Dystopian and Apocalyptic Literature

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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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The Handmaid's Tale
de Margaret Atwood
42,212 membros
1,137 resenhas
4.1
Global Rank 4
30 Members
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Explicações
sturlington: Classic feminist dystopia. Totalitarianism, infertility, theocracy. Required reading.
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The Day of the Triffids
de John Wyndham
7,441 membros
207 resenhas
4
Global Rank 27
12 Members
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Explicações
sturlington: Apocalyptic "cozy catastrophe". Blindness epidemic and man-eating plants.
3
On the Beach
de Nevil Shute
4,880 membros
177 resenhas
3.9
Global Rank 24
13 Members
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Explicações
sturlington: Classic "pre-apocalyptic" novel. Nuclear devastation.
4
The Chrysalids
de John Wyndham
4,733 membros
122 resenhas
3.9
Global Rank 43
8 Members
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Explicações
sturlington: Post-apocalyptic dystopia. Evolution of humanity, development of telepathic powers, theological themes. YA audience.
5
Wool
de Hugh Howey
6,563 membros
379 resenhas
4.1
Global Rank 28
12 Members
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Explicações
sturlington: Future subterranean totalitarian society. Post-apocalyptic--environmental destruction.
6
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
de Max Brooks
15,453 membros
713 resenhas
4
Global Rank 50
9 Members
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Explicações
sturlington: Zombie apocalypse.
7
Ella Minnow Pea
de Mark Dunn
3,936 membros
259 resenhas
3.9
Global Rank 63
6 Members
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Explicações
sturlington: One by one, use of different letters of the alphabet is outlawed in a fictional island country.
8
The Martian Chronicles
de Ray Bradbury
16,599 membros
322 resenhas
4.1
Global Rank 25
12 Members
ShelfMonkey, ShellyS, PDE, merrystar, SylviaC, sturlington, alex68, rretzler, SonoranDreamer, gypsysmom, ahef1963, EvolvedMan
Explicações
sturlington: Human colonization of Mars, during which there is a nuclear war on Earth.
9
The Age of Miracles
de Karen Thompson Walker
3,318 membros
335 resenhas
½ 3.7
Global Rank 102
4 Members
sallypursell, SylviaC, sturlington, Verkruissen
Explicações
sturlington: Environmental collapse from slowing of Earth's rotation.
10
Flood
de Stephen Baxter
929 membros
46 resenhas
½ 3.4
Global Rank 299
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Oryx and Crake
de Margaret Atwood
16,996 membros
536 resenhas
3.9
Global Rank 7
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
Explicações
sturlington: Futuristic biopunk dystopia leading to an apocalypse. First of a trilogy.
12
The Year of the Flood
de Margaret Atwood
7,274 membros
362 resenhas
3.9
Global Rank 37
11 Members
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Explicações
sturlington: Sequel to Oryx and Crake.
13
Station Eleven
de Emily St. John Mandel
11,663 membros
777 resenhas
4.1
Global Rank 15
16 Members
ShelfMonkey, SylviaC, sturlington, BLBera, rretzler, Her_Royal_Orangeness, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Dreesie, Verkruissen, pan0ramix, Rosenort, allyrod113, Charon07
Explicações
sturlington: Flu pandemic wipes out most of the population.
14
MaddAddam
de Margaret Atwood
3,527 membros
153 resenhas
3.9
Global Rank 33
12 Members
ShelfMonkey, SylviaC, sturlington, BLBera, Dilara86, SonoranDreamer, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, Dreesie, Verkruissen, pan0ramix, TheRealLouise,Rosenort
Explicações
sturlington: Sequel to The Year of the Flood.
15
A Scientific Romance
de Ronald Wright
410 membros
12 resenhas
3.8
Global Rank 185
3 Members
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16
Emergence
de David R. Palmer
659 membros
19 resenhas
4.1
Global Rank 174
4 Members
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The Scarlet Plague
de Jack London
567 membros
28 resenhas
½ 3.6
Global Rank 178
3 Members
sallypursell, SylviaC, sturlington
Explicações
sturlington: Early vision of fall of civilization following an epidemic.