This is a list of dystopian literature. A dystopia is a society in a repressive and controlled state, often under the guise of being utopian. Dystopian societies feature different kinds of repressive social control systems, various forms of active and passive coercion. Works about dystopian societies often explore the concept of humans abusing technology and humans individually and collectively coping, or not being able to properly cope with technology that has progressed far more rapidly than humanity's spiritual evolution. Dystopian societies are often imagined as police states, with unlimited power over the citizens.

[edit] 19th century

• A Sojourn in the City of Amalgamation, in the Year of Our Lord, 19-- (1835) by Oliver Bolokitten^[1]
• Erewhon (1872) by Samuel Butler.
• The Republic of the Future (1887) by Anna Bowman Dodd^[2]
• Caesar's Column (1890) by Ignatius L. Donnelly^[3]
• Pictures of the Socialistic Future (1890) by Eugen Richter^{[4][verification needed]}
• The Time Machine (1895) by H. G. Wells^[5]
• When The Sleeper Wakes (1899) by H. G. Wells^[6]

[edit] 20th century

[edit] 1900s

• The First Men in the Moon (1901) by H. G. Wells^[6]
• The Iron Heel (1908) by Jack London^[5][6]
• Lord of the World (1908) by Robert Hugh Benson
• The Machine Stops (1909) by E. M. Forster^[6]

[edit] 1910s

[edit] 1920s

• We (1921) by Yevgeny Zamyatin^[6]

[edit] 1930s

• Brave New World (1932) by Aldous Huxley^[5][6]
• It Can't Happen Here (1935) by Sinclair Lewis
• War with the Newts (1936) by Karel Čapek
• Swastika Night (1937) by Katharine Burdekin
• Anthem (1938) by Ayn Rand^[6][7]
• Out of the Silent Planet (1938) by C.S. Lewis^[8][9]

[edit] 1940s

• Darkness at Noon (1940) by Arthur Koestler^[10]
• "If This Goes On—" (1940) by Robert A. Heinlein^[6]
• Kallocain (1940) by Karin Boye^[11]
• Perelandra (1943) by C.S. Lewis^[8][9]
• That Hideous Strength (1945) by C.S. Lewis^[7]
• Bend Sinister (1947) by Vladimir Nabokov^[12]
• Ape and Essence (1948) by Aldous Huxley^[6]
• Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) by George Orwell^[5][13]

[edit] 1950s

• Limbo, (vt. Limbo 90) (1952) by Bernard Wolfe^[6]
• Player Piano (also known as Utopia 14) (1952) by Kurt Vonnegut^[14]
• Fahrenheit 451 (1953) by Ray Bradbury^[5][6]
• One (also published as Escape to Nowhere) (1953) by David Karp^[15]
• Bring the Jubilee (1953) by Ward Moore
• Love Among the Ruins (1953) by Evelyn Waugh^[7]
• Lord of the Flies (1954) by William Golding^[5]
• Tunnel in the Sky (1955) by Robert A. Heinlein
• The Chrysalids (1955) by John Wyndham^[5]
• Atlas Shrugged (1957) by Ayn Rand

[edit] 1960s

• Facial Justice (1960) by L. P. Hartley^[16]
• "Harrison Bergeron" (1961) by Kurt Vonnegut^[17]
• A Clockwork Orange (1962) by Anthony Burgess
• The Wanting Seed (1962) by Anthony Burgess
• Cloud On Silver (US title Sweeney's Island) (1964) by John Christopher^[18]
• Farnham's Freehold (1964) by Robert A. Heinlein
• Nova Express (1964) by William S. Burroughs^[6]
• The Penultimate Truth (1964) by Philip K. Dick^[6]
• Epp (1965) by Axel Jensen^[6]
• Logan's Run (1967) by William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson
• Make Room! Make Room! (1966) by Harry Harrison^[6]
• Stand on Zanzibar (1968) by John Brunner^[6]
• The Jagged Orbit (1969) by John Brunner^[6]
• The White Mountains (1967) by John Christopher^[6]
• The City of Gold and Lead (1968) by John Christopher^[6]
• The Pool of Fire (1968) by John Christopher^[6]

[edit] 1970s

• This Perfect Day (1970) by Ira Levin^[19]
• The Lathe of Heaven (1971) by Ursula K. Le Guin^[20]
• The Sheep Look Up (1972) by John Brunner^[6]
• Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said (1974) by Philip K. Dick^[21]
• The Shockwave Rider (1975) by John Brunner^[6]
• High-Rise (1975) by JG Ballard
• The Dark Tower^[22] (1977) - unfinished, attributed to C.S. Lewis,^[22] published as The Dark Tower and Other Stories
• Alongside Night (1979) by J. Neil Schulman^[23]
• Ypsilon Minus (1979) by Herbert W. Franke

[edit] 1980s

• The Running Man (1982) by Stephen King under the pseudonym Richard Bachman^[5]
• Sprawl trilogy: Neuromancer (1984),^[5] Count Zero (1986) and Mona Lisa Overdrive (1988) by William Gibson^[24][25]
• The Handmaid's Tale (1985) by Margaret Atwood^[5][6]
• Ender's Game (1985) by Orson Scott Card
• Obernewtyn Chronicles (1987–2008) by Isobelle Carmody^[26]
• The Domination (1988) by S. M. Stirling^[27]
• V for Vendetta (1988-1989) by Alan Moore (writer), and David Lloyd (illustrator).
• When the Tripods Came (1988) by John Christopher^[6]

[edit] 1990s

• Fatherland (1992) by Robert Harris^[28]
• The Children of Men (1992) by P.D. James^[5][29]
• Parable of the Sower (1993) by Octavia E. Butler
• The Giver (1993) by Lois Lowry^[30]
• Gun, with Occasional Music (1994) by Jonathan Lethem^[31]
• The Diamond Age, or A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer (1995) by Neal Stephenson^[32]
• Underworld (1997) by Don DeLillo^[7]
• Among the Hidden (1998, first in the Shadow Children series) by Margaret Peterson Haddix
• Battle Royale (1999) by Koushun Takami^[33]

[edit] 21st century

[edit] 2000s

• Noughts and Crosses (2001) by Malorie Blackman^[34]
• Among the Betrayed (2002, third in the Shadow Children series) by Margaret Peterson Haddix
• Feed (2002) by M. T. Anderson^[35]
• The House of the Scorpion (2002) by Nancy Farmer
• Jennifer Government (2003) by Max Barry
• The City of Ember (2003) by Jeanne DuPrau
• Oryx and Crake (2003) by Margaret Atwood^[36]
• Manna (2003) by Marshall Brain^{[37][non-primary source needed]}
• Among the Brave (2004, fifth in the Shadow Children series) by Margaret Peterson Haddix
• Knife edge (2004) by Malorie Blackman^[38]
• The Bar Code Tattoo (2004) by Suzanne Weyn^{[39][unreliable source?]}
• Cloud Atlas (2004) by David Mitchell^[40]
• Checkmate (2005) by Malorie Blackman^[41]
• Divided Kingdom (2005) by Rupert Thomson^[42]
• Never Let Me Go (2005) by Kazuo Ishiguro^{[43][not specific enough to verify]}
• Among the Enemy (2005, sixth in the Shadow Children series) by Margaret Peterson Haddix
• Uglies (2005) by Scott Westerfeld
• Pretties (2005) by Scott Westerfeld
• Among the Free (2006, seventh in the Shadow Children series) by Margaret Peterson Haddix
• Specials (2006) by Scott Westerfeld
• Armageddon's Children (2006) by Terry Brooks^[5]
• Bar Code Rebellion (2006) by Suzanne Weyn^{[39][unreliable source?]}
• The Book of Dave (2006) by Will Self^{[44][not specific enough to verify]}
• Day of the Oprichnik (День Опричника) (2006) by Vladimir Sorokin^{[45][unreliable source?]}
• Genesis (2006) by Bernard Beckett^{[46][unreliable source?]}
• The Pesthouse (2007) by Jim Crace^{[47][not specific enough to verify]}
• Extras (2007) by Scott Westerfeld
• Gone (2008) by Michael Grant
• World Made By Hand (2008) by James Howard Kunstler
• The Host (2008) by Stephenie Meyer^{[48][non-primary source needed]}
• Double Cross (2008) by Malorie Blackman^[49]
• The Hunger Games (2008) by Suzanne Collins^{[50][non-primary source needed]}
• The Forest of Hands and Teeth (2009) by Carrie Ryan^[51]
• The Maze Runner (2009) by James Dashner^{[52][not in citation given][non-primary source needed]}
• The Year of the Flood (2009) by Margaret Atwood^{[53][non-primary source needed]}
• Shades of Grey (2009) by Jasper Fforde
• Catching Fire (2009) by Suzanne Collins

[edit] 2010s

• The Passage (2010) by Justin Cronin^{[citation needed]}
• The Envy Chronicles (2010) by Joss Ware^{[citation needed]}
• Matched (2010) by Ally Condie^{[54][non-primary source needed]}
• Monsters of Men (2010) by Patrick Ness^{[citation needed]}
• Mockingjay (2010) by Suzanne Collins^{[citation needed]}
• Rondo (2010) by John Maher^{[citation needed]}
• Delirium (2010) by Lauren Oliver^{[55][non-primary source needed]}
• Super Sad True Love Story (2010) by Gary Shteyngart^{[citation needed]}
• The Scorch Trials (2010) by James Dashner^{[citation needed]}
• The Prophecies (2011-2012 series) by Linda Hawley^{[citation needed]}
• Wither (2011) by Lauren DeStefano^{[citation needed]}
• Wool (series) (2011-2012 series) by Hugh Howie^{[citation needed]}
• Deus Ex Machina (2011) by Andrew Foster Altschul^{[citation needed]}
• Across The Universe (2011) by Beth Revis^{[56][non-primary source needed]}
• Divergent (2011 - Trilogy) by Veronica Roth
• Crossed (2011) by Ally Condie^{[57][non-primary source needed]}
• Shatter Me (2011 - Trilogy) by Tahereh Mafi^{[citation needed]}
• The Death Cure (2011 - Trilogy) by James Dashner^{[citation needed]}
• "Ready Player One" (2011) by Ernest Cline

[edit] See also

• List of dystopian comics
• List of dystopian films
• List of dystopian music, TV programmes, and games
• Science fiction
• Utopian and dystopian fiction

[edit] References