What Dystopian Readers Should Know

1.
The Diary of a Young Girl
The Diary of a Young Girl 4.20 avg rating β€” 4,073,743 ratings
2.
The Book Thief
The Book Thief 4.39 avg rating β€” 2,802,613 ratings
3.
All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front 4.10 avg rating β€” 505,127 ratings
4.
The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom
The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom 4.47 avg rating β€” 348,536 ratings
5.
Red Scarf Girl
Red Scarf Girl 3.79 avg rating β€” 16,937 ratings
6.
1984
1984 4.20 avg rating β€” 5,227,477 ratings
7.
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich 3.98 avg rating β€” 122,145 ratings
8.
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China 4.30 avg rating β€” 120,299 ratings
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Catch-22
Catch-22 3.99 avg rating β€” 873,397 ratings
10.
Man's Search for Meaning
Man's Search for Meaning 4.37 avg rating β€” 832,635 ratings
11.
Black Like Me
Black Like Me 4.11 avg rating β€” 69,184 ratings
12.
The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956
The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 4.33 avg rating β€” 33,413 ratings
13.
When Heaven and Earth Changed Places: A Vietnamese Woman's Journey from War to Peace
When Heaven and Earth Changed Places: A Vietnamese Woman's Journey from War to Peace 4.12 avg rating β€” 4,294 ratings
14.
The Wave
The Wave 3.62 avg rating β€” 40,151 ratings
15.
Jackboot Britain
Jackboot Britain 3.63 avg rating β€” 112 ratings
16.
The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation, Books III-IV
The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation, Books III-IV 4.49 avg rating β€” 3,305 ratings
17.
Homage to Catalonia
Homage to Catalonia 4.09 avg rating β€” 68,335 ratings
18.
After the Fall - Tales of the Apocalypse
After the Fall - Tales of the Apocalypse 3.62 avg rating β€” 157 ratings
19.
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea 4.45 avg rating β€” 96,078 ratings
20.
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 4.16 avg rating β€” 192,430 ratings
21.
The Road from Home: A True Story of Courage, Survival, and Hope
The Road from Home: A True Story of Courage, Survival, and Hope 3.99 avg rating β€” 2,026 ratings
21.
Darkness at Noon
Darkness at Noon 4.12 avg rating β€” 32,889 ratings
23.
Survival in Auschwitz
Survival in Auschwitz 4.34 avg rating β€” 83,619 ratings
23.
The Siege (The Siege, #1)
The Siege (The Siege, #1) 4.03 avg rating β€” 6,883 ratings
25.
Parallel Journeys
Parallel Journeys 4.03 avg rating β€” 3,058 ratings
25.
First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers
First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers
by: Loung Ung
4.35 avg rating β€” 52,432 ratings
27.
The Quiet American
The Quiet American 3.98 avg rating β€” 68,875 ratings
27.
The First Circle
The First Circle 4.24 avg rating β€” 8,254 ratings
27.
The Lost Executioner: A Story of the Khmer Rouge
The Lost Executioner: A Story of the Khmer Rouge 4.14 avg rating β€” 786 ratings
30.
River of Time: A Memoir of Vietnam and Cambodia
River of Time: A Memoir of Vietnam and Cambodia
by: Jon Swain
4.17 avg rating β€” 1,087 ratings
31.
Lolita
Lolita 3.87 avg rating β€” 919,340 ratings
31.
Cancer Ward
Cancer Ward 4.26 avg rating β€” 17,574 ratings
33.
The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation, Books V-VII
The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation, Books V-VII 4.54 avg rating β€” 2,493 ratings
33.
The Harvest of Sorrow: Soviet Collectivization and the Terror-Famine
The Harvest of Sorrow: Soviet Collectivization and the Terror-Famine 4.15 avg rating β€” 875 ratings
35.
The Upstairs Room
The Upstairs Room 3.84 avg rating β€” 12,069 ratings
36.
The Captive Mind
The Captive Mind 4.27 avg rating β€” 4,725 ratings
37.
The God that Failed
The God that Failed 4.04 avg rating β€” 447 ratings
38.
They Thought They Were Free: The Germans 1933-45
They Thought They Were Free: The Germans 1933-45 4.11 avg rating β€” 4,188 ratings
39.
My Chinese Dream - From Red Guard to CEO
My Chinese Dream - From Red Guard to CEO
by: Ping Liu
4.20 avg rating β€” 10 ratings
39.
Creating Monsters
Creating Monsters 3.60 avg rating β€” 188 ratings
39.
The Regeneration Trilogy (Regeneration, #1-3)
The Regeneration Trilogy (Regeneration, #1-3) 4.37 avg rating β€” 2,837 ratings
39.
Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West
Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 4.01 avg rating β€” 70,873 ratings
39.
Graffiti Knight
Graffiti Knight 3.86 avg rating β€” 234 ratings
39.
The Provocateur
The Provocateur 3.77 avg rating β€” 13 ratings
39.
When Huai Flowers Bloom: Stories of the Cultural Revolution
When Huai Flowers Bloom: Stories of the Cultural Revolution 3.33 avg rating β€” 6 ratings
39.
Poorly Made in China: An Insider's Account of the Tactics Behind China's Production Game
Poorly Made in China: An Insider's Account of the Tactics Behind China's Production Game 4.09 avg rating β€” 2,415 ratings
39.
An American Amnesia: How the US Congress Forced the Surrenders of South Vietnam and Cambodia
An American Amnesia: How the US Congress Forced the Surrenders of South Vietnam and Cambodia 4.47 avg rating β€” 58 ratings
39.
The Free:
The Free: really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 27 ratings
39.
The Altered I: Memoir of Joseph Kempler, Holocaust Survivor
The Altered I: Memoir of Joseph Kempler, Holocaust Survivor 4.22 avg rating β€” 119 ratings
39.
BORDER WALL: One Nation, Divisible
BORDER WALL: One Nation, Divisible really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 2 ratings
39.
Darker the Night
Darker the Night 4.30 avg rating β€” 67 ratings
39.
Adressat unbekannt
Adressat unbekannt 4.26 avg rating β€” 25,349 ratings
39.
Death by Government: Genocide and Mass Murder Since 1900
Death by Government: Genocide and Mass Murder Since 1900 3.84 avg rating β€” 111 ratings
39.
Forty Autumns: A Family's Story of Courage and Survival on Both Sides of the Berlin Wall
Forty Autumns: A Family's Story of Courage and Survival on Both Sides of the Berlin Wall 4.37 avg rating β€” 12,283 ratings
39.
The Lebensborn Alliance, Book II
The Lebensborn Alliance, Book II 4.29 avg rating β€” 7 ratings
39.
Pieces of Wood
Pieces of Wood 4.54 avg rating β€” 13 ratings
39.
Our Missing Hearts
Our Missing Hearts 3.79 avg rating β€” 204,232 ratings
39.
The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II
The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II 4.24 avg rating β€” 50,760 ratings
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Cities of Salt (Ω…Ψ―Ω† Ψ§Ω„Ω…Ω„Ψ­ #1)
Cities of Salt (Ω…Ψ―Ω† Ψ§Ω„Ω…Ω„Ψ­ #1) 4.06 avg rating β€” 4,758 ratings
59.
Even After All This Time: A Story of Love, Revolution, and Leaving Iran
Even After All This Time: A Story of Love, Revolution, and Leaving Iran 4.06 avg rating β€” 551 ratings
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The Cleanest Race: How North Koreans See Themselves and Why It Matters
The Cleanest Race: How North Koreans See Themselves and Why It Matters 3.91 avg rating β€” 2,075 ratings
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Sacco and Vanzetti: The Men, the Murders, and the Judgment of Mankind
Sacco and Vanzetti: The Men, the Murders, and the Judgment of Mankind 3.90 avg rating β€” 429 ratings
59.
Fate Of The Children: Holocaust Confessions Of A Reluctant Nazi
Fate Of The Children: Holocaust Confessions Of A Reluctant Nazi 4.22 avg rating β€” 27 ratings
59.
Menace of the Herd or Procrustes at Large
Menace of the Herd or Procrustes at Large 4.27 avg rating β€” 85 ratings
59.
Pathway to the Western World: Growing Up in Korea During Turbulent Times
Pathway to the Western World: Growing Up in Korea During Turbulent Times it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β€” 4 ratings
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Night
Night 4.38 avg rating β€” 1,334,367 ratings
67.
After the War
After the War 3.80 avg rating β€” 979 ratings
67.
If This Is a Man β€’ The Truce
If This Is a Man β€’ The Truce 4.54 avg rating β€” 21,717 ratings
67.
In the Rose Garden of the Martyrs: A Memoir of Iran
In the Rose Garden of the Martyrs: A Memoir of Iran 3.46 avg rating β€” 378 ratings
67.
Journey for Our Time: The Journals of the Marquis de Custine, Russia – 1839
Journey for Our Time: The Journals of the Marquis de Custine, Russia – 1839 4.09 avg rating β€” 440 ratings
67.
The Watchers: The Rise of America's Surveillance State
The Watchers: The Rise of America's Surveillance State 3.83 avg rating β€” 239 ratings
67.
Leftism: from de Sade and Marx to Hitler and Marcuse
Leftism: from de Sade and Marx to Hitler and Marcuse 4.25 avg rating β€” 93 ratings
67.
Bloodlands + Black Earth: Stalin, Mao, Hitler: Red Flags as History and Warning
Bloodlands + Black Earth: Stalin, Mao, Hitler: Red Flags as History and Warning
by: Ian Tinny
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β€” 2 ratings
67.
No Escape: The True Story of China's Genocide of the Uyghurs
No Escape: The True Story of China's Genocide of the Uyghurs 4.52 avg rating β€” 664 ratings
75.
Write Home for Me : A Red Cross Woman in Vietnam
Write Home for Me : A Red Cross Woman in Vietnam 3.65 avg rating β€” 34 ratings
75.
Hungry Ghosts: Mao's Secret Famine
Hungry Ghosts: Mao's Secret Famine 4.02 avg rating β€” 619 ratings
75.
Inventing the Middle Ages
Inventing the Middle Ages 3.76 avg rating β€” 493 ratings
75.
Liberty or Equality: The Challenge of Our Times
Liberty or Equality: The Challenge of Our Times 4.11 avg rating β€” 245 ratings
75.
Made in China: A Prisoner, an SOS Letter, and the Hidden Cost of America's Cheap Goods
Made in China: A Prisoner, an SOS Letter, and the Hidden Cost of America's Cheap Goods 4.35 avg rating β€” 2,144 ratings
80.
Journey to the Forbidden China
Journey to the Forbidden China 3.33 avg rating β€” 6 ratings
80.
Democracy: The God That Failed
Democracy: The God That Failed 4.15 avg rating β€” 2,399 ratings
80.
All the Light We Cannot See
All the Light We Cannot See 4.31 avg rating β€” 1,904,969 ratings
80.
A Stone is Most Precious Where it Belongs
A Stone is Most Precious Where it Belongs 4.35 avg rating β€” 1,019 ratings
84.
Omnipotent Government: The Rise of the Total State and Total War
Omnipotent Government: The Rise of the Total State and Total War 4.16 avg rating β€” 356 ratings
84.
The Storyteller
The Storyteller 4.30 avg rating β€” 264,437 ratings
86.
Notes from My Travels: Visits with Refugees in Africa, Cambodia, Pakistan and Ecuador
Notes from My Travels: Visits with Refugees in Africa, Cambodia, Pakistan and Ecuador 3.97 avg rating β€” 1,785 ratings
87.
Kolyma: the Arctic Death Camps
Kolyma: the Arctic Death Camps 4.11 avg rating β€” 63 ratings
88.
Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids
Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids 3.81 avg rating β€” 5,307 ratings
88.
Stay Alive, My Son
Stay Alive, My Son 4.37 avg rating β€” 1,186 ratings
88.
The Great Terror: A Reassessment
The Great Terror: A Reassessment 4.13 avg rating β€” 1,187 ratings
91.
From the Land of Green Ghosts: A Burmese Odyssey
From the Land of Green Ghosts: A Burmese Odyssey 4.13 avg rating β€” 1,778 ratings
92.
Fallen Angels
Fallen Angels 3.99 avg rating β€” 11,836 ratings
92.
The Perfect Hostage: A Life of Aung San Suu Kyi
The Perfect Hostage: A Life of Aung San Suu Kyi 3.93 avg rating β€” 326 ratings
94.
To Destroy You Is No Loss: The Odyssey of a Cambodian Family
To Destroy You Is No Loss: The Odyssey of a Cambodian Family 4.36 avg rating β€” 1,159 ratings
94.
The River of Lost Footsteps: Histories of Burma
The River of Lost Footsteps: Histories of Burma 4.02 avg rating β€” 1,543 ratings
94.
Our Culture, What's Left of It: The Mandarins and the Masses
Our Culture, What's Left of It: The Mandarins and the Masses 4.14 avg rating β€” 1,547 ratings
97.
When Broken Glass Floats: Growing Up Under the Khmer Rouge
When Broken Glass Floats: Growing Up Under the Khmer Rouge 4.18 avg rating β€” 4,944 ratings
97.
Life at the Bottom: The Worldview That Makes the Underclass
Life at the Bottom: The Worldview That Makes the Underclass 4.23 avg rating β€” 3,886 ratings
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Little Daughter: A Memoir of Survival in Burma and the West
Little Daughter: A Memoir of Survival in Burma and the West
by: Zoya Phan
4.03 avg rating β€” 662 ratings
100.
They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky: The True Story of Three Lost Boys from Sudan
They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky: The True Story of Three Lost Boys from Sudan 4.21 avg rating β€” 10,210 ratings
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