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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

The Six Summary
The Six
by Mark Alpert 2015 368 pages
3.81
1.3K ratings
Young Adult
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 Summary
Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451
by Harold Bloom 2000 147 pages
4.17
1.2K ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Literature
Conform Summary
Conform
by Ariel Sullivan 2025 416 pages
4.16
766 ratings
Fantasy
Romance
Dystopia
Counter-Clock World Summary
Counter-Clock World
by Philip K. Dick 1967 218 pages
3.55
5.1K ratings
Science Fiction
Speculative Fiction
Time Travel
Day 21 Summary
Day 21
by Kass Morgan 2014 320 pages
3.72
43.9K ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Science Fiction
The Matrix Summary
The Matrix
by Joshua Clover 2004 96 pages
4.13
1.5K ratings
Film
Media Tie In
Science Fiction
Shatter Me Series 7 Books Collection Set By Tahereh Mafi Summary
Shatter Me Series 7 Books Collection Set By Tahereh Mafi
by Tahereh Mafi 2020
4.55
3.8K ratings
Fantasy
Romance
Dystopia
Machine Learning Summary
Machine Learning
New and Collected Stories
by Hugh Howey 2017 352 pages
4.02
3.2K ratings
Science Fiction
Short Stories
Fantasy
This Inevitable Ruin Summary
This Inevitable Ruin
by Matt Dinniman 2024 724 pages
4.68
38.4K ratings
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Humor
The Last Cuentista Summary
The Last Cuentista
by Donna Barba Higuera 2021 320 pages
4.05
27.2K ratings
Middle Grade
Science Fiction
Young Adult
The Assault on Truth Summary
The Assault on Truth
Boris Johnson, Donald Trump and the Emergence of a New Moral Barbarism
by Peter Oborne 2021 251 pages
3.99
1.1K ratings
Politics
History
Dystopia
War with the Newts Summary
War with the Newts
by Karel Čapek 1936 241 pages
4.17
16.5K ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Czech Literature
Golden State Summary
Golden State
by Ben H. Winters 2019 323 pages
3.47
7.9K ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Mystery
Radicalized Summary
Radicalized
by Cory Doctorow 2019 304 pages
4.03
7.9K ratings
Science Fiction
Short Stories
Dystopia
Gathering Blue Summary
Gathering Blue
by Lois Lowry 2000 240 pages
3.82
204.5K ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Fantasy
Unite Me Summary
Unite Me
by Tahereh Mafi 2014 197 pages
3.88
72.3K ratings
Fantasy
Dystopia
Young Adult
The House of the Scorpion Summary
The House of the Scorpion
by Nancy Farmer 2002 380 pages
4.08
95.1K ratings
Young Adult
Science Fiction
Dystopia
The Silo Saga Omnibus Summary
The Silo Saga Omnibus
by Hugh Howey 2020 1663 pages
4.59
3.9K ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Post Apocalyptic
The Sheep Look Up Summary
The Sheep Look Up
by John Brunner 1972 352 pages
3.91
5.6K ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Post Apocalyptic
Under the Never Sky Summary
Under the Never Sky
by Veronica Rossi 2011 374 pages
3.99
115.1K ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Fantasy
Exo Summary
Exo
by Fonda Lee 2017 384 pages
3.78
2.5K ratings
Science Fiction
Young Adult
Dystopia
Sanctuary Summary
Sanctuary
by Caryn Lix 2018 480 pages
3.88
2.2K ratings
Science Fiction
Young Adult
Horror
The Gender Game Summary
The Gender Game
by Bella Forrest 2016 418 pages
3.87
42.6K ratings
Dystopia
Young Adult
Fantasy
Supertoys Last All Summer Long and Other Stories of Future Time Summary
Supertoys Last All Summer Long and Other Stories of Future Time
by Brian W. Aldiss 1969 256 pages
3.48
1.2K ratings
Science Fiction
Short Stories
Dystopia
The Last Policeman Summary
The Last Policeman
by Ben H. Winters 2012 316 pages
3.77
34.6K ratings
Mystery
Science Fiction
Crime
Blood Red Road Summary
Blood Red Road
by Moira Young 2011 459 pages
3.91
62.1K ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Fantasy
Ink and Bone Summary
Ink and Bone
by Rachel Caine 2015 362 pages
3.97
31.5K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Dystopia
The Maze Runner Summary
The Maze Runner
My friend George
by Wes Ball 2014 10 pages
4.46
19.4K ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Dystopia
The Bone Season Summary
The Bone Season
by Samantha Shannon 2013 466 pages
3.84
98.2K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Dystopia
Company Town Summary
Company Town
by Madeline Ashby 2016 285 pages
3.50
5.2K ratings
Science Fiction
Mystery
Canada
Waste Tide Summary
Waste Tide
by Chen Qiufan 2013 352 pages
3.32
2.8K ratings
Science Fiction
China
Dystopia
Robopocalypse Summary
Robopocalypse
by Daniel H. Wilson 2011 368 pages
3.71
40.9K ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Post Apocalyptic
Ghosts Summary
Ghosts
by Nicholas Sansbury Smith 2017 288 pages
4.24
8.5K ratings
Science Fiction
Post Apocalyptic
Horror
On Such a Full Sea Summary
On Such a Full Sea
by Chang-rae Lee 2014 407 pages
3.49
11.7K ratings
Dystopia
Science Fiction
Speculative Fiction
Day of the Oprichnik Summary
Day of the Oprichnik
by Vladimir Sorokin 2006 191 pages
3.75
9.2K ratings
Russia
Dystopia
Russian Literature
Allegiant Summary
Allegiant
by Veronica Roth 2013 531 pages
3.60
1.1M ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Fantasy
It Can't Happen Here Summary
It Can't Happen Here
by Sinclair Lewis 1935 400 pages
3.80
23.0K ratings
Classics
Politics
Dystopia
Westworld Summary
Westworld
by Michael Crichton 1974 107 pages
3.73
2.2K ratings
Science Fiction
Thriller
Fantasy
The Shimmering State Summary
The Shimmering State
by Meredith Westgate 2021 320 pages
3.44
1.4K ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Dystopia
A Guardian and a Thief Summary
A Guardian and a Thief
by Megha Majumdar 2025 224 pages
3.99
2.4K ratings
India
Literary Fiction
Dystopia
Generation A Summary
Generation A
by Douglas Coupland 2009 320 pages
3.52
7.7K ratings
Science Fiction
Canada
Contemporary
What We Can Know Summary
What We Can Know
by Ian McEwan 2025 303 pages
3.96
6.1K ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Literary Fiction
The Forest of Hands and Teeth Summary
The Forest of Hands and Teeth
by Carrie Ryan 2009 336 pages
3.60
86.9K ratings
Young Adult
Zombies
Horror
The Gate of the Feral Gods Summary
The Gate of the Feral Gods
by Matt Dinniman 2021 586 pages
4.56
74.6K ratings
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Humor
Novas Summary
Novas
by Lou Vane 2022 278 pages
4.34
1.4K ratings
Dystopia
Romance
Fantasy
Among the Enemy Summary
Among the Enemy
by Margaret Peterson Haddix 2005 240 pages
4.15
20.3K ratings
Dystopia
Young Adult
Science Fiction
Those Beyond the Wall Summary
Those Beyond the Wall
by Micaiah Johnson 2024 373 pages
4.06
2.5K ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Queer
The Slynx Summary
The Slynx
by Tatyana Tolstaya 1999 299 pages
3.81
5.5K ratings
Russia
Science Fiction
Dystopia
The Haven Summary
The Haven
by Carol Lynch Williams 2014 224 pages
3.31
1.4K ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Science Fiction
Lord of the World Summary
Lord of the World
by Robert Hugh Benson 1907 296 pages
4.09
3.8K ratings
Catholic
Classics
Religion
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