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Top Dystopian Novels of All Time
The greatest dystopian and post-apocalyptic novels ever written. From Orwell's 1984 to The Hunger Games, explore dark futures that illuminate our present. Spanning classic literature through modern YA.
HootRated editorial selection
35 of 36 books rated
Divergent
Veronica Roth
G5 Moderate
Legend
Marie Lu
G5 Moderate
Matched
Ally Condie
G5 Moderate
The 5th wave
Penguin Publishing
G5 Moderate
The City of Ember
Jeanne DuPrau
G5 Moderate
The Selection
Kiera Cass
G5 Moderate
Mockingjay
Suzanne Collins
G5 Intense
The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins
G5 Intense
The Maze Runner
James Dashner
G5 Moderate
Catching Fire
Suzanne Collins
G6 Intense
Delirium
Lauren Oliver
G6 Moderate
Red Queen
Victoria Aveyard
G6 Moderate
Scythe
Neal Shusterman
G6 Intense
Uglies
Scott Westerfeld
G6 Moderate
The Giver
Lois Lowry
G6 Moderate
Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card
G7 Moderate
Ready Player One
Ernest Cline
G7 Moderate
Animal Farm
George Orwell
G7 Moderate
Station Eleven
Emily St. John Mandel
G7 Moderate
The stand
Stephen King
G7 Intense
Wool
Hugh Howey
G7 Moderate
Do androids dream of electric sheep?
Philip K. Dick
G8 Intense
Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury
G8 Moderate
The Road
Cormac McCarthy
G8 Intense
Lord of the flies
William Golding
G8 Intense
Never Let Me Go
Kazuo Ishiguro
G8 Intense
Parable of the Sower
Octavia E. Butler
G8 Intense
Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut
G8 Intense
The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood
G8 Very Intense
The time machine
H. G. Wells
G8 Mild
Dune
Frank Herbert
G9 Moderate
Brave New World
Aldous Huxley
G9 Intense
The Children of Men
P. D. James
G9 Moderate
A Clockwork Orange
Anthony Burgess
G10 Very Intense
We
Yevgeny Zamyatin
G10 Intense