Dystopian and Apocalyptic Literature
- Description
- This is my preset list of dystopian/utopian literature, which includes apocalyptic literature, for the purposes of this list. Feel free to vote up your recommendations and thumbs down books that are not worth reading. Keywords: dystopia, utopia, apocalypse, postapocalyptic
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42,207 membres
1,137 critiques
4.1
Rang global 4
Score 29
Ajouté 2014-03-06, 01:22 PM
- 30 Members
- ShelfMonkey, amz310783, ShellyS, PDE, SylviaC, sturlington, thecoroner, Fiamme, greydoll, BLBera, Dilara86, alex68, eclecticdodo, rretzler, Jarandel, Her_Royal_Orangeness, SonoranDreamer, cej1027, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Dreesie, Verkruissen, pan0ramix, JoyKP, zfak102, ManWithAnAgenda, allyrod113, Charon07,Rosenort
- Explications
- sturlington: Classic feminist dystopia. Totalitarianism, infertility, theocracy. Required reading.
2
81,827 membres
1,268 critiques
4.2
Rang global 2
Score 30
Ajouté 2014-03-06, 01:17 PM
- 30 Members
- ShelfMonkey, ShellyS, aulsmith, PDE, merrystar, sturlington, greydoll, BLBera, alex68, Bluewolf0411, rretzler, Jarandel, Aug3Zimm, SonoranDreamer, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, nicoleop, SENSpence, pan0ramix, JoyKP, dianeham, zfak102, EvolvedMan, Vit.Z, ManWithAnAgenda, allyrod113, Charon07, skid0612, midget84
- Explications
- sturlington: Classic political dystopia. Mass surveillance, propaganda, historical deletion, mind control, and extreme totalitarianism. Required reading.
3
59,889 membres
880 critiques
4
Rang global 5
Score 27
Ajouté 2014-03-06, 01:34 PM
- 27 Members
- BookWallah, amz310783, ShellyS, aulsmith, PDE, merrystar, sturlington, thecoroner, greydoll, BLBera, rretzler, Jarandel, Aug3Zimm, SonoranDreamer, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, kara.shamy, nicoleop, pan0ramix, JoyKP, zfak102, EvolvedMan, ManWithAnAgenda, allyrod113, Charon07, skid0612
- Explications
- sturlington: Political/satirical allegory with animal characters. Propaganda and totalitarianism. Required reading.
4
53,820 membres
770 critiques
3.9
Rang global 3
Score 30
Ajouté 2014-03-06, 01:17 PM
- 30 Members
- ShelfMonkey, amz310783, ShellyS, PDE, merrystar, sturlington, thecoroner, BLBera, alex68, rretzler, Jarandel, Aug3Zimm, SonoranDreamer, cej1027, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Dreesie, nicoleop, pan0ramix, JoyKP, zfak102, EvolvedMan, klcallahan13, ManWithAnAgenda, allyrod113, Charon07, skid0612, midget84
- Explications
- sturlington: Classic dystopia and counterpoint to 1984. Genetic engineering, mass consumerism, mind control, totalitarianism. Required reading.
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34,361 membres
1,404 critiques
4.1
Rang global 10
Score 19
Ajouté 2014-03-06, 01:46 PM
- 19 Members
- KimarieBee, amz310783, PDE, sturlington, Fiamme, BLBera, rretzler, Jarandel, Her_Royal_Orangeness, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, kara.shamy, Verkruissen, megschristina, JoyKP, DavidCady, EvolvedMan, Rosenort, allyrod113
- Explications
- sturlington: Post-apocalyptic. A man and his son wander through a desolated landscape of ashes, eking out their survival from the little that's left remaining, while trying to get... well, nowhere in particular, really.
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19,241 membres
473 critiques
4
Rang global 11
Score 18
Ajouté 2014-03-06, 01:18 PM
- 18 Members
- hipdeep, ShelfMonkey, PDE, sturlington, thecoroner, Fiamme, alex68, rretzler, Jarandel, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, JoyKP, dianeham, zfak102, EvolvedMan, ManWithAnAgenda, flemertown, izzy45
- Explications
- sturlington: Philosophical futuristic dystopia. Environmental degradation, androids, existentialism.
7
11,730 membres
306 critiques
3.9
Rang global 14
Score 16
Ajouté 2014-03-06, 01:36 PM
- 17 Members
- ShelfMonkey, ShellyS, aulsmith, PDE, sturlington, Fiamme, Bluewolf0411, rretzler, Jarandel, gypsysmom, ahef1963, megschristina, pan0ramix, dianeham, EvolvedMan, ManWithAnAgenda, Charon07,Her_Royal_Orangeness
- Explications
- sturlington: Post-apocalyptic theological novel. Six hundred years after the Simplification -- total nuclear annihilation -- a cloister of monks in Utah preserve the little that remains of the world's knowledge, and wonder whether mankind is perpetually doomed to destroy itself.Her_Royal_Orangeness : I've tried to read this several times and just can't get past the monk wandering around in the desert digging holes. *yawn*
8
49,531 membres
744 critiques
½ 3.7
Rang global 6
Score 22
Ajouté 2014-03-06, 01:35 PM
- 22 Members
- BookWallah, ShellyS, PDE, sturlington, Fiamme, greydoll, BLBera, alex68, rretzler, SonoranDreamer, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Dreesie, nicoleop, pan0ramix, JoyKP, zfak102, allyrod113, Charon07, midget84
- Explications
- sturlington: Allegorical dystopia. Castaway boys on an uninhabited island regress to savagery.
9
16,995 membres
536 critiques
3.9
Rang global 7
Score 21
Ajouté 2014-03-06, 01:21 PM
- 22 Members
- ShelfMonkey, ShellyS, PDE, SylviaC, sturlington, BLBera, Dilara86, rretzler, Jarandel, Her_Royal_Orangeness, SonoranDreamer, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Dreesie, Verkruissen, pan0ramix, zfak102, allyrod113, Charon07, midget84,Rosenort
- Explications
- sturlington: Futuristic biopunk dystopia leading to an apocalypse. First of a trilogy.
10
de John Wyndham
7,441 membres
207 critiques
4
Rang global 27
Score 12
Ajouté 2014-03-06, 01:35 PM
- 12 Members
- ShelfMonkey, KimarieBee, PDE, SylviaC, sturlington, Fiamme, greydoll, Bluewolf0411, Jarandel, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Dreesie
- Explications
- sturlington: Apocalyptic "cozy catastrophe". Blindness epidemic and man-eating plants.
11
23,041 membres
378 critiques
3.9
Rang global 30
Score 11
Ajouté 2014-03-06, 01:41 PM
- 11 Members
- hipdeep, ShelfMonkey, ShellyS, PDE, sturlington, alex68, rretzler, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, EvolvedMan
- Explications
- sturlington: Classic cyberpunk. Required reading.
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10,691 membres
265 critiques
4.1
Rang global 19
Score 14
Ajouté 2014-03-06, 01:59 PM
- 15 Members
- ShellyS, PDE, sturlington, Fiamme, alex68, rretzler, Jarandel, SonoranDreamer, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, pan0ramix, EvolvedMan, ManWithAnAgenda, allyrod113, TheRealLouise,skid0612
- Explications
- sturlington: False utopia/anarchism.skid0612 : Wonderful book, not a dystopia
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de Ray Bradbury
16,596 membres
322 critiques
4.1
Rang global 25
Score 12
Ajouté 2014-05-18, 10:37 AM
- 12 Members
- ShelfMonkey, ShellyS, PDE, merrystar, SylviaC, sturlington, alex68, rretzler, SonoranDreamer, gypsysmom, ahef1963, EvolvedMan
- Explications
- sturlington: Human colonization of Mars, during which there is a nuclear war on Earth.
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de John Wyndham
4,733 membres
122 critiques
3.9
Rang global 43
Score 8
Ajouté 2014-03-06, 01:35 PM
- 8 Members
- ShelfMonkey, ShellyS, PDE, SylviaC, sturlington, greydoll, gypsysmom, ahef1963
- Explications
- sturlington: Post-apocalyptic dystopia. Evolution of humanity, development of telepathic powers, theological themes. YA audience.
15
10,189 membres
228 critiques
3.9
Rang global 35
Score 10
Ajouté 2014-05-15, 04:10 PM
- 11 Members
- ShellyS, PDE, sturlington, Bluewolf0411, rretzler, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, pan0ramix, EvolvedMan, ManWithAnAgenda,aulsmith
- Explications
- aulsmith : Clarke didn't mean this to be dystopian, just a sad evolutionary farewell.sturlington: False utopia. Alien invasion, transhumanism.
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22,296 membres
300 critiques
4.1
Rang global 16
Score 15
Ajouté 2014-03-06, 02:05 PM
- 15 Members
- ShelfMonkey, BookWallah, ShellyS, PDE, sturlington, BLBera, Aug3Zimm, gypsysmom, ahef1963, pan0ramix, ManWithAnAgenda, allyrod113, TheRealLouise, Charon07, izzy45
- Explications
- sturlington: Satirical apocalyptic novel.
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13,809 membres
357 critiques
½ 3.7
Rang global 22
Score 13
Ajouté 2014-03-06, 02:01 PM
- 13 Members
- ShelfMonkey, PDE, sturlington, BLBera, alex68, Bluewolf0411, rretzler, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, pan0ramix, EvolvedMan, ManWithAnAgenda, TheRealLouise
- Explications
- sturlington: WWII alternate history dystopia. Fascist US.
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4,824 membres
189 critiques
4
Rang global 78
Score 5
Ajouté 2014-03-06, 02:00 PM
- 7 Members
- ShelfMonkey, PDE, sturlington, rretzler, Jarandel, nagasravika.bodapati, Verkruissen,Bluewolf0411 ,DavidCady
- Explications
- sturlington: Vampire/zombie apocalypse.
19
de Ray Bradbury
8,895 membres
143 critiques
4
Rang global 90
Score 4
Ajouté 2014-05-17, 01:00 PM
- 5 Members
- ShellyS, PDE, sturlington, NateK, JoyKP,ShelfMonkey
- Explications
- sturlington: Short stories, several of which have apocalyptic and dystopian themes.
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17,664 membres
682 critiques
4.1
Rang global 49
Score 7
Ajouté 2014-03-06, 01:45 PM
- 8 Members
- PDE, sturlington, BLBera, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, Dreesie, allyrod113, midget84,
- Explications
- sturlington: This novel takes place in many different time periods, one of which is a mega-corporation dystopia with cloning, and another is a post-apocalyptic scenario featuring a fictional dialect.
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6,501 membres
195 critiques
4
Rang global 94
Score 4
Ajouté 2014-03-06, 01:39 PM
- 6 Members
- PDE, sturlington, rretzler, kara.shamy, EvolvedMan, ManWithAnAgenda,Lucy_Skywalker ,skid0612
- Explications
- sturlington: Alternate realities include dystopian and apocalyptic possibilities.Lucy_Skywalker : a great book, indeed, but it's not really a dystopia
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4,977 membres
290 critiques
3.8
Rang global 96
Score 4
Ajouté 2014-10-06, 08:27 AM
- 4 Members
- PDE, sturlington, kara.shamy, allyrod113
- Explications
- sturlington: The last section takes place in a dystopian post-climate change world.
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4,338 membres
73 critiques
3.9
Rang global 98
Score 4
Ajouté 2014-05-19, 09:46 AM
- 4 Members
- PDE, sallypursell, sturlington, nagasravika.bodapati
- Explications
- sturlington: Futuristic dystopia. Environmental degradation of Earth. Miserable Martian colonies.
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6,818 membres
81 critiques
½ 3.7
Rang global 93
Score 4
Ajouté 2014-03-06, 01:20 PM
- 4 Members
- ShelfMonkey, PDE, sallypursell, skid0612
25
de John Brunner
3,207 membres
52 critiques
3.9
Rang global 207
Score 2
Ajouté 2014-03-06, 01:38 PM
- 3 Members
- aulsmith, PDE, gypsysmom,sturlington
- Explications
- sturlington : Overpopulation dystopia. DNF
