Smart Apocalyptic and Dystopian Fiction

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1984
1984 4.20 avg rating — 5,226,255 ratings
2.
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
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Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451 3.97 avg rating — 2,718,893 ratings
4.
The Road
The Road really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,001,705 ratings
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Brave New World
Brave New World 3.99 avg rating — 2,015,664 ratings
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Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies 3.70 avg rating — 3,117,456 ratings
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Animal Farm
Animal Farm 4.01 avg rating — 4,356,339 ratings
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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 4.09 avg rating — 495,973 ratings
9.
A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 753,913 ratings
10.
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1)
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 281,942 ratings
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Dune (Dune, #1)
Dune (Dune, #1) 4.28 avg rating — 1,570,281 ratings
12.
Station Eleven
Station Eleven 4.07 avg rating — 590,270 ratings
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Never Let Me Go
Never Let Me Go 3.85 avg rating — 813,225 ratings
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The Stand
The Stand 4.35 avg rating — 814,329 ratings
15.
I Am Legend
I Am Legend 4.05 avg rating — 147,526 ratings
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The Giver (The Giver, #1)
The Giver (The Giver, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 2,733,127 ratings
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A Canticle for Leibowitz (St. Leibowitz, #1)
A Canticle for Leibowitz (St. Leibowitz, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 116,701 ratings
18.
Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1) 4.23 avg rating — 1,266,850 ratings
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The Year of the Flood (MaddAddam, #2)
The Year of the Flood (MaddAddam, #2) 4.07 avg rating — 130,988 ratings
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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
21.
Blindness
Blindness 4.18 avg rating — 324,664 ratings
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Cat’s Cradle
Cat’s Cradle 4.15 avg rating — 428,386 ratings
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The War of the Worlds
The War of the Worlds 3.83 avg rating — 340,288 ratings
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We
We 3.88 avg rating — 107,854 ratings
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Catch-22
Catch-22 3.99 avg rating — 873,329 ratings
26.
Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited
Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited 4.16 avg rating — 170,780 ratings
27.
The Dark Tower Series: Books 1-7
The Dark Tower Series: Books 1-7 4.62 avg rating — 12,566 ratings
28.
Beat (Beat, #1)
Beat (Beat, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 115 ratings
29.
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1) 4.20 avg rating — 238,933 ratings
30.
From the Caves
From the Caves 3.81 avg rating — 111 ratings
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The Windup Girl
The Windup Girl 3.75 avg rating — 77,343 ratings
32.
The Plague
The Plague 4.02 avg rating — 300,327 ratings
33.
Alas, Babylon
Alas, Babylon
by: Pat Frank
4.09 avg rating — 47,859 ratings
33.
Feed (Newsflesh Trilogy, #1)
Feed (Newsflesh Trilogy, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 60,902 ratings
35.
On the Beach
On the Beach 3.98 avg rating — 48,159 ratings
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Atlas Shrugged
Atlas Shrugged
by: Ayn Rand
3.69 avg rating — 402,788 ratings
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The Maze Runner (The Maze Runner, #1)
The Maze Runner (The Maze Runner, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 1,638,018 ratings
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MaddAddam (MaddAddam, #3)
MaddAddam (MaddAddam, #3) 4.02 avg rating — 81,090 ratings
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Neuromancer (Sprawl #1)
Neuromancer (Sprawl #1) 3.89 avg rating — 354,063 ratings
40.
The Reapers are the Angels (Reapers, #1)
The Reapers are the Angels (Reapers, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 12,472 ratings
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I Am Legend and Other Stories
I Am Legend and Other Stories really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 135,096 ratings
42.
When She Woke
When She Woke 3.68 avg rating — 29,818 ratings
42.
The Dog Stars
The Dog Stars 3.95 avg rating — 69,777 ratings
44.
2BR02B
2BR02B 3.95 avg rating — 20,091 ratings
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Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1) 4.27 avg rating — 657,160 ratings
46.
God Emperor of Dune (Dune #4)
God Emperor of Dune (Dune #4) 3.88 avg rating — 139,339 ratings
47.
Snow Crash
Snow Crash 4.01 avg rating — 293,461 ratings
48.
The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)
The Forever War (The Forever War, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 176,931 ratings
49.
Perdido Street Station (New Crobuzon, #1)
Perdido Street Station (New Crobuzon, #1) 3.98 avg rating — 74,042 ratings
50.
Anthem
Anthem
by: Ayn Rand
3.61 avg rating — 164,227 ratings
51.
Dies the Fire (Emberverse, #1)
Dies the Fire (Emberverse, #1) 3.92 avg rating — 17,597 ratings
52.
Cloud Atlas
Cloud Atlas 4.01 avg rating — 262,725 ratings
53.
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia 4.25 avg rating — 143,153 ratings
54.
Ship Breaker (Ship Breaker, #1)
Ship Breaker (Ship Breaker, #1) 3.75 avg rating — 44,736 ratings
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Zone One
Zone One 3.25 avg rating — 26,608 ratings
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Lucifer's Hammer
Lucifer's Hammer really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 45,031 ratings
57.
The Book Thief
The Book Thief 4.39 avg rating — 2,802,182 ratings
58.
World Made by Hand (World Made by Hand #1)
World Made by Hand (World Made by Hand #1) 3.69 avg rating — 7,474 ratings
59.
Wool (Silo, #1)
Wool (Silo, #1) 4.20 avg rating — 367,357 ratings
60.
Battle Royale
Battle Royale 4.26 avg rating — 83,108 ratings
61.
Starship Troopers
Starship Troopers 4.01 avg rating — 241,829 ratings
62.
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World 4.11 avg rating — 148,398 ratings
62.
The Day of the Triffids
The Day of the Triffids 4.01 avg rating — 115,100 ratings
64.
All Systems Down (The Cyber War, #1)
All Systems Down (The Cyber War, #1)
by: Sam Boush
3.80 avg rating — 253 ratings
65.
The Protector's War (Emberverse, #2)
The Protector's War (Emberverse, #2) 3.99 avg rating — 9,348 ratings
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The Island of Dr. Moreau
The Island of Dr. Moreau 3.73 avg rating — 131,603 ratings
67.
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang 3.84 avg rating — 10,835 ratings
68.
The V Girl: A Coming of Age Story
The V Girl: A Coming of Age Story 3.96 avg rating — 16,713 ratings
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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
70.
The Postman
The Postman 3.89 avg rating — 36,990 ratings
71.
Seveneves
Seveneves really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 122,813 ratings
72.
Unwind (Unwind, #1)
Unwind (Unwind, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 244,634 ratings
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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 — 33,788 ratings
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The Passage (The Passage, #1)
The Passage (The Passage, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 220,296 ratings
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The Book of the New Sun
The Book of the New Sun 4.23 avg rating — 4,542 ratings
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After Life Lessons: Book One (After Life Lessons #1)
After Life Lessons: Book One (After Life Lessons #1) 3.67 avg rating — 122 ratings
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The Lioness and the Rat Queen
The Lioness and the Rat Queen 4.42 avg rating — 38 ratings
78.
Collapse Years
Collapse Years 4.28 avg rating — 29 ratings
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Kill Zone
Kill Zone 4.55 avg rating — 31 ratings
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A Meeting at Corvallis (Emberverse, #3)
A Meeting at Corvallis (Emberverse, #3) 4.05 avg rating — 8,104 ratings
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Animal Farm / 1984
Animal Farm / 1984 4.30 avg rating — 211,259 ratings
82.
The Unit
The Unit 3.75 avg rating — 11,557 ratings
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Dr. Bloodmoney
Dr. Bloodmoney 3.70 avg rating — 10,011 ratings
84.
The Trial
The Trial 3.69 avg rating — 16 ratings
85.
Altered Carbon (Takeshi Kovacs, #1)
Altered Carbon (Takeshi Kovacs, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 112,803 ratings
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A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities 3.88 avg rating — 996,424 ratings
87.
Logan's Run
Logan's Run 3.64 avg rating — 12,697 ratings
88.
Bald New World
Bald New World 3.68 avg rating — 250 ratings
88.
Keepers of Men: Second Edition. A Dystopian, Epic Novel
Keepers of Men: Second Edition. A Dystopian, Epic Novel 4.64 avg rating — 22 ratings
88.
Before and After (Before and After, #1)
Before and After (Before and After, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 6,881 ratings
91.
Plague of Angels (The Descended, #1)
Plague of Angels (The Descended, #1) 3.52 avg rating — 1,107 ratings
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Empty Cradle: Shiloh in the Circle (Empty Cradle, #2)
Empty Cradle: Shiloh in the Circle (Empty Cradle, #2) 4.64 avg rating — 28 ratings
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Little House on the Wasteland
Little House on the Wasteland really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 95 ratings
94.
Christian Nation
Christian Nation 3.82 avg rating — 785 ratings
95.
The Man in the High Castle
The Man in the High Castle 3.59 avg rating — 229,242 ratings
96.
Legend (Legend, #1)
Legend (Legend, #1)
by: Marie Lu
4.15 avg rating — 556,126 ratings
97.
In the Country of Last Things
In the Country of Last Things 3.91 avg rating — 15,499 ratings
98.
The Water Knife
The Water Knife 3.85 avg rating — 27,629 ratings
99.
Deadline (Newsflesh, #2)
Deadline (Newsflesh, #2) 4.10 avg rating — 27,214 ratings
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Earth Abides
Earth Abides 3.95 avg rating — 33,025 ratings
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