Dystopian and Apocalyptic Literature

Descripción
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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53,606 miembros
990 reseñas
4
Ranking Global 1
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53,699 miembros
770 reseñas
3.9
Ranking Global 3
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
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sturlington: Classic dystopia and counterpoint to 1984. Genetic engineering, mass consumerism, mind control, totalitarianism. Required reading.
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42,078 miembros
1,134 reseñas
4.1
Ranking Global 4
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81,582 miembros
1,267 reseñas
4.2
Ranking Global 2
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
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sturlington: Classic political dystopia. Mass surveillance, propaganda, historical deletion, mind control, and extreme totalitarianism. Required reading.
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22,240 miembros
297 reseñas
4.1
Ranking Global 16
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59,712 miembros
874 reseñas
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Ranking Global 5
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
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sturlington: Political/satirical allegory with animal characters. Propaganda and totalitarianism. Required reading.
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536 reseñas
3.9
Ranking Global 7
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11,569 miembros
775 reseñas
4.1
Ranking Global 15
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2,573 miembros
52 reseñas
3.9
Ranking Global 82
5 Members
sturlington, greydoll, BLBera, allyrod113, Charon07
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sturlington: A future anarchist utopia presented in contrast with present-day and (briefly) an alternate future dystopia.
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2,174 miembros
56 reseñas
½ 3.5
Ranking Global 65
6 Members
sallypursell, sturlington, gypsysmom, EvolvedMan, TheRealLouise, Charon07
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sturlington: Feminist spec fiction set in 4 alternate universes, two of which could be considered dystopias.
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4,862 miembros
176 reseñas
3.9
Ranking Global 24
13 Members
SylviaC, sturlington, cataloga, Fiamme, greydoll, alex68, Bluewolf0411, rretzler, ahef1963, DavidCady, EvolvedMan, Rosenort, Charon07
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sturlington: Classic "pre-apocalyptic" novel. Nuclear devastation.
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49,486 miembros
743 reseñas
½ 3.7
Ranking Global 6
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
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sturlington: Allegorical dystopia. Castaway boys on an uninhabited island regress to savagery.
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11,675 miembros
306 reseñas
3.9
Ranking Global 14
17 Members
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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*
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12,991 miembros
389 reseñas
4.1
Ranking Global 41
8 Members
sturlington, thecoroner, BLBera, alex68, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, Charon07
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sturlington: Apocalyptic allegory. Blindness epidemic, extreme regression of civilization.
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501 miembros
31 reseñas
3.9
Ranking Global 309
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Charon07
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17,576 miembros
336 reseñas
½ 3.7
Ranking Global 12
17 Members
ShelfMonkey, KimarieBee, sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, rretzler, SonoranDreamer, cej1027, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, Dreesie, JoyKP, ManWithAnAgenda, TheRealLouise, Charon07, izzy45
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sturlington: Classic time travel novel. Far future dystopia in which humanity has de-evolved; also dying Earth. Required reading.
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864 miembros
31 reseñas
½ 3.7
Ranking Global 163
3 Members
sallypursell, sturlington, Charon07
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sturlington: Near-future technological dystopia; culture clash in Asian village.
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4,556 miembros
99 reseñas
4.2
Ranking Global 8
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3,911 miembros
258 reseñas
3.9
Ranking Global 63
6 Members
SylviaC, sturlington, rretzler, cej1027, ahef1963, Charon07
Explicaciones
sturlington: One by one, use of different letters of the alphabet is outlawed in a fictional island country.