ATY 2020 - A book set in a place or time that you wouldn't want to live

1.
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) 4.15 avg rating β€” 2,323,085 ratings
2.
Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451 3.97 avg rating β€” 2,718,847 ratings
3.
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) 4.35 avg rating β€” 9,594,461 ratings
4.
1984
1984 4.20 avg rating β€” 5,226,114 ratings
5.
Station Eleven
Station Eleven 4.07 avg rating β€” 590,265 ratings
6.
Room
Room 4.08 avg rating β€” 826,333 ratings
7.
A Thousand Splendid Suns
A Thousand Splendid Suns 4.45 avg rating β€” 1,681,655 ratings
8.
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2) 4.35 avg rating β€” 4,011,691 ratings
9.
The Passage (The Passage, #1)
The Passage (The Passage, #1) 4.05 avg rating β€” 220,293 ratings
10.
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€” 556,622 ratings
11.
The Tattooist of Auschwitz (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #1)
The Tattooist of Auschwitz (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #1) 4.32 avg rating β€” 1,119,038 ratings
12.
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban 4.16 avg rating β€” 612,700 ratings
12.
Animal Farm
Animal Farm 4.01 avg rating β€” 4,356,252 ratings
14.
The Man in the High Castle
The Man in the High Castle 3.59 avg rating β€” 229,239 ratings
15.
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (The Hunger Games, #0)
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (The Hunger Games, #0) 3.99 avg rating β€” 1,068,981 ratings
16.
All the Light We Cannot See
All the Light We Cannot See 4.31 avg rating β€” 1,904,559 ratings
17.
The Great Alone
The Great Alone 4.45 avg rating β€” 1,075,632 ratings
18.
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3) 4.11 avg rating β€” 3,593,556 ratings
19.
All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front 4.10 avg rating β€” 505,039 ratings
20.
Night
Night 4.38 avg rating β€” 1,334,194 ratings
21.
Vox
Vox 3.55 avg rating β€” 88,801 ratings
22.
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1) 4.20 avg rating β€” 238,927 ratings
23.
Brave New World
Brave New World 3.99 avg rating β€” 2,015,641 ratings
24.
Year of Wonders
Year of Wonders 4.01 avg rating β€” 171,878 ratings
25.
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind 4.31 avg rating β€” 1,258,012 ratings
26.
Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster
Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster 4.40 avg rating β€” 62,916 ratings
27.
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1) 4.29 avg rating β€” 317,157 ratings
28.
Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital 3.93 avg rating β€” 39,329 ratings
28.
The Poisonwood Bible
The Poisonwood Bible 4.11 avg rating β€” 779,768 ratings
30.
The Road
The Road really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 1,001,690 ratings
31.
Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park, #1)
Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park, #1) 4.12 avg rating β€” 1,031,559 ratings
31.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
by: Ken Kesey
4.20 avg rating β€” 767,635 ratings
33.
The Giver (The Giver, #1)
The Giver (The Giver, #1) 4.12 avg rating β€” 2,733,100 ratings
34.
American War
American War 3.80 avg rating β€” 41,112 ratings
34.
Spy... for Nobody!: Sixteen Years in the Syrian Intelligence
Spy... for Nobody!: Sixteen Years in the Syrian Intelligence 4.02 avg rating β€” 65 ratings
36.
Spy... for Nobody! Sixteen Years in the Syrian Intelligence
Spy... for Nobody! Sixteen Years in the Syrian Intelligence 4.02 avg rating β€” 65 ratings
37.
We Set the Dark on Fire (We Set the Dark on Fire, #1)
We Set the Dark on Fire (We Set the Dark on Fire, #1) 3.76 avg rating β€” 20,590 ratings
38.
The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl―A National Book Award Winner
The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl―A National Book Award Winner 4.06 avg rating β€” 60,120 ratings
39.
The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956
The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 4.33 avg rating β€” 33,404 ratings
39.
Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History (Maus, #1)
Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History (Maus, #1) 4.39 avg rating β€” 365,579 ratings
41.
The City in the Middle of the Night
The City in the Middle of the Night 3.49 avg rating β€” 12,571 ratings
41.
The Things They Carried
The Things They Carried 4.14 avg rating β€” 337,462 ratings
43.
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 4.16 avg rating β€” 192,414 ratings
44.
Papillon
Papillon 4.23 avg rating β€” 74,111 ratings
45.
The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic - and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World
The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic - and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World 3.89 avg rating β€” 55,255 ratings
46.
Next Year in Havana
Next Year in Havana 3.93 avg rating β€” 144,885 ratings
47.
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Where'd You Go, Bernadette 3.87 avg rating β€” 592,717 ratings
48.
Foundation and Empire (Foundation, #2)
Foundation and Empire (Foundation, #2) 4.22 avg rating β€” 220,337 ratings
49.
The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1)
The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1) 4.35 avg rating β€” 809,450 ratings
50.
Insurgent (Divergent, #2)
Insurgent (Divergent, #2) 3.96 avg rating β€” 1,596,145 ratings
50.
Outlander (Outlander, #1)
Outlander (Outlander, #1) 4.26 avg rating β€” 1,131,984 ratings
52.
Recursion
Recursion 4.17 avg rating β€” 290,763 ratings
53.
Borne (Borne, #1)
Borne (Borne, #1) 3.93 avg rating β€” 40,069 ratings
54.
The Power
The Power 3.75 avg rating β€” 246,915 ratings
55.
The Dry (Aaron Falk, #1)
The Dry (Aaron Falk, #1) 4.06 avg rating β€” 260,186 ratings
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Wilder Girls
Wilder Girls 3.45 avg rating β€” 97,562 ratings
57.
Where the Crawdads Sing
Where the Crawdads Sing 4.37 avg rating β€” 3,479,163 ratings
58.
Only Ever Yours
Only Ever Yours 3.76 avg rating β€” 17,980 ratings
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Logan's Run
Logan's Run 3.64 avg rating β€” 12,696 ratings
60.
Transcription
Transcription 3.49 avg rating β€” 58,981 ratings
61.
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage 4.46 avg rating β€” 155,689 ratings
62.
The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches From the Border
The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches From the Border 3.97 avg rating β€” 15,190 ratings
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Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions 3.81 avg rating β€” 75,624 ratings
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Sip
Sip 3.31 avg rating β€” 506 ratings
65.
The Orphan Master's Son
The Orphan Master's Son 4.07 avg rating β€” 102,949 ratings
66.
The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)
The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1) 4.22 avg rating β€” 293,146 ratings
66.
Lock In (Lock In, #1)
Lock In (Lock In, #1) 3.92 avg rating β€” 70,458 ratings
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Internment
Internment 3.87 avg rating β€” 20,056 ratings
69.
Star of the Sea
Star of the Sea 3.93 avg rating β€” 11,820 ratings
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A Kim Jong-Il Production: The Extraordinary True Story of a Kidnapped Filmmaker, His Star Actress, and a Young Dictator's Rise to Power
A Kim Jong-Il Production: The Extraordinary True Story of a Kidnapped Filmmaker, His Star Actress, and a Young Dictator's Rise to Power 4.21 avg rating β€” 6,178 ratings
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Amatka
Amatka 3.78 avg rating β€” 4,243 ratings
72.
The Greyfriar (Vampire Empire, #1)
The Greyfriar (Vampire Empire, #1) 3.81 avg rating β€” 5,609 ratings
73.
The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After
The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After 4.19 avg rating β€” 24,691 ratings
73.
Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome
Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome
by: Apicius
3.82 avg rating β€” 336 ratings
75.
The Time Machine
The Time Machine 3.89 avg rating β€” 552,920 ratings
76.
The Memory Police
The Memory Police 3.71 avg rating β€” 124,210 ratings
77.
After the Flood
After the Flood 3.69 avg rating β€” 16,713 ratings
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Mirage (Mirage, #1)
Mirage (Mirage, #1) 3.72 avg rating β€” 13,970 ratings
79.
The Assassin from Apricot City: Reportage from Turkey
The Assassin from Apricot City: Reportage from Turkey 4.30 avg rating β€” 1,405 ratings
79.
A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century
A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century 4.05 avg rating β€” 43,235 ratings
81.
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang 3.84 avg rating β€” 10,835 ratings
82.
The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1)
The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1) 4.31 avg rating β€” 327,421 ratings
82.
Down to a Sunless Sea
Down to a Sunless Sea 3.90 avg rating β€” 963 ratings
84.
V for Vendetta
V for Vendetta 4.26 avg rating β€” 320,838 ratings
85.
The Troop
The Troop 3.84 avg rating β€” 114,073 ratings
86.
Dry
Dry 4.01 avg rating β€” 52,964 ratings
87.
The Orphan Mother
The Orphan Mother 3.85 avg rating β€” 2,118 ratings
87.
Semi Queer: Inside the World of Gay, Trans, and Black Truck Drivers
Semi Queer: Inside the World of Gay, Trans, and Black Truck Drivers 3.88 avg rating β€” 81 ratings
87.
Thirst
Thirst 3.62 avg rating β€” 553 ratings
87.
Death Is Hard Work
Death Is Hard Work 3.70 avg rating β€” 4,609 ratings
87.
Jonestown: A Novel
Jonestown: A Novel
by: Ryan Roy
2.50 avg rating β€” 2 ratings
87.
The Morning They Came for Us: Dispatches from Syria
The Morning They Came for Us: Dispatches from Syria 4.06 avg rating β€” 3,240 ratings
87.
Ice Journey A story of adventure, escape and salvation
Ice Journey A story of adventure, escape and salvation 3.82 avg rating β€” 22 ratings
87.
Mischling
Mischling 3.83 avg rating β€” 15,993 ratings
87.
How Dare the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child
How Dare the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child 4.24 avg rating β€” 7,294 ratings
87.
Chernobyl Strawberries : A Memoir
Chernobyl Strawberries : A Memoir 3.72 avg rating β€” 322 ratings
87.
The Water Dancer
The Water Dancer 4.06 avg rating β€” 116,574 ratings
87.
Y: The Last Man - The Deluxe Edition Book One
Y: The Last Man - The Deluxe Edition Book One 4.30 avg rating β€” 17,855 ratings
87.
A Town Like Alice
A Town Like Alice 4.15 avg rating β€” 60,761 ratings
87.
A Woman in the Polar Night
A Woman in the Polar Night 4.23 avg rating β€” 4,206 ratings
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