20 Best Dystopian Books
Goal: Find the best Dystopian books according to the internet (not just one person's opinion).
Method:
- Search for "best dystopian books" and study the top 5+ pages.
- Add only the books mentioned 2+ times.
- Rank the results neatly here.
20 Best Dystopian Books
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1984
by George Orwell
Also recommended by:
Tristan Harris, Jordan Peterson, J. Cole, Emma Watson, Noam Chomsky, Richard Branson, Matt Mullenweg, Anna Akana, Christopher Hitchens, Sahil Lavingia, Jenn Im, Winston Churchill, Diane Rehm, Brad Delong
Brave New World
by Aldous Huxley
Also recommended by:
Jordan Peterson, Yuval Noah Harari, Tristan Harris, Matt Mullenweg, Stewart Brand, Sam Altman, Christopher Hitchens, PewDiePie, Sahil Lavingia, Winston Churchill
The Road
by Cormac McCarthy
Also recommended by:
Jocko Willink, Oprah Winfrey, Aubrey Marcus, Charlize Theron, Joel McHale, Lex Fridman, Ryan Holiday, Sam Hinkie
A Clockwork Orange
by Anthony Burgess
Station Eleven
A Novel
by Emily St. John Mandel
Also recommended by:
Kathryn Minshew, Tim Urban, Tyler Cowen, George R. R. Martin
The Power
by Naomi Alderman
Also recommended by:
The Hunger Games
The Hunger Games, Book 1
by Suzanne Collins
Also recommended by:
Animal Farm
by George Orwell
Also recommended by:
Jordan Peterson, J. Cole, Whitney Cummings, Daniel Pink, Sahil Lavingia, Lex Fridman, Vlad Tenev, Christopher Hitchens
Battle Royale
by Koushun Takami
Blindness
by Jose Saramago
Noughts & Crosses
Noughts And Crosses, Book 1
by Malorie Blackman
The Children of Men
by P. D. James
Vox
by Christina Dalcher
We
A Novel
by Yevgeny Zamyatin
Sources
- 1
11 of the best dystopian novels everyone should read | WIRED UK
wired.co.uk
- 2
The best dystopian books, as chosen by our readers
penguin.co.uk
- 3
The 22 Best Dystopian Novels and Series to Read in 2021
businessinsider.com
- 4
23 of the best dystopian novels of all time - Pan Macmillan
panmacmillan.com
- 5
38 Best Dystopian Novels of All Time
oprahdaily.com
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