, James, 1972-
Sixteen-year-old Thomas wakes up with no memory in the middle of a maze and realizes he must work wi ...
 
 Specimen days by Cunningham, Michael, 1952-   Specimen days
Cunningham, Michael, 1952-
"In each section of Michael Cunningham's new novel, we encounter the same group of characters: a you ...
 
 Incarceron by Fisher, Catherine, 1957-   Incarceron
Fisher, Catherine, 1957-
To free herself from an upcoming arranged marriage, Claudia, the daughter of the Warden of Incarcero ...
 
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