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615 past books matching Dystopian
Best for readers who like apocalyptic horror, fractured loyalties, brutal action, and desperate family missions.
Dog Blood
Horror · Dystopian · Post-Apocalyptic
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After an unexplained catastrophe divides humanity into the Haters and the Unchanged, Danny McCoyne crosses a collapsing world to find his daughter Ellis, certain she shares his violent condition and is still alive. As both sides fight for survival, he learns that Hater children may decide the future, with a 3.8-star average from more than 4,000 Goodreads ratings. Best for readers who like apocalyptic horror, fractured loyalties, brutal action, and desperate family missions.
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On the heels of Patient Zero and Pride and Prejudice with Zombies— the electrifying sequel to Hater where humanity fights itself to the death against a backdrop of ultimate apocalyptic destruction
The Earth has been torn into two parts by an irreversible division. Whether due to nature, or the unknown depths of the mind itself, everyone is now either Human or Hater. Victim or killer. Governments have fallen, command structures have collapsed, and relationships have crumbled. Major cities have become refugee camps where human survivors cower together in fear. Amidst this indiscriminate carnage, Danny McCoyne is on a mission to find his daughter Ellis, convinced that her shared Hater condition means her allegiance is to people like him. Free of inhibitions, unrestricted by memories of peace, and driven by instinct, children are pure Haters, and may well define the future of the Hater race. But, as McCoyne makes his way into the heart of human territory, an incident on the battlefield sets in place an unexpected chain of events, forcing him to question everything he believes he knows about the new order that has arisen, and the dynamic of the Hate itself.
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It fits YA fantasy readers who want hidden identity tension, court intrigue, and romance threaded through a fight for a fallen kingdom.
The Orphan Queen
Dystopian · Romantasy · Teen + Young Adult
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A lost princess hides in the enemy court while plotting to take back the throne stolen from her family. In The Orphan Queen, Wilhelmina balances deadly magic, royal secrets, and the growing threat of wraith as her mission pulls her closer to the mysterious Black Knife. It fits YA fantasy readers who want hidden identity tension, court intrigue, and romance threaded through a fight for a fallen kingdom.
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An epic fantasy filled with adventure, intrigue, and romancefrom the New York Times bestselling coauthor of My Plain Jane, perfect for fans of Graceling by Kristin Cashore, The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson, and Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo.
When Princess Wilhelmina was a child, the Indigo Kingdom invaded her homeland. Ten years later, Wil and the other noble children who escaped are ready to fight back and reclaim Wil’s throne. To do so, Wil and her best friend, Melanie, infiltrate the Indigo Kingdom palace with hopes of gathering information that will help them succeed.
But Wil has a secret—one that could change everything. Although magic has been illegal for a century, she knows her ability could help her save her kingdom. But magic creates wraith, and the deadly stuff is moving closer and destroying the land.
And if the vigilante Black Knife catches her using magic, she may disappear like all the others....
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When an asteroid signals the end of civilization, Haley Conrad must flee New York City before it collapses into chaos.
Escape
Dystopian · Teen + Young Adult
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When an asteroid signals the end of civilization, Haley Conrad must flee New York City before it collapses into chaos. Her survival depends on Tanner Parks, a deadly protector with secrets of his own. Together they trek west through a world overrun with monsters and new rules. A fast paced survival thriller with 4.5 stars on Amazon.
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It is a known fact. Being in New York City at the end of the world is not the best. There is only one solution. ESCAPE.
When Haley Conrad was informed an asteroid is going to impact the earth, leading to the world's end. She knew her only chance of surviving was to escape New York before it became hell on earth. But making it all the way across the country wasn’t going to be easy.
Thankfully, Tanner Parks might be the perfect solution, part bodyguard and all monster. He was just the type of boy that could keep a girl alive long enough to make it to the safety of the Idaho mountains.
Two young people following the ancient migrants trail. Two people fighting to survive in this new world with new rules and more monsters than anyone could ever know.
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A nuclear detonation at a biohazard facility unleashes a contagion that rewrites life on Earth.
Darwin Contagion
Dystopian · Sci-Fi · Thriller
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A nuclear detonation at a biohazard facility unleashes a contagion that rewrites life on Earth. Assigned to protect the president, a Secret Service agent emerges into a world overrun by prehistoric mutations and collapsing humanity. Darwin Contagion is a relentless post apocalyptic survival thriller with 4.4 stars on Amazon and Goodreads.
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A harrowing post-apocalyptic series by Walt Browning about surviving the consequences of man’s arrogance.
Mankind's dominance has come to an end...
When a terrorist group detonates a small nuclear device at a level four biohazard facility, it releases the infection vectors stored within and creates a contagion that devastates the planet.
Entire species are wiped out, while those that survive are genetically transformed into prehistoric mutations of their former self.
Secret Service agent Alex Durham is assigned to protect the president. As the dangers of the expanding nuclear fallout become apparent, he accompanies the country’s leadership as they seek shelter from the impending contagion.
When they emerge weeks later, the global aftermath of the terrorist attack leaves the survivors struggling to find safety in a world that has regressed millions of years. Creatures from the past and those newly created rise to challenge mankind’s dominance.
All that matters now is survival...
Walt Browning, the bestselling author of Extinction Survival, returns with this harrowing post-apocalyptic survival series. Don’t miss this tale about people trying to survive the consequences of man’s arrogance, all while somehow maintaining their humanity.
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When an electromagnetic blast wipes out the power grid, truck driver Shannon Grayson is trapped inside a supercenter with dozens of survivors and no rescue coming.
Trapped Days
Dystopian · Post-Apocalyptic
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When an electromagnetic blast wipes out the power grid, truck driver Shannon Grayson is trapped inside a supercenter with dozens of survivors and no rescue coming. Desperate to reach the daughter she left behind years ago, she must navigate fear, violence, and betrayal as society collapses around her. 4.2 stars on Amazon and Goodreads.
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As the world descends into chaos, one woman will do anything to find her daughter…
Shannon Grayson is a tough-as-nails long-haul truck driver on a routine job. But her life is turned upside down when a massive electromagnetic blast hits North America while she’s unloading cargo at the South-Central Retail Supercenter, demolishing the power grid.
Now she’s trapped inside the sprawling building, along with dozens of other survivors. And no one is coming to their rescue. Without power, the world outside begins to collapse. Shannon is determined to escape and find her daughter—they haven’t seen each other since Shannon entered witness protection five years ago, but when SHTF her momma-bear drive takes over.
But first, she must survive this ordeal…
Eight hundred miles away is Dennis Sullivan, Shannon’s witness protection officer, who swore to protect her and her daughter—and he’s a man of his word. He’ll battle through the ruins of America to reunite with them and ensure their safety.
Desperation quickly turns to terror as Shannon and the others realize there’s no way out of the locked-down supercenter. They’ll have to depend on each other to survive.
But in a world gone mad, the greatest threat are the people around you.
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It’s a strong fit for readers who want dystopian fiction with survival stakes, emotional tension, and a fierce refusal to submit.
The Glass Arrow
Dystopian · Teen + Young Adult
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In a brutal future where women are treated as property, Aya is torn from the wilderness and forced into a system built to control, sell, and break girls. The Glass Arrow follows her fight to escape, protect what’s left of her freedom, and find a way back to the life stolen from her. It’s a strong fit for readers who want dystopian fiction with survival stakes, emotional tension, and a fierce refusal to submit.
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"Like The Handmaid's Tale, Simmons's book serves as essential commentary on women's rights."--Cosmopolitan.com
Once there was a time when men and women lived as equals, when girl babies were valued, and women could belong only to themselves. But that was ten generations ago. Now women are property, to be sold and owned and bred, while a strict census keeps their numbers manageable and under control. The best any girl can hope for is to end up as some man's forever wife, but most are simply sold and resold until they're all used up.
Only in the wilderness, away from the city, can true freedom be found. Aya has spent her whole life in the mountains, looking out for her family and hiding from the world, until the day the Trackers finally catch her.
Stolen from her home, and being groomed for auction, Aya is desperate to escape her fate and return to her family, but her only allies are a loyal wolf she's raised from a pup and a strange mute boy who may be her best hope for freedom . . . if she can truly trust him.
The Glass Arrow is a haunting, yet hopeful, new novel from Kristen Simmons, the author of the popular Article 5 trilogy.
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As Helsinki collapses under climate disaster, poet Tapani Lehtinen searches for his missing wife, whose investigation into a political killer hides secrets of her own.
The Healer
Dystopian · Mystery
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As Helsinki collapses under climate disaster, poet Tapani Lehtinen searches for his missing wife, whose investigation into a political killer hides secrets of her own. His hunt leads through a lawless city where survival and truth collide. With 4.1 stars on Amazon, strong Goodreads readership, and critical praise, this dystopian crime novel delivers tense, atmospheric suspense.
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In this award-winning dystopian crime novel, one man searches for his missing wife in a futuristic Helsinki struggling with climate change.
It's two days before Christmas and Helsinki is battling a ruthless climate catastrophe: subway tunnels are flooded; abandoned vehicles are left burning in the streets; the authorities have issued warnings about malaria, tuberculosis, Ebola, and the plague. People are fleeing to the far north of Finland and Norway where conditions are still tolerable. Social order is crumbling, and private security firms have undermined the police force. Tapani Lehtinen, a struggling poet, is among the few still able and willing to live in the city.
When Tapani's beloved wife, Johanna, a newspaper journalist, goes missing, he embarks on a frantic hunt for her. Johanna's disappearance seems to be connected to a story she was researching about a politically motivated serial killer known as "The Healer." Desperate to find Johanna, Tapani's search leads him to uncover secrets from her past. Secrets that connect her to the very murders she was investigating . . .
The Healer is set in desperate times, forcing Tapani to take desperate measures in order to find his true love. Written in an engrossingly dense but minimal language, Antti Tuomainen's The Healer is a story of survival, loyalty, and determination. Even when the world is coming to an end, love and hope endure.
Praise for The Healer
"Tapani's amatuer sleuthing is all the more fascinating in light of the unimaginable barriers posed by the changing city, with inhabitants focused on their own survival. Readers attracted either to dystopian fiction or to Scandinavian crime will find gold here: Tuomainen's spare, nostalgic style emphasizes the definitive nature of climate catastrophe, where neither revolution nor cure offers respite." —Booklist (starred review)
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Kira was raised to accept Vita Nova’s decree that all citizens die at sixty—until falling for Volunteer Will Foster pushes her to flee the city with him and…
Rebellion
Dystopian
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Kira was raised to accept Vita Nova’s decree that all citizens die at sixty—until falling for Volunteer Will Foster pushes her to flee the city with him and young Teddy. In the Unregulated Zone, they discover Haven, a hidden community led by the mysterious Ghost. But as secrets and violence erupt, Kira must choose between love, survival, and the fight for freedom.
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Kira always knew that her future in Vita Nova was predetermined: a mandatory death at age sixty, just like every other citizen. But when she falls in love with Will Foster, one of the city's revered Volunteers, and risks everything to escape the city's iron grip, she begins to believe that a different life might be within reach.
With Will and young Teddy by her side, Kira ventures into the Unregulated Zone, desperate to find other survivors and a place free from Vita Nova’s oppressive rule—a place where freedom still exists.
Their journey brings them to Haven, a secluded community hidden deep in the Pennsylvania woods, led by the enigmatic Ghost. But Haven holds many secrets—secrets that could shatter Kira's fragile hopes for the future and threaten the tenuous bond she’s forged with Will.
When a brutal attack shatters the fragile peace she's found, Kira is forced into a deadly confrontation. Torn between protecting the people she loves and securing her own future, Kira must confront the true meaning of sacrifice—or risk becoming another victim of Vita Nova’s cruel justice.
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When a bioweapon attack wipes out the command crew of the Pufferfish and reverts most humans aboard to a feral state, sanitation lieutenant Marion “Mops” Adamopoulos and her…
Terminal Alliance
Post-Apocalyptic · Sci-Fi · Military Sci-Fi · Space Exploration · Space Opera
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When a bioweapon attack wipes out the command crew of the Pufferfish and reverts most humans aboard to a feral state, sanitation lieutenant Marion “Mops” Adamopoulos and her team of space janitors are the only ones left thinking clearly. As they flee attackers, pilot a ship they barely understand, and hunt for a cure, they uncover a conspiracy threatening the entire alliance.
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A “damn hilarious” military science fiction series that “skates just on the right side of the line between clever absurdity and complete chaos”—for fans of Douglas Adams and John Scalzi (Ilona Andrews, #1 New York Times–bestselling author)
Hugo Award–winning author Jim C. Hines introduces the unlikely heroes who may just save the galaxy from a zombie plague: a crew of space janitors.
The Krakau came to Earth to invite humanity into a growing alliance of sentient species. However, they happened to arrive after a mutated plague wiped out half the planet, turned the rest into shambling, near-unstoppable animals, and basically destroyed human civilization. You know—your standard apocalypse.
Now, a century later, human beings might not be what they once were, but at least they’re no longer trying to eat everyone. Mostly.
Marion “Mops” Adamopoulos is surprisingly bright (for a human). As a Lieutenant on the Earth Mercenary Corps Ship Pufferfish, she’s in charge of the Shipboard Hygiene and Sanitation team. When a bioweapon attack wipes out the Krakau command crew and reverts the rest of the humans to their feral state, only Mops and her team are left with their minds intact.
Escaping the attacking aliens—not to mention her shambling crewmates—is only the beginning. Sure, Mops and her team of space janitors and plumbers can clean the ship as well as anyone, but flying the damn thing is another matter. As they struggle to keep the Pufferfish functioning and find a cure for their crew, they stumble onto a conspiracy that could threaten the entire alliance… a conspiracy born from the truth of what happened on Earth all those years ago.
With Terminal Alliance, Jim Jim C. Hines takes us into a brand-new universe of entertainment certain to appeal to fans of both Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett.
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Undying Hearts follows a woman searching for her missing brother in a shattered, zombie-ravaged UK.
Undying Hearts
Dystopian · Post-Apocalyptic
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Undying Hearts follows a woman searching for her missing brother in a shattered, zombie-ravaged UK. Forced to rely on three dangerous strangers, she faces rising threats and deeper emotional risks as trust becomes her only path to survival. With 4.5 stars on Amazon and strong Goodreads praise, this slow burn, post-apocalyptic romance delivers action and intensity.
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After being abandoned at the altar by my fiance, I didn’t think my day could get any worse. And then the zombie apocalypse happened…
It’s been over a year since the dead started walking on British soil and things aren’t looking great. Society is in shambles, along with my love life, and while I have my brother and a safe place to live, our food situation is turning dire. But we’ll survive, just like we always have.
Until the worst happens and my brother goes missing.
Desperate to find him, I have no choice but to leave the safety of my home and step into this violent new world. One filled with death, gore and brutality. And three devastatingly handsome strangers who are determined to help.
I don’t trust any of them.
Not their scarred ex-SAS leader, Rhys, who seems to have a permanent stick up his a**. Or Theo, the flirtatious former paramedic with a twisted sense of humour that rivals my own. And definitely not Alex, the overprotective ex-rugby star who's sweet smiles and kind gestures hide a dark past. All three of them are dangerous to my fragile heart and the longer I stay with them, the more it’s at risk.
But I don’t have a choice.
My brother’s life is in danger and these men are my best chance at saving him. Which means putting my heart on the line and hoping that if it does shatter, I’ll still be alive to pick up the pieces.
Undying Hearts is a slow burn post-apocalyptic why choose romance set in the UK and the first of two books. If you enjoy action, dark humour, gro
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Hater follows Danny McCoyne as a wave of sudden, inexplicable violence shatters the world around him.
Hater
Horror · Dystopian
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Hater follows Danny McCoyne as a wave of sudden, inexplicable violence shatters the world around him. Ordinary people become killers without warning, forcing Danny to protect his family while society collapses under fear and suspicion. With 4.1 stars on Amazon and over 10,000 Goodreads ratings, this dystopian thriller builds relentless tension.
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Soon to be a major motion picture—produced by Guillermo del Toro and directed by J.A. Bayona
REMAIN CALM DO NOT PANIC TAKE SHELTER WAIT FOR FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS THE SITUATION IS UNDER CONTROL Society is rocked by a sudden increase in the number of violent assaults on individuals. Christened 'Haters' by the media, the attackers strike without warning, killing all who cross their path. The assaults are brutal, remorseless and extreme: within seconds, normally rational, self-controlled people become frenzied, vicious killers. There are no apparent links as a hundred random attacks become a thousand, then hundreds of thousands.
Everyone, irrespective of gender, age, race or any other difference, has the potential to become a victim - or a Hater. People are afraid to go to work, afraid to leave their homes and, increasingly, afraid that at any moment their friends, even their closest family, could turn on them with ultra violent intent. Waking up each morning, no matter how well defended, everyone must now consider the fact that by the end of the day, they might be dead. Or perhaps worse, become a killer themselves. As the status quo shifts, ATTACK FIRST, ASK QUESTIONS LATER becomes the order of the day... only, the answers might be much different than what you expect....
In the tradition of H. G. Wells and Richard Matheson, Hater is one man's story of his place in a world gone mad— a world infected with fear, violence, and HATE.
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Imagine Me follows Juliette as the truth of Ella Sommers shatters everything she thought she knew.
Imagine Me
Dystopian · Romantasy · Teen + Young Adult
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Imagine Me follows Juliette as the truth of Ella Sommers shatters everything she thought she knew. With her memories returning and old enemies closing in, the final battle against The Reestablishment forces her to confront a destiny she never chose. With strong Amazon and Goodreads ratings and recognition across BookTok, this finale delivers high-stakes emotion and explosive revelations.
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The explosive last novel in Juliette and Warner's story, the globally bestselling Shatter Me series.
Juliette Ferrars. Ella Sommers. Which is the truth and which is the lie?
Now that Ella knows who Juliette is and what she was created for, things have only become more complicated. As she struggles to understand the past that haunts her and looks to a future more uncertain than ever, the lines between right and wrong—between Ella and Juliette—blur. And with old enemies looming, her destiny may not be her own to control.
The day of reckoning for The Reestablishment is coming. But she may not get to choose what side she fights on.
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