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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

Mockingjay Summary
Mockingjay
by Suzanne Collins 2010 391 pages
4.10
3.3M+ ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Fantasy
Lord of the Flies Summary
Lord of the Flies
by William Golding 1999 192 pages
3.70
2.9M+ ratings
Classics
Young Adult
School
Ender’s Game Summary
Ender’s Game
by Orson Scott Card 1994 352 pages
4.31
1.4M+ ratings
Science Fiction
Young Adult
Fantasy
Insurgent Summary
Insurgent
by Veronica Roth 2012
3.97
1.5M+ ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Fantasy
Ready Player One Summary
Ready Player One
by Ernest Cline 2011 384 pages
4.23
1.1M+ ratings
Science Fiction
Young Adult
Fantasy
Black Mirror and Philosophy Summary
Black Mirror and Philosophy
Dark Reflections
by William Irwin 2019 384 pages
4.09
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Technology
Dystopia
1984 Summary
1984
by George Orwell 2014 368 pages
4.19
4.8M+ ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Fahrenheit 451 Summary
Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury
3.96
2.5M+ ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
School
Animal Farm Summary
Animal Farm
by George Orwell 1996 140 pages
3.99
4M+ ratings
Dystopia
Fantasy
School
A Clockwork Orange Summary
A Clockwork Orange
by Anthony Burgess 2019 240 pages
4.00
700k+ ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Dystopia
The Road Summary
The Road
by Cormac McCarthy 2006 241 pages
3.99
900k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Post Apocalyptic
Animal Farm / 1984 Summary
Animal Farm / 1984
by George Orwell
4.30
200k+ ratings
Classics
Dystopia
Literature
The Stand Summary
The Stand
by Stephen King
4.35
700k+ ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Brave New World Summary
Brave New World
by Aldous Huxley 1998 268 pages
3.99
1.9M+ ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Dystopia
The Darkest Minds Summary
The Darkest Minds
by Alexandra Bracken 2012 496 pages
4.16
100k+ ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Fantasy
Red Rising Summary
Red Rising
by Pierce Brown
4.27
500k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Dystopia
Brave New World Summary
Brave New World
Revisited
by Aldous Huxley 2006 144 pages
3.94
20k+ ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Philosophy
The Trial Summary
The Trial
by Franz Kafka
3.95
300k+ ratings
Philosophy
Literature
German Literature
Shatter Me Summary
Shatter Me
by Tahereh Mafi 2011 352 pages
3.85
1M+ ratings
Dystopia
Young Adult
Science Fiction
The Time Machine Summary
The Time Machine
by H.G. Wells
3.89
500k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Time Travel
The Handmaid’s Tale Summary
The Handmaid’s Tale
by Margaret Atwood
4.14
2.1M+ ratings
Classics
Dystopia
Science Fiction
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Summary
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
by Suzanne Collins
3.97
800k+ ratings
Dystopia
Young Adult
Fantasy
The Dispossessed Summary
The Dispossessed
An Ambiguous Utopia
by Ursula K. Le Guin
4.25
100k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Classics
The Obelisk Gate Summary
The Obelisk Gate
by N.K. Jemisin
4.30
100k+ ratings
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Bird Box Summary
Bird Box
by Josh Malerman 2014 272 pages
4.04
100k+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Dystopia
Life As We Knew It Summary
Life As We Knew It
by Susan Beth Pfeffer
3.89
100k+ ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Science Fiction
The Death Cure Summary
The Death Cure
by James Dashner 2011 327 pages
3.78
400k+ ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Science Fiction
Wool Omnibus Summary
Wool Omnibus
by Hugh Howey
4.23
200k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Post Apocalyptic
Ready Player Two Summary
Ready Player Two
by Ernest Cline 2020 384 pages
3.43
100k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Dystopia
Klara and the Sun Summary
Klara and the Sun
by Kazuo Ishiguro 2021 320 pages
3.74
300k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Literary Fiction
Uglies Summary
Uglies
by Scott Westerfeld
3.85
600k+ ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Science Fiction
We Summary
We
by Yevgeny Zamyatin 1993 221 pages
3.88
100k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Dystopia
Warcross Summary
Warcross
by Marie Lu 2017 365 pages
4.13
100k+ ratings
Young Adult
Science Fiction
Fantasy
The Girl with All the Gifts Summary
The Girl with All the Gifts
by M.R. Carey 2014 461 pages
3.95
200k+ ratings
Horror
Science Fiction
Zombies
Neuromancer Summary
Neuromancer
by William Gibson 2000 268 pages
3.89
300k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Cyberpunk
Classics
The Giver Summary
The Giver
by Lois Lowry 2006 208 pages
4.12
2.5M+ ratings
Young Adult
Classics
Dystopia
Ignite Me Summary
Ignite Me
by Tahereh Mafi 2014 421 pages
4.46
500k+ ratings
Fantasy
Dystopia
Romance
Defy Me Summary
Defy Me
by Tahereh Mafi
4.27
200k+ ratings
Fantasy
Dystopia
Romance
Imagine Me Summary
Imagine Me
by Tahereh Mafi 2020 462 pages
4.00
200k+ ratings
Fantasy
Dystopia
Romance
Shift Summary
Shift
by Hugh Howey
4.12
100k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Post Apocalyptic
The Man in the High Castle Summary
The Man in the High Castle
by Philip K. Dick
3.60
200k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Dystopia
The Circle Summary
The Circle
by Dave Eggers
3.43
200k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Contemporary
Blindness Summary
Blindness
by José Saramago
4.17
300k+ ratings
Dystopia
Classics
Science Fiction
Glass Sword Summary
Glass Sword
by Victoria Aveyard
3.79
300k+ ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Romance
War Storm Summary
War Storm
by Victoria Aveyard 2018 672 pages
3.81
100k+ ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Dystopia
I Who Have Never Known Men Summary
I Who Have Never Known Men
by Jacqueline Harpman 1998 206 pages
4.22
100k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Feminism
Divergent Summary
Divergent
by Veronica Roth 2011 542 pages
4.14
4.1M+ ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Fantasy
Parable of the Sower Summary
Parable of the Sower
by Octavia E. Butler 2000 352 pages
4.21
100k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Fantasy
Moon of the Crusted Snow Summary
Moon of the Crusted Snow
by Waubgeshig Rice 2018 224 pages
3.85
32k+ ratings
Horror
Indigenous
Dystopia
Cinder Summary
Cinder
by Marissa Meyer
4.13
900k+ ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Science Fiction
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