Penguin Best Dystopian books of all time.

Whether it's the super-surveillance of Oceania or the repressive regime of Gilead, dystopian novels are resonating more strongly than ever with readers around the world.

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1984
1984
  • George Orwell
4.214,772 reads
A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange
  • Anthony Burgess
3.93815 reads
Anthem
Anthem
  • Ayn Rand
3.48214 reads
Brave New World
Brave New World
  • Aldous Huxley
3.882,262 reads
Cat's Cradle
Cat's Cradle
  • Kurt Vonnegut
4.09802 reads
Chain Gang All Stars
Chain Gang All Stars
  • Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
4.17168 reads
China Dream
China Dream
  • Ma Jian
  • Flora Drew (Translator)
36 reads
Eve of Man
Eve of Man
  • Giovanna Fletcher
  • Tom Fletcher
315 reads
Fatherland
Fatherland
  • Robert Harris
  • Roberta Rambelli (Translator)
3.8997 reads
Gliff
Gliff
  • Ali Smith
2.52 reads
It Can't Happen Here
It Can't Happen Here
  • Sinclair Lewis
3.7666 reads
Noughts & Crosses
Noughts & Crosses
  • Malorie Blackman
3.8262 reads
Ready Player One
Ready Player One
  • Ernest Cline
3.952,579 reads
Slaughterhouse 5
Slaughterhouse 5
  • Kurt Vonnegut
4.091,758 reads
The Day Of The Triffids
The Day Of The Triffids
  • John Wyndham
3.81227 reads
The Death of Grass
The Death of Grass
  • John Christopher
3.8131 reads
The Handmaid's Tale
The Handmaid's Tale
  • Margaret Atwood
4.092,077 reads
The Machine Stops
The Machine Stops
  • E.M. Forster
4.1173 reads
The Power
The Power
  • Naomi Alderman
3.7415 reads
The School for Good Mothers
The School for Good Mothers
  • Chan Jessamine
3.6787 reads
The Time Machine
The Time Machine
  • H. G. Wells
3.69841 reads
The Water Cure
The Water Cure
  • Sophie Mackintosh
3.3441 reads
We
We
  • Yevgeny Zamyatin
  • Bela Shayevich (translator)
3.68228 reads
Wool
Wool
  • Hugh Howey
4.11955 reads