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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El dia dels trífids
de John Wyndham
7,441 membres
207 ressenyes
4
Classificació global 27
12 Members
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Explicacions
sturlington: Apocalyptic "cozy catastrophe". Blindness epidemic and man-eating plants.
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The Time Machine
de H. G. Wells
17,661 membres
338 ressenyes
½ 3.7
Classificació global 12
17 Members
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Explicacions
sturlington: Classic time travel novel. Far future dystopia in which humanity has de-evolved; also dying Earth. Required reading.
3
The Mote in God's Eye
de Larry Niven
6,335 membres
108 ressenyes
3.9
Classificació global 74
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sturlington: Alien civilization that experiences cyclical apocalypses.
4
La carretera
de Cormac McCarthy
34,365 membres
1,404 ressenyes
4.1
Classificació global 10
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Explicacions
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.
5
The Giver
de Lois Lowry
40,005 membres
1,583 ressenyes
4.2
Classificació global 9
21 Members
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Explicacions
sturlington: Classic example of a children's dystopia, one of the few on this list.
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Els Jocs de la Fam
de Suzanne Collins
64,365 membres
3,479 ressenyes
½ 4.3
Classificació global 17
20 Members
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Explicacions
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*
7
Snow Crash
de Neal Stephenson
20,144 membres
397 ressenyes
4.1
Classificació global 34
10 Members
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Explicacions
sturlington: Cyberpunk (or post-cyberpunk).
8
Uglies
de Scott Westerfeld
14,009 membres
658 ressenyes
3.9
Classificació global 31
11 Members
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sturlington: YA dystopia. Conformity, personal appearance. First of a series.
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Divergent
de Veronica Roth
25,330 membres
1,434 ressenyes
4
Classificació global 40
10 Members
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sturlington : YA dystopia. Conformity, totalitarianism. First of a trilogy.
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The Natural Way of Things
de Charlotte Wood
521 membres
31 ressenyes
3.8
Classificació global 180
3 Members
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Explicacions
sturlington: Several girls are imprisoned in a remote compound on the Outback by a corporation for being involved in public sex scandals.