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614 past books matching Dystopian
When a daring thief crosses paths with an outlaw heir, duty and desire collide.
Dance of Thieves
Dystopian · Romantasy · Teen + Young Adult
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When a daring thief crosses paths with an outlaw heir, duty and desire collide. Dance of Thieves by Mary E. Pearson is a lush, addictive fantasy where loyalty, deception, and love intertwine. Fans of The Remnant Chronicles will be swept into a world of intrigue, danger, and slow-burning romance that defies every rule.
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A thief and an outlaw. A kingdom built on secrets. One dance could change everything.
Kazi, a legendary street thief turned soldier of the queen, is sent to capture traitors who threaten the fragile peace of the Remnant kingdoms. But her mission collides with Jase Ballenger, the newly crowned heir to an outlaw dynasty whose loyalty to his family runs deeper than the law.
When duty forces them together, deception becomes a weapon and desire an unrelenting test of will. Each must decide where love ends and power begins before the truth tears their world apart.
Dance of Thieves by Mary E. Pearson is a sweeping tale of danger, devotion, and destiny from a master of romantic fantasy.
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Violence becomes a language of its own in a future where cruelty, control, and rebellion feed each other in the dark.
A Clockwork Orange
Dystopian
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Violence becomes a language of its own in a future where cruelty, control, and rebellion feed each other in the dark. A Clockwork Orange follows Alex, a teenage delinquent whose inventive slang and brutal appetites drive a disturbing exploration of free will, punishment, and moral choice. This dystopian classic fits readers drawn to transgressive fiction, social satire, and bleak questions about what it means to be good.
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One of Esquire's 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time
"A brilliant novel.… [A] savage satire on the distortions of the single and collective minds."—New York Times
In Anthony Burgess's influential nightmare vision of the future, where the criminals take over after dark, the story is told by the central character, Alex, a teen who talks in a fantastically inventive slang that evocatively renders his and his friends' intense reaction against their society. Dazzling and transgressive, A Clockwork Orange is a frightening fable about good and evil and the meaning of human freedom. This edition includes the controversial last chapter not published in the first edition, and Burgess's introduction, "A Clockwork Orange Resucked."
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After surviving a mysterious pandemic, Isherwood Williams awakens to a world without people.
Earth Abides
Dystopian · Post-Apocalyptic
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After surviving a mysterious pandemic, Isherwood Williams awakens to a world without people. As he gathers the few survivors and tries to rebuild, his struggle becomes a meditation on what it means to be human. Earth Abides holds 4.4 stars on Amazon and 3.9 on Goodreads, a timeless apocalyptic classic soon to be a series on MGM+.
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When Isherwood Williams retreats to his mountain cabin for solitude, he expects peace, not the end of civilization. After a rattlesnake bite leaves him feverish and near death, he awakens to a silent world. Towns are empty, radios static, and the few he encounters are already dead. Somehow, he has survived the pandemic that ended humanity.
Alone among the ruins, Ish must rediscover what it means to live, to lead, and to rebuild. As the years pass and a new generation rises, his vision for humanity’s rebirth becomes both his greatest hope and deepest burden.
Earth Abides holds 4.4 stars on Amazon and 3.9 on Goodreads. Soon to be a major series on MGM+, this classic novel remains a profound exploration of civilization, survival, and legacy.
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Oz is no longer a fairy tale.
Dorothy Must Die
Dystopian · Literary Fiction · Teen + Young Adult
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Oz is no longer a fairy tale. When Kansas teen Amy Gumm arrives in a twisted kingdom ruled by a cruel Dorothy, she joins the Wicked to fight back. Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige turns the classic story inside out with rebellion, magic, and dark suspense. A thrilling start to a bestselling fantasy series.
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Oz was meant to be a dream. Now it is a nightmare ruled by the girl who once went over the rainbow.
When Kansas teenager Amy Gumm is swept into a broken Oz, she finds a world where Good Witches lie, winged monkeys rebel, and Dorothy Gale reigns with ruthless power. Recruited by the Revolutionary Order of the Wicked, Amy must learn to fight back and face a destiny she never asked for. Her mission is clear: steal the Scarecrow’s brain, take the Lion’s courage, and end Dorothy’s reign before it destroys them all.
Dark, daring, and addictive, Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige reimagines a beloved classic as a battle for freedom, power, and the truth about what makes someone wicked.
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When the richest man on Earth is offered a journey through space, his search for destiny becomes a cosmic satire of faith and fate.
The Sirens of Titan
Dystopian · Sci-Fi · Space Exploration · Speculative Fiction
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When the richest man on Earth is offered a journey through space, his search for destiny becomes a cosmic satire of faith and fate. The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut blends dark humor with philosophical depth in a story that questions free will and purpose. A celebrated classic from one of America’s most inventive writers.
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Across the galaxies, fate and absurdity collide in a story that questions the very purpose of existence.
In The Sirens of Titan, Malachi Constant, the richest man on Earth, is offered the chance to travel through space with a mysterious woman and uncover his destiny. His journey spirals from privilege to desolation as he confronts a universe where free will, faith, and cosmic design intertwine in darkly comic ways.
Through distant planets and surreal encounters, Vonnegut exposes both the grandeur and the futility of human ambition.
A finalist for The Great American Read and hailed as one of Vonnegut’s finest works, The Sirens of Titan remains a dazzling satire of power, purpose, and the search for meaning among the stars.
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Captain Lee Harden fights to rebuild order at Camp Ryder, but growing divisions and evolving infected threaten everything he’s built.
The Remaining: Refugees
Dystopian · Horror · Military Sci-Fi
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Captain Lee Harden fights to rebuild order at Camp Ryder, but growing divisions and evolving infected threaten everything he’s built. As winter falls, survival may demand more than he can give. The Remaining: Refugees has 4.7 stars on Amazon and 4.3 on Goodreads, a gripping post-apocalyptic thriller about duty, sacrifice, and the human will to endure.
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Captain Lee Harden has survived the outbreak, the battles, and the loss. Three months after discovering the survivors at Camp Ryder, he is determined to turn their fragile refuge into the first spark of civilization’s return. But rebuilding humanity is harder than surviving it.
As winter closes in, food runs low and tempers run high. Rival factions inside the camp threaten to tear it apart from within, while the infected beyond the walls grow more dangerous, and more intelligent, than anyone believed possible. Every decision Lee makes could mean life or death for the people who now depend on him.
The Remaining: Refugees holds 4.7 stars on Amazon and 4.3 on Goodreads, a relentless post-apocalyptic thriller of leadership, loyalty, and the cost of survival.
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When his best friend’s death pulls him to Boise, Dan Slaughter uncovers a deadly secret just as an EMP plunges the world into chaos.
Burning Down Boise
Dystopian · Post-Apocalyptic
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When his best friend’s death pulls him to Boise, Dan Slaughter uncovers a deadly secret just as an EMP plunges the world into chaos. To survive, he must become the man he swore he’d never be again. 4.5 stars on Amazon and 4.4 on Goodreads for Franklin Horton’s Burning Down Boise, a gritty post-apocalyptic thriller.
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Sometimes the story of an apocalypse isn’t one of tragedy, but one of opportunity...
Dan Slaughter's life is already a slow-motion car crash. Burned out from a soulless job and still reeling from his wife's death, he gets a call that sends him cross-country to Boise. His best friend, Carl, a free-spirited musician, is dead—an alleged drug overdose that Dan absolutely refuses to believe.
What starts as a solemn duty to settle an estate quickly spirals into a fight for survival. Carl’s house holds more than just old guitars; it hides a dark secret, drawing Dan into a violent underworld and exposing him to Carl's dangerous associates. Then, when it seemed that things couldn't get any worse, the world goes dark. A devastating EMP strike silences engines, cripples technology, and plunges society into chaos. Trapped thousands of miles from home in a city teetering on the brink, Dan is forced to embrace the Tennessee boy he'd kept buried for most of his adult life.
Now Dan finds himself on a path of unrelenting vengeance. But in a world without rules, where justice is a bullet and every step is a gamble, how far will this unlikely avenger go? And can a cynical ex-cop named Holly Turner convince him there's a life beyond settling scores, even as the city quite literally burns around them?
From Franklin Horton, the bestselling author of The Borrowed World and The Mad Mick series, comes a gripping post-apocalyptic thriller about loyalty, survival, and the dark rebirth of one man’s soul.
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In a world overrun by zombies, fifteen-year-old Benny Imura apprentices to his brother, a quiet hunter who kills with mercy instead of rage.
Rot & Ruin
Dystopian · Teen + Young Adult · Post-Apocalyptic
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In a world overrun by zombies, fifteen-year-old Benny Imura apprentices to his brother, a quiet hunter who kills with mercy instead of rage. What he learns beyond the fence will change everything he believes about monsters, family, and himself. Jonathan Maberry’s Rot & Ruin is a powerful, haunting tale of survival and redemption.
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Beyond the fence lies the Rot and Ruin, where the dead don’t rest and the living learn what they’re made of.
In a zombie-ravaged America, fifteen-year-old Benny Imura must choose a job or lose his rations. Reluctantly, he apprentices to his older brother Tom, a quiet man who kills the undead with compassion instead of cruelty. What begins as a boring chore soon becomes a brutal education in survival, honor, and grief.
As Benny ventures deeper into the ruins, he discovers that monsters wear human faces and that heroism is far more complicated than killing the dead.
Jonathan Maberry’s Rot & Ruin is a gripping coming-of-age story set in a world where the line between humanity and horror has all but vanished.
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A deadly virus ends the world, leaving only a few survivors to rebuild what remains.
The Stand
Dystopian · Horror
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A deadly virus ends the world, leaving only a few survivors to rebuild what remains. In the ruins of America, an old woman and a dark stranger summon followers for one last stand between good and evil. With more than 800,000 Goodreads ratings, The Stand endures as Stephen King’s defining epic of faith, fear, and survival.
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A single mistake unleashes the end of the world.
When a patient escapes a secret military lab, a weaponized flu spreads across the globe, erasing nearly all of humanity in weeks. The survivors awaken in a silent, ruined America where every breath feels borrowed and every choice matters.
Two figures rise from the ashes. One is Mother Abagail, a woman of faith who calls the lost to rebuild hope in Boulder, Colorado. The other is Randall Flagg, the dark man who thrives on fear and destruction. Between them stands the final battle for the soul of humankind.
With more than 55,000 Amazon ratings and over 800,000 on Goodreads, The Stand remains Stephen King’s towering vision of apocalypse, morality, and the thin line between salvation and ruin.
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Warner has power, control, and a secret he can’t escape.
Destroy Me
Teen + Young Adult · Dystopian · Paranormal Romance
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Warner has power, control, and a secret he can’t escape. The girl who shot him has become the only thing he can’t let go of. When his father arrives with plans for Juliette’s capture, Warner’s loyalty is tested. Destroy Me reveals the darkness and longing behind Tahereh Mafi’s Shatter Me series, praised for its high-stakes emotion and lyrical power.
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Set after Tahereh Mafi's Shatter Me and before Unravel Me, Destroy Me is a novella told from the perspective of Warner, the ruthless leader of Sector 45. Even though Juliette shot him in order to escape, Warner can't stop thinking about her—and he'll do anything to get her back. But when the Supreme Commander of The Reestablishment arrives, he has much different plans for Juliette. Plans Warner cannot allow.
The Shatter Me series is perfect for fans who crave action-packed young adult novels with tantalizing romance like Divergent and The Hunger Games. This captivating story, which combines the best of dystopian and paranormal, was praised as "a thrilling, high-stakes saga of self-discovery and forbidden love" by Ransom Riggs, bestselling author of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children.
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When the power dies, survival becomes a test of trust and endurance.
Beyond The Grid
Post-Apocalyptic · Dystopian
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When the power dies, survival becomes a test of trust and endurance. Beyond the Grid follows Mark as he navigates a collapsed city with his wife after an EMP wipes out modern infrastructure and their daughter goes missing. With communication gone and violence rising, their only chance lies in reaching an estranged brother’s off-grid refuge, where survival demands hard choices and buried conflicts resurface.
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When an EMP hits, Mark must lead his wife from a lawless city to find their missing daughter. With no power or communication, danger is everywhere. Their only hope: Mark’s estranged brother and his secret off-grid homestead.
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When the world ends twice in one day, prepper Frank Douglas discovers that no plan survives the apocalypse.
Build A Better Apocalypse
Dystopian · Sci-Fi
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When the world ends twice in one day, prepper Frank Douglas discovers that no plan survives the apocalypse. As his neighbors vanish and strangers appear from the wreckage, he must decide who is human and who is part of the invasion. 4.4 stars on Amazon and Goodreads from EE Isherwood’s Build A Better Apocalypse.
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Frank Douglas spent his life preparing for the end. He stockpiled food, fortified his home, and studied every survival manual written. When an EMP wipes out technology across the globe, he is ready. But the next strike is something no prepper could imagine. Neighbors vanish into piles of clothes, the rules of science collapse, and Frank’s careful plans fall apart.
As scattered survivors drift together in the ruins, Frank must decide who to trust. Some are human, like him. Others are not. Every choice could mean life, death, or extinction for what remains of Earth.
EE Isherwood’s Build A Better Apocalypse delivers a relentless, high-stakes vision of survival, blending hard science, mystery, and cosmic terror. 4.4 stars on Amazon and Goodreads.
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