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615 past books matching Dystopian
Cinderella gets a sci-fi upgrade in this fast-paced retelling set in a plague-ravaged future.
Cinder
Dystopian · Sci-Fi · Teen + Young Adult
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Cinderella gets a sci-fi upgrade in this fast-paced retelling set in a plague-ravaged future. Cinder is a brilliant mechanic, a cyborg, and a second-class citizen whose fate collides with a charming prince and a looming intergalactic war. Packed with action, romance, and rebellion, this is where the Lunar Chronicles begin.
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Soon to be adapted into major motion picture!
The first book in the #1 New York Times- and USA Today-Bestselling Lunar Chronicles series by the “Queen of fairytale retellings,” Marissa Meyer! See where the futuristic YA fairytale saga all began, with the tale of a teenage cyborg who must fight for Earth's survival against villains from outer space.
"An interesting mash up of fairy tales and science fiction . . . a cross between Cinderella, Terminator, and Star Wars." —Entertainment Weekly
The prince straightened, forcing her gaze to follow him. “You’re not quite what I was expecting.”
Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth's fate hinges on one girl. . . .
Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She's a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister's illness. But when her life becomes intertwined with the handsome Prince Kai's, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle, and a forbidden attraction. Caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal, she must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect her world's future.
With high-stakes action and a smart, resourceful heroine, Cinder is a Cinderella retelling that is at once classic and strikingly original.
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When Earth becomes uninhabitable, humanity’s survival depends on an audacious escape into space.
Seveneves
Dystopian · Sci-Fi
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When Earth becomes uninhabitable, humanity’s survival depends on an audacious escape into space. Generations later, the consequences of that choice reshape the future of the species. This sweeping science fiction epic blends hard science with philosophical depth. Rated 4.3 stars on Amazon with over 31,000 reviews and 4.0 on Goodreads.
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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Anathem, Reamde, and Cryptonomicon comes an exciting and thought-provoking science fiction epic—a grand story of annihilation and survival spanning five thousand years.
What would happen if the world were ending?
A catastrophic event renders the earth a ticking time bomb. In a feverish race against the inevitable, nations around the globe band together to devise an ambitious plan to ensure the survival of humanity far beyond our atmosphere, in outer space.
But the complexities and unpredictability of human nature coupled with unforeseen challenges and dangers threaten the intrepid pioneers, until only a handful of survivors remain . . .
Five thousand years later, their progeny—seven distinct races now three billion strong—embark on yet another audacious journey into the unknown . . . to an alien world utterly transformed by cataclysm and time: Earth.
A writer of dazzling genius and imaginative vision, Neal Stephenson combines science, philosophy, technology, psychology, and literature in a magnificent work of speculative fiction that offers a portrait of a future that is both extraordinary and eerily recognizable. As he did in Anathem, Cryptonomicon, the Baroque Cycle, and Reamde, Stephenson explores some of our biggest ideas and perplexing challenges in a breathtaking saga that is daring, engrossing, and altogether brilliant.
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The Girl in Red reimagines Little Red Riding Hood in a postapocalyptic world where survival means staying alert and armed.
The Girl in Red
Dystopian · Horror · Thriller · Post-Apocalyptic
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The Girl in Red reimagines Little Red Riding Hood in a postapocalyptic world where survival means staying alert and armed. Alone after the Crisis, Red moves through forests filled with predators, violent men, and hidden dangers worse than beasts. This tense retelling explores resilience, fear, and the brutal choices required to stay alive.
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From the national bestselling author of Alice comes a postapocalyptic take on the perennial classic "Little Red Riding Hood"...about a woman who isn't as defenseless as she seems.
It's not safe for anyone alone in the woods. There are predators that come out at night: critters and coyotes, snakes and wolves. But the woman in the red jacket has no choice. Not since the Crisis came, decimated the population, and sent those who survived fleeing into quarantine camps that serve as breeding grounds for death, destruction, and disease. She is just a woman trying not to get killed in a world that doesn't look anything like the one she grew up in, the one that was perfectly sane and normal and boring until three months ago.
There are worse threats in the woods than the things that stalk their prey at night. Sometimes, there are men. Men with dark desires, weak wills, and evil intents. Men in uniform with classified information, deadly secrets, and unforgiving orders. And sometimes, just sometimes, there's something worse than all of the horrible people and vicious beasts combined.
Red doesn't like to think of herself as a killer, but she isn't about to let herself get eaten up just because she is a woman alone in the woods....
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After the zombie apocalypse, a former professor turned sentient undead refuses to accept endless war.
Brains
Dystopian
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After the zombie apocalypse, a former professor turned sentient undead refuses to accept endless war. Caught between humans and monsters, he builds a fragile resistance rooted in memory and conscience. Brains offers a thoughtful, genre bending take on survival and identity. Rated 4.1 stars on Amazon with over 2,300 Goodreads ratings.
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"A witty and unexpected take on the zombie genre" in which half-human, half-zombie fights to end the war between the living and the dead (Charlaine Harris, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse novels).
Subtitled "A Zombie Memoir," Brains looks at America's favorite walking-dead flesh-eaters from an audaciously original and deliciously gruesome new perspective. Debut author Robin Becker blazes new ground with this story of former college professor-cum-sentient zombie Jack Barnes, who recounts the tale of the resistance he organized in the wake of the recent zombie apocalypse. Becker tops the zombie genre with Brains—a witty, tasty treat for anyone who ever spent a midnight glued to a classic zombie epic!
"An unusual take on the zombie genre: part Grapes of Wrath, part postmodern memoir." —Publishers Weekly
"Becker's humorous first-person narrative will have readers rooting for the zombie crew, and she keeps the action moving at breakneck pace. Smart, funny, weirdly uplifting, Brains is a most welcome addition to zombie lit. —Booklist
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Ronan follows a monster warrior who helped conquer Earth and now survives in the ruined world left behind.
Ronan
Dystopian · LGBTQIA+ · Romance · Gay Romance
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Ronan follows a monster warrior who helped conquer Earth and now survives in the ruined world left behind. When he discovers the Mate’s Mark on his skin, prophecy becomes real for the first time in generations. Bound to a human fated mate, Ronan must confront guilt, survival, and the possibility of healing a planet broken by war.
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It's been almost a century since the veil fell and monsters invaded the world. We didn't give the humans an opportunity to retaliate as we charged in and took over, and I was at the head of the front lines with my sword in hand. A perfect soldier, fighting the battles that ultimately put my people in charge of this planet. Half of humanity was slaughtered, and in the decades since the invasion, things have only gotten worse. Tensions between the rebel humans and monsters grew as the climate changed, and temperatures rose as resources dwindled. The sun scorched away plants and trees, leaving behind a husk of a planet where everyone fights for survival.
The Fates were furious at our violence, and now we're trapped inside the hell we created.
We've all heard tale of the Mate's Mark, and how we're destined to find our fated mate. One human, one monster - foretold to be the cure to this cursed world and repair the damage that has been done. What was once the cause of curiosity and intrigue has turned into nothing more than a mockery. Decades have passed, and not a single pair of fated mates had been found.
Until now.
Until me.
Until the night I pull off my armor and find the mark staring back.
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Life in the North follows John, whose quiet camping trip in the Yukon becomes a fight for survival when the System reshapes the world.
Life in the North
Post-Apocalyptic · Dystopian · Fantasy · LGBTQIA+ · LitRPG
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Life in the North follows John, whose quiet camping trip in the Yukon becomes a fight for survival when the System reshapes the world. With monsters roaming and reality rewritten by game-like powers, John must battle his way back to civilization. Survival is only the first challenge, as rebuilding society proves even more dangerous than the apocalypse itself.
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John wanted a vacation. He got an apocalypse.
When John sets out for a weekend camping trip in the Yukon, he never could have imagined the world would be plunged into chaos by the System–a mystical energy wave that destroys electronics and grants game-like powers to humanity. Suddenly, animals are evolving, monsters are spawning, and John finds himself equipped with a character sheet and incredible, physics-defying skills.
But surviving in this new reality won't be easy. John will have to get back to civilization through hordes of slavering monsters. And that's just the beginning - because with the arrival of the System, John will need to help rebuild society from the ruins up… and stop humanity from destroying itself along the way.
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A cyborg assassin breaks protocol when ordered to kill a child and instead escapes with him into a violent, post-apocalyptic world.
She-Wolf and Cub
Dystopian · Sci-Fi · Genetic Engineering
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A cyborg assassin breaks protocol when ordered to kill a child and instead escapes with him into a violent, post-apocalyptic world. Hunted by corporations and killers alike, she must survive long enough to protect the boy she chose to save. She-Wolf and Cub holds 4.3 stars on Amazon for its brutal action and heart.
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A cyborg assassin opts to save—not take—her target's life, in this post-apocalyptic adventure by the author of Afterwar and the Dante Valentine series.
Her name is unimportant. She is her job: a liquidator. Deep in debt for cyborg modifications, the agent eliminates whatever target she's given. It's a relatively simple job—until now. Her latest assignment is to kill a child, and she can't refuse—because refusal means Dismissal, a fate worse than death.
Instead, the operative smuggles her target out of the city, away from his corporate caretakers. But little Geoff is a gifted, genetically engineered, profitable experiment, and everyone—bounty hunters, fellow cyborgs, brain-fried cannibals, and other monsters—is desperate to get their hands on him.
The agent may be practically indestructible, but she's about to test her limits.
Hell hath no fury like a mother protecting her own . . .
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A city drunk on pleasure begins to rot from the inside as ambition pulls one man toward its darkest corners.
The Grand Dark
Dystopian · Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Steampunk · Urban Fantasy
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A city drunk on pleasure begins to rot from the inside as ambition pulls one man toward its darkest corners. In The Grand Dark, Largo chases status, transformation, and escape in a postwar world of automata, engineered beasts, excess, and rising disease, only to find that beauty and decay are inseparable. This dark fantasy with steampunk elements leans decadent, unsettling, and politically charged.
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“A stand-alone heavy hitter that’s more in line with recent deviants like Chuck Wendig’s upcoming Wanderers (2019) and Daniel H. Wilson’s The Clockwork Dynasty (2017). Tonally, this lush novel is closer to Scott Lynch’s pirate fantasy The Lies of Locke Lamora (2006), but technologically it resembles the near-future dystopias of Cory Doctorow or China Miéville […] Wildly ambitious and inventive fantasy from an author who’s punching above his weight in terms of worldbuilding—and winning.”
-- Kirkus (starred review)
From the bestselling author of the Sandman Slim series, a lush, dark, stand-alone fantasy built off the insurgent tradition of China Mieville and M. John Harrison—a subversive tale that immerses us in a world where the extremes of bleakness and beauty exist together in dangerous harmony in a city on the edge of civility and chaos.
The Great War is over. The city of Lower Proszawa celebrates the peace with a decadence and carefree spirit as intense as the war’s horrifying despair. But this newfound hedonism—drugs and sex and endless parties—distracts from strange realities of everyday life: Intelligent automata taking jobs. Genetically engineered creatures that serve as pets and beasts of war. A theater where gruesome murders happen twice a day. And a new plague that even the ceaseless euphoria can’t mask.
Unlike others who live strictly for fun, Largo is an addict with ambitions. A bike messenger who grew up in the slums, he knows the city’s streets and its secrets intimately. His life seems set. He has a beautiful girlfriend, drugs, a chance at a promotion—and maybe, an opportunity for complete transformation: a contact among the elite who will set him on the course to lift himself up out of the streets.
But dreams can be a dangerous thing in a city whose mood is turning dark and inward. Others have a vision of life very different from Largo’s, and they will use any methods to secure control. And in behind it all, beyond the frivolity and chaos, the threat of new war always looms.
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In a surveillance state where artificial intelligence rules, Agent Nikolai South investigates a murder that exposes a machine hidden in plain sight.
When the Sparrow Falls
Dystopian · Thriller · Political Thriller
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In a surveillance state where artificial intelligence rules, Agent Nikolai South investigates a murder that exposes a machine hidden in plain sight. Escorting the victim’s widow draws him into a conspiracy tied to his own past and the fragile lies propping up the Republic. Readers praise this cerebral thriller with 4.4 stars on Amazon and over 1,400 Goodreads ratings.
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Life in the Caspian Republic has taught Agent Nikolai South two rules. Trust No One. And work just hard enough not to make enemies.
Here, in the last sanctuary for the dying embers of the human race in a world run by artificial intelligence, if you stray from the path—your life is forfeit. But when a Party propagandist is killed—and is discovered as a "machine"—he's given a new mission: chaperone the widow, Lily, who has arrived to claim her husband's remains.
But when South sees that she, the first "machine" ever allowed into the country, bears an uncanny resemblance to his late wife, he's thrown into a maelstrom of betrayal, murder, and conspiracy that may bring down the Republic for good.
WHEN THE SPARROW FALLS illuminates authoritarianism, complicity, and identity in the digital age, in a page turning, darkly-funny, frightening and touching story that recalls Philip K. Dick, John le Carré and Kurt Vonnegut in equal measure.
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Winning the ultimate game should have been the end.
Ready Player Two
Dystopian · Sci-Fi
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Winning the ultimate game should have been the end. In Ready Player Two, Wade Watts uncovers a hidden technology left behind by James Halliday that transforms the OASIS and sparks a new, perilous quest. As an unstoppable rival emerges with catastrophic ambitions, Wade must confront the cost of innovation and obsession. A high-stakes virtual adventure that blends nostalgia with near-future consequence.
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The thrilling sequel to the beloved worldwide bestseller Ready Player One, the near-future adventure that inspired the blockbuster Steven Spielberg film.
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST • “The game is on again. . . . A great mix of exciting fantasy and threatening fact.”—The Wall Street Journal
AN UNEXPECTED QUEST. TWO WORLDS AT STAKE. ARE YOU READY?
Days after winning OASIS founder James Halliday’s contest, Wade Watts makes a discovery that changes everything.Hidden within Halliday’s vaults, waiting for his heir to find, lies a technological advancement that will once again change the world and make the OASIS a thousand times more wondrous—and addictive—than even Wade dreamed possible.
With it comes a new riddle, and a new quest—a last Easter egg from Halliday, hinting at a mysterious prize.
And an unexpected, impossibly powerful, and dangerous new rival awaits, one who’ll kill millions to get what he wants.
Wade’s life and the future of the OASIS are again at stake, but this time the fate of humanity also hangs in the balance.
Lovingly nostalgic and wildly original as only Ernest Cline could conceive it, Ready Player Two takes us on another imaginative, fun, action-packed adventure through his beloved virtual universe, and jolts us thrillingly into the future once again.
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Good for readers who want epic sci fi fantasy with multiple POVs, political intrigue, betrayal, and shifting allegiances.
Falling Into Shadow
Dystopian · Sci-Fi · Space Opera
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Called “A richly imagined fantasy adventure full of slashing action and nervy psychological tension” by Kirkus Reviews, Falling Into Shadow follows a deadly moon where stolen land, Stem Shifters, civil war, cults, and Shadow Demons collide, with a 4.6-star rating from 56 Amazon reviewers. Good for readers who want epic sci fi fantasy with multiple POVs, political intrigue, betrayal, and shifting allegiances.
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On the moon Novena, when the seasons turn deadly, you move, or you die. As the frigid cold creeps in, the country of Ionia prepares to move it’s people to safety only to discover that traitors have stolen their land. Can they win it back before their homes turn to ice?
This Sci Fi Fantasy epic follows multiple POV characters. Among them are Stem Shifters: people who can alter Space, Time, Energy, and Matter with their minds. Some, like Sophie Song, are peacekeepers, while others have joined the turncoats setting up a high-stakes civil war.
Isaak Kaldera. A Stem Shifter with the ability to peek into the future sees Isaak ending the war. Will Isaak prove to be a hero or has the act of witnessing his future changed its course?
Dante Zotto. His father is a corrupt oligarch. Will Dante get sucked into his nefarious world or will he remain true to his Stem Shifter daughter?
Renette Imari. A government worker struggling to distribute too few resources to too many people while her own family falls to the charms of a cult leader.
Kyra Anderton. An off-world miner who is attacked by Shadow Demons. She cuts off her own leg to prevent infection. Did it work? As Kyra heads back to Novena we have to wonder, is she is bringing a deadly plague with her?
Falling Into Shadow is a story of power, betrayal, and revenge, where allegiances shift, and no one knows who is good and who is evil. Fans of Dune, Red Rising, and The Expanse will be swept into this unforgettable saga.
If you crave epic science fiction fantasy with political intrigue and heart, Falling into Shadow from two-time Emmy Award winning writer Mike Palleschi is waiting for you. Start your journey now!
"A richly imagined fantasy adventure full of slashing action and nervy psychological tension." Kirkus Reviews.
GOLD MEDAL WINNER for BEST SCIENCE FICTION / DYSTOPIAN in the GLOBAL BOOK AWARDS 2025
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The Locker Nine box set follows Grace, a college student trained for emergencies she hoped would never come.
The Locker Nine Books
Dystopian · Techno-Thriller
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The Locker Nine box set follows Grace, a college student trained for emergencies she hoped would never come. After nationwide terror attacks shatter civilization, she fights to get home while hunted by a disturbed survivor who sees the apocalypse as a game. This four-book series is a #1 bestseller in post-apocalyptic and dystopian fiction.
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For the first time ever, the complete four-book Locker Nine series is available in a box set. A #1 bestseller in both the post-apocalyptic and dystopian genres.
When Grace left home for college her parents were concerned about the state of their world. They made sure she had the supplies and skills to stay safe if the worst happened. Then it did.
A bestselling survival classic, Locker Nine is available as an ebook box set or as individual paperbacks. You can also get all four audiobooks as a single download!
A determined young woman and a disturbed young man clash in the apocalyptic aftermath of a nationwide terror attack.
Grace's dad taught her survival and self-defense, then sent her away to college hoping she'd never need those skills. All he wanted was to give her a fighting chance if something bad ever happened to her.
Then it did.
Near the end of Grace’s freshmen year, coordinated terror attacks take place at dozens of locations around the country – including on the campus of Grace’s university.
Grace and her father barely have time for a single rushed phone call before they lose signal. With her roommate in tow, Grace embarks on a treacherous journey home and ends up in the crosshairs of another desperate traveler -- a seriously disturbed gamer who sees nothing but opportunity in a world that now resembles that of his favorite video games.
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