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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 390 pages
4.10
3.4M+ ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Fantasy
Lord of the Flies Summary
Lord of the Flies
by William Golding 1954 182 pages
3.70
3M+ ratings
Classics
Young Adult
School
Ender’s Game Summary
Ender’s Game
by Orson Scott Card 1985 324 pages
4.31
1.4M+ ratings
Science Fiction
Young Adult
Fantasy
Insurgent Summary
Insurgent
by Veronica Roth 2012 525 pages
3.97
1.5M+ ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Fantasy
Ready Player One Summary
Ready Player One
by Ernest Cline 2011 480 pages
4.23
1.2M+ ratings
Science Fiction
Young Adult
Fantasy
Black Mirror and Philosophy Summary
Black Mirror and Philosophy
Dark Reflections
by William Irwin 2019 384 pages
4.11
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Technology
Dystopia
1984 Summary
1984
by George Orwell 1949 328 pages
4.20
5M+ ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Dystopia
The Knife of Never Letting Go Summary
The Knife of Never Letting Go
by Patrick Ness 2008 479 pages
3.97
100k+ ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Science Fiction
Fahrenheit 451 Summary
Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury 1953 194 pages
3.97
2.6M+ ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
School
Animal Farm Summary
Animal Farm
by George Orwell 1945 141 pages
4.00
4.1M+ ratings
Dystopia
Fantasy
School
A Clockwork Orange Summary
A Clockwork Orange
by Anthony Burgess 1962 192 pages
4.00
700k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Horror
The Road Summary
The Road
by Cormac McCarthy 2006 241 pages
3.99
900k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Post Apocalyptic
Never Let Me Go Summary
Never Let Me Go
by Kazuo Ishiguro 2005 288 pages
3.85
700k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Contemporary
Animal Farm / 1984 Summary
Animal Farm / 1984
by George Orwell 1949 400 pages
4.30
200k+ ratings
Classics
Dystopia
Literature
The Stand Summary
The Stand
by Stephen King 1978 1152 pages
4.35
700k+ ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Nexus Summary
Nexus
by Ramez Naam 2012 460 pages
4.04
20k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Cyberpunk
Thriller
1984 Summary
1984
George Orwell
by SparkNotes 2014 80 pages
4.29
9k+ ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Dystopia
The Darkest Minds Summary
The Darkest Minds
by Alexandra Bracken 2012 488 pages
4.15
200k+ ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Fantasy
Red Rising Summary
Red Rising
by Pierce Brown 2014 382 pages
4.27
500k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Dystopia
Brave New World Revisited Summary
Brave New World Revisited
by Aldous Huxley 1958 123 pages
3.94
21k+ ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Philosophy
The Maze Runner Summary
The Maze Runner
by James Dashner 2009 384 pages
4.05
1.6M+ ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Science Fiction
The Kill Order Summary
The Kill Order
by James Dashner 2012 327 pages
3.71
200k+ ratings
Dystopia
Young Adult
Science Fiction
The Trial Summary
The Trial
by Franz Kafka 1925 255 pages
3.95
300k+ ratings
Philosophy
Literature
German Literature
Shatter Me Summary
Shatter Me
by Tahereh Mafi 2011 338 pages
3.85
1M+ ratings
Dystopia
Young Adult
Science Fiction
The Time Machine Summary
The Time Machine
by H.G. Wells 1895 118 pages
3.90
500k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Time Travel
The Handmaid’s Tale Summary
The Handmaid’s Tale
by Margaret Atwood 1985 311 pages
4.14
2.2M+ ratings
Classics
Dystopia
Science Fiction
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Summary
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
by Suzanne Collins 2020 541 pages
3.98
900k+ ratings
Dystopia
Young Adult
Fantasy
The Dispossessed Summary
The Dispossessed
An Ambiguous Utopia
by Ursula K. Le Guin 1974 387 pages
4.25
100k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Classics
The Obelisk Gate Summary
The Obelisk Gate
by N.K. Jemisin 2016 410 pages
4.30
100k+ ratings
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Bird Box Summary
Bird Box
by Josh Malerman 2014 262 pages
4.04
200k+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Dystopia
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
36k+ ratings
Mystery
Science Fiction
Thriller
The Scorch Trials Summary
The Scorch Trials
by James Dashner 2010 362 pages
3.90
600k+ ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Science Fiction
Life As We Knew It Summary
Life As We Knew It
by Susan Beth Pfeffer 2006 337 pages
3.89
100k+ ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Science Fiction
The Death Cure Summary
The Death Cure
by James Dashner 2011 325 pages
3.78
400k+ ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Science Fiction
The Marrow Thieves Summary
The Marrow Thieves
by Cherie Dimaline 2017 234 pages
3.96
40k+ ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Indigenous
Ready Player Two Summary
Ready Player Two
by Ernest Cline 2020 370 pages
3.43
100k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Dystopia
Klara and the Sun Summary
Klara and the Sun
by Kazuo Ishiguro 2021 303 pages
3.74
300k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Literary Fiction
Uglies Summary
Uglies
by Scott Westerfeld 2005 425 pages
3.85
600k+ ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Science Fiction
We Summary
We
by Yevgeny Zamyatin 1924 256 pages
3.88
100k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Dystopia
Unwind Summary
Unwind
by Neal Shusterman 2007 337 pages
4.17
200k+ ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Science Fiction
Warcross Summary
Warcross
by Marie Lu 2017 368 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 1984 271 pages
3.89
300k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Cyberpunk
Classics
The Giver Summary
The Giver
by Lois Lowry 1993 208 pages
4.12
2.6M+ ratings
Young Adult
Classics
Dystopia
Ignite Me Summary
Ignite Me
by Tahereh Mafi 2014 408 pages
4.46
500k+ ratings
Fantasy
Dystopia
Romance
Defy Me Summary
Defy Me
by Tahereh Mafi 2019 357 pages
4.27
200k+ ratings
Fantasy
Dystopia
Romance
Imagine Me Summary
Imagine Me
by Tahereh Mafi 2020 450 pages
4.00
200k+ ratings
Fantasy
Dystopia
Romance
I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream Summary
I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream
by Harlan Ellison 1967 20 pages
3.69
9k+ ratings
Horror
Short Stories
Science Fiction
Shift Summary
Shift
by Hugh Howey 2013 579 pages
4.13
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
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