The Vulture List of 100 Best Dystopian Books

1.
1984
1984 4.20 avg rating β€” 5,227,168 ratings
2.
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) 4.15 avg rating β€” 2,323,537 ratings
3.
The Giver (The Giver, #1)
The Giver (The Giver, #1) 4.12 avg rating β€” 2,733,386 ratings
4.
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) 4.35 avg rating β€” 9,595,953 ratings
5.
Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451 3.97 avg rating β€” 2,719,324 ratings
6.
Brave New World
Brave New World 3.99 avg rating β€” 2,015,873 ratings
7.
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1) 4.31 avg rating β€” 1,449,832 ratings
8.
Watchmen
Watchmen 4.39 avg rating β€” 585,826 ratings
9.
Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1) 4.23 avg rating β€” 1,266,955 ratings
10.
Divergent (Divergent, #1)
Divergent (Divergent, #1) 4.14 avg rating β€” 4,287,371 ratings
11.
The Time Machine
The Time Machine 3.89 avg rating β€” 552,966 ratings
12.
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies 3.70 avg rating β€” 3,117,767 ratings
13.
The Lorax
The Lorax
by: Dr. Seuss
4.35 avg rating β€” 363,699 ratings
14.
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1)
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 281,961 ratings
15.
Battle Royale
Battle Royale 4.26 avg rating β€” 83,110 ratings
16.
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War 4.02 avg rating β€” 556,661 ratings
17.
The Road
The Road really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 1,001,821 ratings
18.
Gulliver’s Travels
Gulliver’s Travels 3.59 avg rating β€” 293,936 ratings
19.
We
We 3.88 avg rating β€” 107,875 ratings
20.
It Can't Happen Here
It Can't Happen Here 3.80 avg rating β€” 22,850 ratings
21.
A Canticle for Leibowitz (St. Leibowitz, #1)
A Canticle for Leibowitz (St. Leibowitz, #1) 3.99 avg rating β€” 116,712 ratings
22.
The Lathe of Heaven
The Lathe of Heaven 4.13 avg rating β€” 84,218 ratings
23.
Judge Dredd: America
Judge Dredd: America 4.21 avg rating β€” 878 ratings
24.
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1) 4.20 avg rating β€” 239,037 ratings
25.
The Children of Men
The Children of Men 3.67 avg rating β€” 51,106 ratings
26.
Y: The Last Man, Vol. 1: Unmanned
Y: The Last Man, Vol. 1: Unmanned 4.08 avg rating β€” 118,309 ratings
27.
The Windup Girl
The Windup Girl 3.75 avg rating β€” 77,345 ratings
28.
Super Sad True Love Story
Super Sad True Love Story 3.45 avg rating β€” 41,500 ratings
29.
Erewhon (Erewhon, #1)
Erewhon (Erewhon, #1) 3.28 avg rating β€” 4,466 ratings
29.
A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 753,965 ratings
31.
I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream
I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream 3.89 avg rating β€” 47,913 ratings
32.
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 4.09 avg rating β€” 496,040 ratings
33.
The Machine Stops
The Machine Stops 4.07 avg rating β€” 19,680 ratings
34.
Roadside Picnic
Roadside Picnic 4.13 avg rating β€” 81,999 ratings
34.
The Girl Who Was Plugged In
The Girl Who Was Plugged In 3.55 avg rating β€” 2,306 ratings
36.
Woman on the Edge of Time
Woman on the Edge of Time 3.92 avg rating β€” 18,313 ratings
37.
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang 3.84 avg rating β€” 10,835 ratings
38.
Neuromancer (Sprawl #1)
Neuromancer (Sprawl #1) 3.89 avg rating β€” 354,101 ratings
39.
Transmetropolitan, Vol. 1: Back on the Street
Transmetropolitan, Vol. 1: Back on the Street 4.20 avg rating β€” 46,962 ratings
40.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns 4.26 avg rating β€” 195,190 ratings
41.
Never Let Me Go
Never Let Me Go 3.85 avg rating β€” 813,386 ratings
43.
American War
American War 3.80 avg rating β€” 41,117 ratings
44.
HumAIn: Navigating the Impact of AI in a Jobless Future
HumAIn: Navigating the Impact of AI in a Jobless Future it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β€” 1 rating
45.
The Last Man
The Last Man 3.38 avg rating β€” 6,561 ratings
46.
Swastika Night
Swastika Night 3.63 avg rating β€” 2,876 ratings
47.
Tales of the Dying Earth
Tales of the Dying Earth 4.12 avg rating β€” 5,966 ratings
48.
Limbo
Limbo 3.43 avg rating β€” 554 ratings
49.
The Stars My Destination
The Stars My Destination 4.06 avg rating β€” 54,402 ratings
50.
Atlas Shrugged
Atlas Shrugged
by: Ayn Rand
3.69 avg rating β€” 402,805 ratings
51.
Inter Ice Age 4
Inter Ice Age 4 3.69 avg rating β€” 1,231 ratings
52.
The Drowned World
The Drowned World 3.47 avg rating β€” 20,159 ratings
53.
Cat’s Cradle
Cat’s Cradle 4.15 avg rating β€” 428,417 ratings
54.
Stand on Zanzibar
Stand on Zanzibar 3.94 avg rating β€” 17,111 ratings
55.
The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman
The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman 3.73 avg rating β€” 3,950 ratings
56.
Motorman
Motorman 4.08 avg rating β€” 1,111 ratings
57.
Dhalgren
Dhalgren 3.78 avg rating β€” 12,077 ratings
58.
The Girl Who Owned a City
The Girl Who Owned a City 3.79 avg rating β€” 5,403 ratings
59.
The Twenty Days of Turin
The Twenty Days of Turin 3.70 avg rating β€” 2,587 ratings
60.
The Stand
The Stand 4.35 avg rating β€” 814,387 ratings
61.
Riddley Walker
Riddley Walker 4.02 avg rating β€” 8,554 ratings
62.
The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun, #1)
The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun, #1) 3.84 avg rating β€” 33,793 ratings
63.
Akira, Vol. 1
Akira, Vol. 1 4.40 avg rating β€” 38,207 ratings
64.
The Postman
The Postman 3.89 avg rating β€” 36,992 ratings
65.
Journals of the Plague Years
Journals of the Plague Years 3.96 avg rating β€” 250 ratings
66.
Skreemer
Skreemer 3.94 avg rating β€” 244 ratings
67.
The Child Garden
The Child Garden 3.66 avg rating β€” 1,531 ratings
68.
Snow Crash
Snow Crash 4.01 avg rating β€” 293,471 ratings
69.
The Yellow Arrow
The Yellow Arrow 4.11 avg rating β€” 3,136 ratings
70.
Slow River
Slow River 3.85 avg rating β€” 4,155 ratings
71.
Infinite Jest
Infinite Jest 4.25 avg rating β€” 98,670 ratings
72.
Brown Girl in the Ring
Brown Girl in the Ring 3.85 avg rating β€” 7,280 ratings
73.
The Elementary Particles
The Elementary Particles 3.80 avg rating β€” 48,824 ratings
74.
Post-Exoticism in Ten Lessons, Lesson Eleven
Post-Exoticism in Ten Lessons, Lesson Eleven 3.94 avg rating β€” 206 ratings
75.
The Slynx
The Slynx 3.81 avg rating β€” 5,497 ratings
76.
Mortal Engines (Mortal Engines, #1)
Mortal Engines (Mortal Engines, #1) 3.76 avg rating β€” 69,508 ratings
77.
Feed
Feed 3.55 avg rating β€” 67,038 ratings
78.
Super Flat Times
Super Flat Times 3.86 avg rating β€” 305 ratings
79.
The City of Ember (Book of Ember, #1)
The City of Ember (Book of Ember, #1) 3.90 avg rating β€” 295,230 ratings
80.
The Unit
The Unit 3.75 avg rating β€” 11,557 ratings
81.
Rina
Rina 3.59 avg rating β€” 107 ratings
82.
Daughters of the North
Daughters of the North 3.42 avg rating β€” 4,308 ratings
83.
Dance Dance Revolution
Dance Dance Revolution 3.88 avg rating β€” 692 ratings
84.
Moxyland
Moxyland 3.57 avg rating β€” 3,788 ratings
86.
When She Woke
When She Woke 3.68 avg rating β€” 29,819 ratings
87.
Who Fears Death
Who Fears Death 3.93 avg rating β€” 27,811 ratings
88.
The Leftovers
The Leftovers 3.43 avg rating β€” 49,522 ratings
89.
Zone One
Zone One 3.25 avg rating β€” 26,613 ratings
90.
The Summer Prince
The Summer Prince 3.56 avg rating β€” 4,731 ratings
91.
The 5th Wave (The 5th Wave, #1)
The 5th Wave (The 5th Wave, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 474,677 ratings
92.
On Such a Full Sea
On Such a Full Sea 3.49 avg rating β€” 11,749 ratings
93.
California
California 3.24 avg rating β€” 20,361 ratings
94.
You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine
You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine 3.23 avg rating β€” 6,799 ratings
95.
The Just City (Thessaly, #1)
The Just City (Thessaly, #1)
by: Jo Walton
3.80 avg rating β€” 8,222 ratings
96.
Find Me
Find Me 2.88 avg rating β€” 4,897 ratings
97.
Gold Fame Citrus
Gold Fame Citrus 3.30 avg rating β€” 9,639 ratings
98.
A Planet for Rent
A Planet for Rent
by: Yoss
3.84 avg rating β€” 940 ratings
99.
Too Like the Lightning (Terra Ignota, #1)
Too Like the Lightning (Terra Ignota, #1) 3.82 avg rating β€” 15,225 ratings
100.
Everything Belongs to the Future
Everything Belongs to the Future 3.53 avg rating β€” 1,093 ratings