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
The Handmaid's Tale
de Margaret Atwood
42,213 membres
1,137 ressenyes
4.1
Classificació global 4
30 Members
ShelfMonkey, amz310783, ShellyS, PDE, SylviaC, sturlington, thecoroner, Fiamme, greydoll, BLBera, Dilara86, alex68, eclecticdodo, rretzler, Jarandel, Her_Royal_Orangeness, SonoranDreamer, cej1027, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Dreesie, Verkruissen, pan0ramix, JoyKP, zfak102, ManWithAnAgenda, allyrod113, Charon07,Rosenort
Explicacions
sturlington: Classic feminist dystopia. Totalitarianism, infertility, theocracy. Required reading.
2
1984
de George Orwell
81,839 membres
1,268 ressenyes
4.2
Classificació global 2
30 Members
ShelfMonkey, ShellyS, aulsmith, PDE, merrystar, sturlington, greydoll, BLBera, alex68, Bluewolf0411, rretzler, Jarandel, Aug3Zimm, SonoranDreamer, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, nicoleop, SENSpence, pan0ramix, JoyKP, dianeham, zfak102, EvolvedMan, Vit.Z, ManWithAnAgenda, allyrod113, Charon07, skid0612, midget84
Explicacions
sturlington: Classic political dystopia. Mass surveillance, propaganda, historical deletion, mind control, and extreme totalitarianism. Required reading.
3
La revolta dels animals
de George Orwell
59,906 membres
880 ressenyes
4
Classificació global 5
27 Members
BookWallah, amz310783, ShellyS, aulsmith, PDE, merrystar, sturlington, thecoroner, greydoll, BLBera, rretzler, Jarandel, Aug3Zimm, SonoranDreamer, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, kara.shamy, nicoleop, pan0ramix, JoyKP, zfak102, EvolvedMan, ManWithAnAgenda, allyrod113, Charon07, skid0612
Explicacions
sturlington: Political/satirical allegory with animal characters. Propaganda and totalitarianism. Required reading.
4
Un món feliç
de Aldous Huxley
53,827 membres
770 ressenyes
3.9
Classificació global 3
30 Members
ShelfMonkey, amz310783, ShellyS, PDE, merrystar, sturlington, thecoroner, BLBera, alex68, rretzler, Jarandel, Aug3Zimm, SonoranDreamer, cej1027, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Dreesie, nicoleop, pan0ramix, JoyKP, zfak102, EvolvedMan, klcallahan13, ManWithAnAgenda, allyrod113, Charon07, skid0612, midget84
Explicacions
sturlington: Classic dystopia and counterpoint to 1984. Genetic engineering, mass consumerism, mind control, totalitarianism. Required reading.
5
La carretera
de Cormac McCarthy
34,365 membres
1,404 ressenyes
4.1
Classificació global 10
19 Members
KimarieBee, amz310783, PDE, sturlington, Fiamme, BLBera, rretzler, Jarandel, Her_Royal_Orangeness, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, kara.shamy, Verkruissen, megschristina, JoyKP, DavidCady, EvolvedMan, Rosenort, allyrod113
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.
6
Blade runner
de Philip K. Dick
19,242 membres
473 ressenyes
4
Classificació global 11
18 Members
hipdeep, ShelfMonkey, PDE, sturlington, thecoroner, Fiamme, alex68, rretzler, Jarandel, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, JoyKP, dianeham, zfak102, EvolvedMan, ManWithAnAgenda, flemertown, izzy45
Explicacions
sturlington: Philosophical futuristic dystopia. Environmental degradation, androids, existentialism.
7
A Canticle for Leibowitz
de Walter M. Miller Jr.
11,732 membres
307 ressenyes
3.9
Classificació global 14
17 Members
ShelfMonkey, ShellyS, aulsmith, PDE, sturlington, Fiamme, Bluewolf0411, rretzler, Jarandel, gypsysmom, ahef1963, megschristina, pan0ramix, dianeham, EvolvedMan, ManWithAnAgenda, Charon07,Her_Royal_Orangeness
Explicacions
sturlington: Post-apocalyptic theological novel. Six hundred years after the Simplification -- total nuclear annihilation -- a cloister of monks in Utah preserve the little that remains of the world's knowledge, and wonder whether mankind is perpetually doomed to destroy itself.
Her_Royal_Orangeness : I've tried to read this several times and just can't get past the monk wandering around in the desert digging holes. *yawn*
8
Senyor de les mosques
de William Golding
49,543 membres
745 ressenyes
½ 3.7
Classificació global 6
22 Members
BookWallah, ShellyS, PDE, sturlington, Fiamme, greydoll, BLBera, alex68, rretzler, SonoranDreamer, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Dreesie, nicoleop, pan0ramix, JoyKP, zfak102, allyrod113, Charon07, midget84
Explicacions
sturlington: Allegorical dystopia. Castaway boys on an uninhabited island regress to savagery.
9
Oryx and Crake
de Margaret Atwood
16,997 membres
536 ressenyes
3.9
Classificació global 7
22 Members
ShelfMonkey, ShellyS, PDE, SylviaC, sturlington, BLBera, Dilara86, rretzler, Jarandel, Her_Royal_Orangeness, SonoranDreamer, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Dreesie, Verkruissen, pan0ramix, zfak102, allyrod113, Charon07, midget84,Rosenort
Explicacions
sturlington: Futuristic biopunk dystopia leading to an apocalypse. First of a trilogy.
10
El dia dels trífids
de John Wyndham
7,441 membres
207 ressenyes
4
Classificació global 27
12 Members
ShelfMonkey, KimarieBee, PDE, SylviaC, sturlington, Fiamme, greydoll, Bluewolf0411, Jarandel, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Dreesie
Explicacions
sturlington: Apocalyptic "cozy catastrophe". Blindness epidemic and man-eating plants.
11
Neuromàntic
de William Gibson
23,044 membres
379 ressenyes
3.9
Classificació global 30
11 Members
hipdeep, ShelfMonkey, ShellyS, PDE, sturlington, alex68, rretzler, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, EvolvedMan
Explicacions
sturlington: Classic cyberpunk. Required reading.
12
The Dispossessed
de Ursula K. Le Guin
10,681 membres
266 ressenyes
4.1
Classificació global 19
15 Members
ShellyS, PDE, sturlington, Fiamme, alex68, rretzler, Jarandel, SonoranDreamer, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, pan0ramix, EvolvedMan, ManWithAnAgenda, allyrod113, TheRealLouise,skid0612
Explicacions
sturlington: False utopia/anarchism.
skid0612 : Wonderful book, not a dystopia
13
Les cròniques marcianes
de Ray Bradbury
16,602 membres
322 ressenyes
4.1
Classificació global 25
12 Members
ShelfMonkey, ShellyS, PDE, merrystar, SylviaC, sturlington, alex68, rretzler, SonoranDreamer, gypsysmom, ahef1963, EvolvedMan
Explicacions
sturlington: Human colonization of Mars, during which there is a nuclear war on Earth.
14
The Chrysalids
de John Wyndham
4,733 membres
122 ressenyes
3.9
Classificació global 43
8 Members
ShelfMonkey, ShellyS, PDE, SylviaC, sturlington, greydoll, gypsysmom, ahef1963
Explicacions
sturlington: Post-apocalyptic dystopia. Evolution of humanity, development of telepathic powers, theological themes. YA audience.
15
La fi de la infantesa
de Arthur C. Clarke
10,190 membres
228 ressenyes
3.9
Classificació global 35
11 Members
ShellyS, PDE, sturlington, Bluewolf0411, rretzler, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, pan0ramix, EvolvedMan, ManWithAnAgenda,aulsmith
Explicacions
aulsmith : Clarke didn't mean this to be dystopian, just a sad evolutionary farewell.
sturlington: False utopia. Alien invasion, transhumanism.
16
Bressol de gat
de Kurt Vonnegut
22,299 membres
300 ressenyes
4.1
Classificació global 16
15 Members
ShelfMonkey, BookWallah, ShellyS, PDE, sturlington, BLBera, Aug3Zimm, gypsysmom, ahef1963, pan0ramix, ManWithAnAgenda, allyrod113, TheRealLouise, Charon07, izzy45
Explicacions
sturlington: Satirical apocalyptic novel.
17
The Man in the High Castle
de Philip K. Dick
13,813 membres
357 ressenyes
½ 3.7
Classificació global 22
13 Members
ShelfMonkey, PDE, sturlington, BLBera, alex68, Bluewolf0411, rretzler, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, pan0ramix, EvolvedMan, ManWithAnAgenda, TheRealLouise
Explicacions
sturlington: WWII alternate history dystopia. Fascist US.
18
Sóc llegenda
de Richard Matheson
4,825 membres
189 ressenyes
4
Classificació global 78
7 Members
ShelfMonkey, PDE, sturlington, rretzler, Jarandel, nagasravika.bodapati, Verkruissen,Bluewolf0411 ,DavidCady
Explicacions
sturlington: Vampire/zombie apocalypse.
19
The Illustrated Man
de Ray Bradbury
8,901 membres
143 ressenyes
4
Classificació global 90
5 Members
ShellyS, PDE, sturlington, NateK, JoyKP,ShelfMonkey
Explicacions
sturlington: Short stories, several of which have apocalyptic and dystopian themes.
20
Cloud Atlas
de David Mitchell
17,667 membres
682 ressenyes
4.1
Classificació global 49
8 Members
PDE, sturlington, BLBera, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, Dreesie, allyrod113, midget84,
Explicacions
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.
21
The Lathe of Heaven
de Ursula K. Le Guin
6,503 membres
195 ressenyes
4
Classificació global 94
6 Members
PDE, sturlington, rretzler, kara.shamy, EvolvedMan, ManWithAnAgenda,Lucy_Skywalker ,skid0612
Explicacions
sturlington: Alternate realities include dystopian and apocalyptic possibilities.
Lucy_Skywalker : a great book, indeed, but it's not really a dystopia
22
The Bone Clocks
de David Mitchell
4,979 membres
290 ressenyes
3.8
Classificació global 96
4 Members
PDE, sturlington, kara.shamy, allyrod113
Explicacions
sturlington: The last section takes place in a dystopian post-climate change world.
23
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
de Philip K. Dick
4,337 membres
73 ressenyes
3.9
Classificació global 98
4 Members
PDE, sallypursell, sturlington, nagasravika.bodapati
Explicacions
sturlington: Futuristic dystopia. Environmental degradation of Earth. Miserable Martian colonies.
24
Player Piano
de Kurt Vonnegut
6,820 membres
81 ressenyes
½ 3.7
Classificació global 93
4 Members
ShelfMonkey, PDE, sallypursell, skid0612
25
Stand on Zanzibar
de John Brunner
3,206 membres
52 ressenyes
3.9
Classificació global 207
3 Members
aulsmith, PDE, gypsysmom,sturlington
Explicacions
sturlington : Overpopulation dystopia. DNF