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Dystopia

Dark visions of broken societies reveal humanity at its most desperate, where oppressive systems and technological control threaten to crush the human spirit. In these haunting worlds, ordinary people must find hope and rebellion amid the ruins of failed utopias, corrupt governments, and post-apocalyptic landscapes.

Dystopia Book Summaries

Red Rising Summary
Red Rising
by Pierce Brown 2014 382 pages
4.27
612.4K ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Dystopia
The Passage Summary
The Passage
by Justin Cronin 2010 784 pages
4.05
219.1K ratings
Horror
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Black Mirror and Philosophy Summary
Black Mirror and Philosophy
Dark Reflections
by William Irwin 2019 384 pages
4.12
145 ratings
Philosophy
Technology
Dystopia
The Road Summary
The Road
by Cormac McCarthy 2006 241 pages
4.00
985.6K ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Post Apocalyptic
Matched Summary
Matched
by Ally Condie 2010 369 pages
3.62
806.6K ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Science Fiction
The Memory Police Summary
The Memory Police
by Yōko Ogawa 1994 274 pages
3.71
117.0K ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Japan
Gone Summary
Gone
by Michael Grant 2008 560 pages
3.87
207.5K ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Fantasy
Destroy Me Summary
Destroy Me
by Tahereh Mafi 2012 111 pages
3.96
324.0K ratings
Fantasy
Dystopia
Young Adult
Light Bringer Summary
Light Bringer
by Pierce Brown 2023 682 pages
4.76
70.7K ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Dystopia
The Rule of Three Summary
The Rule of Three
by Eric Walters 2014 405 pages
4.00
7.9K ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Science Fiction
Neuromancer Summary
Neuromancer
by William Gibson 1984 288 pages
3.89
349.8K ratings
Science Fiction
Cyberpunk
Classics
Iron Gold Summary
Iron Gold
by Pierce Brown 2018 602 pages
4.22
137.7K ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Dystopia
The 5th Wave Summary
The 5th Wave
by Rick Yancey 2013 457 pages
4.00
472.3K ratings
Young Adult
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Thunderhead Summary
Thunderhead
by Neal Shusterman 2018 504 pages
4.39
215.0K ratings
Young Adult
Fantasy
Dystopia
Fortune Falls Summary
Fortune Falls
by Lou Vane 2021 372 pages
4.14
2.1K ratings
Dystopia
Fantasy
Young Adult
The Death Cure Summary
The Death Cure
by James Dashner 2011 325 pages
3.78
482.3K ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Science Fiction
Mockingjay Summary
Immersive
Mockingjay
by Suzanne Collins 2010 390 pages
4.11
3.5M ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Fantasy
Uglies Summary
Immersive
Uglies
by Scott Westerfeld 2005 425 pages
3.85
697.8K ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Science Fiction
The Camp of the Saints Summary
The Camp of the Saints
by Jean Raspail 1973 316 pages
3.82
1.7K ratings
Politics
Literature
Dystopia
The Darkest Minds Summary
The Darkest Minds
by Alexandra Bracken 2012 488 pages
4.15
202.1K ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Fantasy
Dark Age Summary
Dark Age
by Pierce Brown 2019 704 pages
4.49
98.3K ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Dystopia
An Ember in the Ashes Summary
An Ember in the Ashes
by Sabaa Tahir 2015 446 pages
4.24
326.9K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Romance
Divergent Summary
Divergent
by Veronica Roth 2011 487 pages
4.14
4.2M ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Fantasy
Annihilation Summary
Annihilation
by Jeff VanderMeer 2014 195 pages
3.79
273.2K ratings
Science Fiction
Horror
Fantasy
Ensnared Summary
Ensnared
by Rebecca Quinn 2023 434 pages
4.17
16.3K ratings
Reverse Harem
Dark Romance
Romance
1984 Summary
1984
George Orwell
by SparkNotes 2014 80 pages
4.30
9.8K ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Dystopia
The Selection Summary
The Selection
by Kiera Cass 2012 336 pages
4.07
1.7M ratings
Romance
Young Adult
Dystopia
Oryx and Crake Summary
Oryx and Crake
by Margaret Atwood 2003 389 pages
4.01
279.8K ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Post Apocalyptic
Moon of the Turning Leaves Summary
Moon of the Turning Leaves
by Waubgeshig Rice 2023 307 pages
4.24
8.7K ratings
Indigenous
Horror
Dystopia
Ready Player One Summary
Ready Player One
by Ernest Cline 2011 480 pages
4.23
1.3M ratings
Science Fiction
Young Adult
Fantasy
The Testing Summary
The Testing
by Joelle Charbonneau 2013 325 pages
4.05
80.4K ratings
Dystopia
Young Adult
Science Fiction
Cinder Summary
Cinder
by Marissa Meyer 2012 400 pages
4.13
983.4K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Science Fiction
Unravel Me Summary
Unravel Me
by Tahereh Mafi 2013 480 pages
4.11
689.3K ratings
Fantasy
Dystopia
Young Adult
Reveal Me Summary
Reveal Me
by Tahereh Mafi 2019 112 pages
3.96
117.3K ratings
Fantasy
Dystopia
Romance
Snow Crash Summary
Snow Crash
by Neal Stephenson 1992 438 pages
4.02
291.4K ratings
Science Fiction
Cyberpunk
Fantasy
We Summary
We
by Yevgeny Zamyatin 1924 256 pages
3.88
106.0K ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Dystopia
The Circle Summary
The Circle
by Dave Eggers 2013 493 pages
3.43
226.0K ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Book Club
Sky Full of Elephants Summary
Sky Full of Elephants
by Cebo Campbell 2024 304 pages
3.84
6.6K ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Dystopia
Our Missing Hearts Summary
Our Missing Hearts
by Celeste Ng 2022 335 pages
3.79
200.9K ratings
Book Club
Dystopia
Contemporary
Renegades Summary
Renegades
by Marissa Meyer 2017 552 pages
4.12
157.9K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Science Fiction
The Scorch Trials Summary
The Scorch Trials
by James Dashner 2010 362 pages
3.90
621.0K ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Science Fiction
The Last Murder at the End of the World Summary
The Last Murder at the End of the World
by Stuart Turton 2024 368 pages
3.67
42.6K ratings
Mystery
Science Fiction
Thriller
Brave New World Summary
Brave New World
by Aldous Huxley 1932 268 pages
3.99
2.0M ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Literature
The Kill Order Summary
The Kill Order
by James Dashner 2012 327 pages
3.71
250.5K ratings
Dystopia
Young Adult
Science Fiction
Warcross Summary
Warcross
by Marie Lu 2017 368 pages
4.13
120.1K ratings
Young Adult
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Animal Farm / 1984 Summary
Animal Farm / 1984
by George Orwell 1949 400 pages
4.30
209.3K ratings
Classics
Dystopia
Literature
Vox Summary
Vox
by Christina Dalcher 2018 336 pages
3.55
87.5K ratings
Dystopia
Science Fiction
Feminism
Life As We Knew It Summary
Life As We Knew It
by Susan Beth Pfeffer 2006 337 pages
3.89
131.9K ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Science Fiction
The Year of the Flood Summary
The Year of the Flood
by Margaret Atwood 2009 431 pages
4.07
130.1K ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Post Apocalyptic
Insurgent Summary
Insurgent
by Veronica Roth 2012 525 pages
3.97
1.6M ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Fantasy
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