Best Dystopian Fiction of All Time

1.
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) 4.35 avg rating — 9,594,622 ratings
2.
1984
1984 4.20 avg rating — 5,226,255 ratings
3.
Divergent (Divergent, #1)
Divergent (Divergent, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 4,286,943 ratings
4.
Brave New World
Brave New World 3.99 avg rating — 2,015,664 ratings
5.
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2) 4.35 avg rating — 4,011,768 ratings
6.
Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451 3.97 avg rating — 2,718,893 ratings
7.
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3) 4.11 avg rating — 3,593,625 ratings
8.
Animal Farm
Animal Farm 4.01 avg rating — 4,356,339 ratings
9.
The Giver (The Giver, #1)
The Giver (The Giver, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 2,733,127 ratings
10.
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 2,323,136 ratings
11.
Insurgent (Divergent, #2)
Insurgent (Divergent, #2) 3.96 avg rating — 1,596,154 ratings
12.
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1) 4.31 avg rating — 1,449,746 ratings
13.
Legend (Legend, #1)
Legend (Legend, #1)
by: Marie Lu
4.15 avg rating — 556,126 ratings
14.
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies 3.70 avg rating — 3,117,456 ratings
15.
The Maze Runner (The Maze Runner, #1)
The Maze Runner (The Maze Runner, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 1,638,018 ratings
16.
The Stand
The Stand 4.35 avg rating — 814,327 ratings
17.
Uglies (Uglies, #1)
Uglies (Uglies, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 701,280 ratings
18.
Wool Omnibus (Silo, #1)
Wool Omnibus (Silo, #1) 4.20 avg rating — 367,357 ratings
19.
Matched (Matched, #1)
Matched (Matched, #1) 3.62 avg rating — 809,396 ratings
20.
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 4.09 avg rating — 495,973 ratings
21.
Delirium (Delirium, #1)
Delirium (Delirium, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 476,698 ratings
22.
The Road
The Road really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,001,705 ratings
23.
Never Let Me Go
Never Let Me Go 3.85 avg rating — 813,225 ratings
24.
Unwind (Unwind, #1)
Unwind (Unwind, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 244,634 ratings
25.
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1)
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 281,942 ratings
26.
The Fourth Sage (The Circularity Saga #1)
The Fourth Sage (The Circularity Saga #1) 3.73 avg rating — 414 ratings
27.
Allegiant (Divergent, #3)
Allegiant (Divergent, #3) 3.60 avg rating — 1,122,300 ratings
28.
Shatter Me (Shatter Me, #1)
Shatter Me (Shatter Me, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 1,149,742 ratings
29.
The City of Ember (Book of Ember, #1)
The City of Ember (Book of Ember, #1) 3.90 avg rating — 295,213 ratings
30.
The Hunger Games Trilogy Boxset (The Hunger Games, #1-3)
The Hunger Games Trilogy Boxset (The Hunger Games, #1-3) 4.50 avg rating — 231,667 ratings
31.
Wool - Holston (Wool, #1)
Wool - Holston (Wool, #1) 4.20 avg rating — 367,357 ratings
32.
We
We 3.88 avg rating — 107,854 ratings
33.
The Long Walk
The Long Walk 4.06 avg rating — 224,353 ratings
34.
Cloud Atlas
Cloud Atlas 4.01 avg rating — 262,725 ratings
35.
Pandemonium (Delirium, #2)
Pandemonium (Delirium, #2) 4.03 avg rating — 244,489 ratings
36.
A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 753,913 ratings
37.
The Passage (The Passage, #1)
The Passage (The Passage, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 220,296 ratings
38.
Champion (Legend, #3)
Champion (Legend, #3)
by: Marie Lu
4.31 avg rating — 230,029 ratings
39.
The Scorch Trials (The Maze Runner, #2)
The Scorch Trials (The Maze Runner, #2) 3.90 avg rating — 627,638 ratings
40.
The Darkest Minds (The Darkest Minds, #1)
The Darkest Minds (The Darkest Minds, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 203,790 ratings
41.
Prodigy (Legend, #2)
Prodigy (Legend, #2)
by: Marie Lu
4.22 avg rating — 277,326 ratings
42.
The Death Cure (The Maze Runner, #3)
The Death Cure (The Maze Runner, #3) 3.78 avg rating — 487,878 ratings
43.
Shift (Silo, #2)
Shift (Silo, #2) 4.13 avg rating — 143,493 ratings
44.
Battle Royale
Battle Royale 4.26 avg rating — 83,108 ratings
45.
Blindness
Blindness 4.18 avg rating — 324,664 ratings
46.
Pretties (Uglies, #2)
Pretties (Uglies, #2) 3.83 avg rating — 277,001 ratings
47.
The Knife of Never Letting Go (Chaos Walking, #1)
The Knife of Never Letting Go (Chaos Walking, #1) 3.98 avg rating — 202,141 ratings
48.
Specials (Uglies, #3)
Specials (Uglies, #3) 3.75 avg rating — 201,876 ratings
49.
Dust (Silo, #3)
Dust (Silo, #3) 4.24 avg rating — 128,533 ratings
50.
Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)
Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 992,909 ratings
51.
The Windup Girl
The Windup Girl 3.75 avg rating — 77,343 ratings
52.
Angelfall (Penryn & the End of Days, #1)
Angelfall (Penryn & the End of Days, #1)
by: Susan Ee
4.10 avg rating — 197,236 ratings
53.
The Old Man and the Wasteland (The Wasteland Saga, #1)
The Old Man and the Wasteland (The Wasteland Saga, #1)
by: Nick Cole
3.84 avg rating — 5,510 ratings
54.
Under the Never Sky (Under the Never Sky, #1)
Under the Never Sky (Under the Never Sky, #1) 3.98 avg rating — 115,143 ratings
55.
Snow Crash
Snow Crash 4.01 avg rating — 293,461 ratings
56.
The House of the Scorpion (Matteo Alacran, #1)
The House of the Scorpion (Matteo Alacran, #1) 4.08 avg rating — 95,533 ratings
57.
Shades of Grey (Shades of Grey, #1)
Shades of Grey (Shades of Grey, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 40,805 ratings
58.
Gathering Blue (The Giver, #2)
Gathering Blue (The Giver, #2) 3.82 avg rating — 204,962 ratings
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Red Queen (Red Queen, #1)
Red Queen (Red Queen, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 1,133,625 ratings
60.
The Running Man
The Running Man 3.90 avg rating — 149,575 ratings
61.
The Year of the Flood (MaddAddam, #2)
The Year of the Flood (MaddAddam, #2) 4.07 avg rating — 130,988 ratings
62.
Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1) 4.27 avg rating — 657,160 ratings
63.
Ship Breaker (Ship Breaker, #1)
Ship Breaker (Ship Breaker, #1) 3.75 avg rating — 44,736 ratings
64.
Wither (The Chemical Garden, #1)
Wither (The Chemical Garden, #1) 3.80 avg rating — 100,687 ratings
65.
The Trial
The Trial 3.94 avg rating — 377,306 ratings
66.
Feed (Newsflesh, #1)
Feed (Newsflesh, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 60,902 ratings
67.
The V Girl: A Coming of Age Story
The V Girl: A Coming of Age Story 3.96 avg rating — 16,713 ratings
68.
The 5th Wave (The 5th Wave, #1)
The 5th Wave (The 5th Wave, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 474,651 ratings
69.
The Man in the High Castle
The Man in the High Castle 3.59 avg rating — 229,241 ratings
70.
The Selection (The Selection, #1)
The Selection (The Selection, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 1,716,323 ratings
71.
Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1) 4.23 avg rating — 1,266,850 ratings
72.
The War of the Worlds
The War of the Worlds 3.83 avg rating — 340,288 ratings
73.
The Plague
The Plague 4.02 avg rating — 300,327 ratings
74.
This Perfect Day
This Perfect Day
by: Ira Levin
3.99 avg rating — 10,580 ratings
75.
The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, #1)
The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 650,149 ratings
76.
The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer
The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer 4.16 avg rating — 92,364 ratings
77.
The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)
The Forever War (The Forever War, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 176,931 ratings
78.
On the Beach
On the Beach 3.98 avg rating — 48,159 ratings
79.
Anthem
Anthem
by: Ayn Rand
3.61 avg rating — 164,227 ratings
80.
The Testing (The Testing, #1)
The Testing (The Testing, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 81,283 ratings
81.
The Twelve (The Passage, #2)
The Twelve (The Passage, #2) 4.03 avg rating — 104,806 ratings
82.
The Adoration of Jenna Fox (Jenna Fox Chronicles, #1)
The Adoration of Jenna Fox (Jenna Fox Chronicles, #1) 3.69 avg rating — 52,786 ratings
83.
The People of Sparks (Book of Ember, #2)
The People of Sparks (Book of Ember, #2) 3.70 avg rating — 63,233 ratings
84.
The Minority Report
The Minority Report 3.84 avg rating — 24,223 ratings
85.
The Demon Seekers, Book One
The Demon Seekers, Book One 3.86 avg rating — 258 ratings
86.
Project Mayhem (Project Butterfly, #2)
Project Mayhem (Project Butterfly, #2) 4.90 avg rating — 29 ratings
87.
Revealing Eden (Save the Pearls, #1)
Revealing Eden (Save the Pearls, #1) 1.99 avg rating — 992 ratings
88.
Alas, Babylon
Alas, Babylon
by: Pat Frank
4.09 avg rating — 47,859 ratings
89.
When the Sleeper Wakes
When the Sleeper Wakes 3.36 avg rating — 5,488 ratings
90.
The Reader of Acheron
The Reader of Acheron 4.56 avg rating — 115 ratings
91.
Neuromancer (Sprawl #1)
Neuromancer (Sprawl #1) 3.89 avg rating — 354,063 ratings
92.
The Wasteland Saga (The Wasteland Saga #1-3)
The Wasteland Saga (The Wasteland Saga #1-3)
by: Nick Cole
4.24 avg rating — 905 ratings
93.
The Dog Stars
The Dog Stars 3.95 avg rating — 69,777 ratings
94.
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1) 4.20 avg rating — 238,933 ratings
95.
The Iron Heel
The Iron Heel 3.77 avg rating — 11,956 ratings
95.
The Lathe of Heaven
The Lathe of Heaven 4.13 avg rating — 84,209 ratings
97.
World After (Penryn & the End of Days, #2)
World After (Penryn & the End of Days, #2)
by: Susan Ee
4.14 avg rating — 107,460 ratings
98.
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War 4.02 avg rating — 556,627 ratings
99.
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said 3.91 avg rating — 44,735 ratings
100.
The Island of Dr. Moreau
The Island of Dr. Moreau 3.73 avg rating — 131,603 ratings
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