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Vendor: Octavia E. Butler
Imago
From the award-winning author of Parable of the Sower: After the near-extinction of humanity, a new kind of alien-human hybrid must come to terms with their identity -- before their powers destroy what is left of humankind. Since a nuclear war decimated the human...- $17.99
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Vendor: Yevgeny Zamyatin
We
The chilling dystopian novel that influenced George Orwell while he was writing 1984, with a new introduction by Margaret Atwood and an essay by Ursula Le GuinIn a glass-enclosed city of perfectly straight lines, ruled over by an all-powerful "Benefactor," the citizens of the...- $18.99
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They
A dark, dystopian portrait of artists struggling to resist violent suppression--"queer, English, a masterpiece." (Hilton Als) Set amid the rolling hills and the sandy shingle beaches of coastal Sussex, this disquieting novel depicts an England in which bland conformity is the terrifying order of...- $18.00
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Vendor: Octavia E. Butler
Adulthood Rites
From the award-winning author of Parable of the Sower: After the near-extinction of the human race, one young man with extraordinary gifts will reveal whether the human race can learn from its past and rebuild their future . . . or is doomed to...- $18.99
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Vendor: Thomas Pynchon
Gravity's Rainbow (Classics Deluxe Edition): (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
A Penguin Classic Winner of the 1973 National Book Award, Gravity's Rainbow is a postmodern epic, a work as exhaustively significant to the second half of the twentieth century as Joyce's Ulysses was to the first. Its sprawling, encyclopedic narrative and penetrating analysis of...- $24.00
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Vendor: Margaret Atwood
The Testaments: The Sequel to the Handmaid's Tale
NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER - WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE - The Testaments is a modern masterpiece, a powerful novel that can be read on its own or as a companion to Margaret Atwood's classic, The Handmaid's Tale. More than fifteen years after...- $30.00
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Vendor: Tom Galvin
The Auction
In the year 2050, America is booming-but there's a dark side when prosperity is based on the buying and selling of the next generation's future, as Sasha Cross is about to find out.To the world, Sasha is young, famous, and the symbol of what's...- $14.95
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The New Wilderness
A Washington Post, NPR, and Buzzfeed Best Book of the Year - Shortlisted for the Booker Prize"More than timely, the novel feels timeless, solid, like a forgotten classic recently resurfaced -- a brutal, beguiling fairy tale about humanity. But at its core, The New...- $17.00
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Vendor: Margaret Atwood
The Handmaid's Tale (Movie Tie-In)
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - An instant classic and eerily prescient cultural phenomenon, from "the patron saint of feminist dystopian fiction" (New York Times). Now an award-winning Hulu series starring Elizabeth Moss. Includes an introduction by Margaret Atwood. In Margaret Atwood's dystopian future,...- $15.95
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Vendor: Pierce Brown
Iron Gold
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - In the epic next chapter of the Red Rising Saga, the #1 bestselling author of Morning Star pushes the boundaries of one of the boldest series in fiction. "Mature science fiction existing within the frame of blazing space opera...- $18.99
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Burntcoat
A NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE NOMINEE"An extraordinary work that will stand as blazing witness to the age that bore it." -- Sarah PerryA "masterpiece" (Daisy Johnson) of mortality, passion, and human connection, set against the backdrop of a deadly global virus--from the Booker-nominated writerYou...- $27.99
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Vendor: Jessie Greengrass
The High House
Shortlisted for the 2021 Costa Novel Award In this powerful, highly anticipated novel from an award-winning author, four people attempt to make a home in the midst of environmental disaster. Perched on a sloping hill, set away from a small town by the sea,...- $27.00
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Vendor: Dave Eggers
The Circle
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER - A bestselling dystopian novel that tackles surveillance, privacy and the frightening intrusions of technology in our lives--a "compulsively readable parable for the 21st century" (Vanity Fair). When Mae Holland is hired to work for the Circle, the world's most powerful internet...- $18.00
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Vendor: K. L. Shelly
Hollow Night
Rossiton is a university city with ancient traditions, but now it's being taken over by a military force that seems unstoppable. Skeptic and academic Adam Dara is an unlikely candidate to lead the first stirrings of an uprising against the dictatorship, but he may...- $12.99
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Vendor: David Spivak
The Tribunals
"Justice is about all of us."New Boston was born out of a series of nuclear wars after the devastating results of climate change rendered the US eastern seaboard uninhabitable. The city kept peace through its self-governing tribunal system and was thriving. But what started...- $16.99
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Vendor: Lindsey Pogue
Midnight Sun
They survived the Alaskan winter after the Virus devastated the North, but summer in the land of the midnight sun is fraught with a brutality of its own-long, grueling days, mosquito-ridden evenings, and woods with lurking shadows more dangerous than grizzlies. With the discovery...- $21.99
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Vendor: Sylvain Neuvel
The Test
Britain, the not-too-distant future. Idir is taking the British Citizenship Test. He wants his family to belong.Twenty-five questions to determine his fate. Twenty-five chances to impress. When the test takes an unexpected and tragic turn, Idir is handed the power of life and death.How...- $19.95
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Vendor: Lissa Bryan
Shadows Have Gone
Carly Daniels knows what it is to suffer loss. She knows what it is to sacrifice. In the two years since a pandemic virus-known only as the Infection-decimated humanity, she's made choices she never could have imagined. She's condoned violence in the name of...- $14.99
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Vendor: Lissa Bryan
The Land of the Shadow
In the highly anticipated stand-alone sequel to The End of All Things, Lissa Bryan returns readers to a world devastated by disease, and the breakdown of modern society. Two years after a horrific virus swept the globe, decimating the world's population, Carly Daniels and...- $14.99
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Vendor: Daniel P. Wilde
Tomorrow We Rise
A planetary epidemic has ravaged the human race, leaving few survivors. Doctors Shift Bader and Anta Chalthoum, previously isolated underground, lead a small team to the surface to begin rebuilding a shattered world. As they rise to search for the living, they finally see...- $11.99
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Allison's Secret
Looking for a strong woman to take on the apocalypse?Allison has a secret. Like any farm wife, she is prepared for bad storms, bad times and bad luck. Even her husband is unaware that she is more prepared than the average farm wife. But...- $12.95
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Vendor: M. E. O'Brien
Everything for Everyone: An Oral History of the New York Commune, 2052-2072
Joining a long line of speculative writing that helps us to understand worlds not yet existing An Oral History of the New York Commune will appeal to readers of Octavia Butler, Ursula LeGuin, Kim Stanley Robinson, Ian M. Banks, Samuel Delaney, and China Mieville...- $18.00
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Vendor: Hunter Letendre
Rivers, Weak Men and Wolves
The world has ended;In its wake comes a new breed of ferocious, deadly abominations-one of which, barely more than a girl, seems to be going unnoticed.Over half the population has dropped dead. They litter every sidewalk, home and store. Instantly, explosively eradicated. All on...- $24.99
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Matriarchy
The attempted assassination of the first female president of the United States during her inauguration speech in 2024 leads to a revolution. Fifty years later, Matriarchy follows Althea Hayworth and Michael Nolan's journey to understanding the ways in which their matriarchal society has demonized...- $16.99
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Vendor: Jack London
The unparalleled invasion / Une invasion sans précédent / La invasión sin paralelo. Première édition trilingue / First trilingual edition (English, Fr
The Unparalleled Invasion is a rare political anticipation short story written by Jack London and first published in McClure's in July 1910 and later in the book The Strength of the Strong (New York, Macmillan, 1914). The story begins in 1910s China. Under the...- $29.50
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Vendor: Holly Kothe
Tomorrow's Wrath
Sirus O'Sullivan has launched Phase 2 of the Palace Program, catapulting the young Palace-born into a dark course curriculum that goes against everything they've ever learned. After the cleansing of Old World members for the sake of preservation, young Melinda struggles with her warring...- $12.99
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Vendor: Frank Reliance
The Prepper: #1 Blackout
One night the lights just went out in multiple cities around me at once, including mine I had no idea what had caused it or what might happen next. Was I prepared? I'd better be...The first part of a man's journey into prepping, each...- $7.24
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Vendor: Stephen Leary
Failed World Order
A collection of short stories on the theme of dystopia and a world where elected leaders are at war with their own citizens.Author: Stephen LearyISBN-10: 1530211859ISBN-13: 9781530211852Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/03/2016Pages: 148Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.46lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.32d- $6.50
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Vendor: Kate L. Mary
Broken World
Follow a group of survivors on a journey that spans more than a dozen books as they search for safety in a world overrun by the dead...With a deadly virus sweeping the country, Vivian Thomas sets out on a cross country trip in hopes...- $14.99
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Vendor: Glen Robinson
Infinity's Reach: All she wanted was to see her father. All they wanted was to see her dead.
Life was pretty simple for Infinity Richards as a teenager in a private school in Baltimore. Then she woke up to discover that she'd spent the past two years in a prison camp. Now she and her friends are faced with a trek across...- $9.99
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Vendor: Ge Fei
Peach Blossom Paradise
An enthralling story of revolution, idealism, and a savage struggle for utopia by one of China's greatest living novelists. In 1898 reformist intellectuals in China persuaded the young emperor that it was time to transform his sclerotic empire into a prosperous modern state. The...- $17.95
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Terms of Service: Subject to change without notice
"★★★★★ What intense world building! Wonderful character growth! Crisp story line! Thoughtful science fiction! Imaginative descriptions! I can keep talking in exclamatory phrases but you get my point by now - this is a fantastic book." - Review by Myra on Reedsy Discovery and...- $16.99
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Vendor: Hugh Howey
Shift: Book Two of the Silo Series
NOW A SERIES ON APPLE TV+ THAT STEPHEN KING CALLS "MYSTERIOUS AND TERRIFICALLY SUSPENSEFUL.... EXCELLENT SCIENCE FICTION WITH THREE-DIMENSIONAL CHARACTERS."In this second volume in the New York Times best-selling Silo series, Hugh Howey describes the catastrophic events that led to the creation of the...- $19.99
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Vendor: Yoon Ha Lee
Phoenix Extravagant
The highly anticipated paperback of the smash new blockbuster original fantasy work from Nebula, Hugo and Clarke award nominated author Yoon Ha Lee! Dragons. Art. Revolution. Gyen Jebi isn't a fighter, or a subversive. They just want to paint. One day they're jobless and...- $14.99
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Vendor: Pierce Brown
Golden Son
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Red Rising hit the ground running and wasted no time becoming a sensation. Golden Son continues the stunning saga of Darrow, a rebel forged by tragedy, battling to lead his oppressed people to freedom. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST...- $29.99
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Super Sad True Love Story
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A deliciously dark tale of America's dysfunctional coming years--and the timeless and tender feelings that just might bring us back from the brink. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times - The...- $18.00
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Vendor: Preston Grassmann
Out of the Ruins: The Apocalyptic Anthology
A fresh post-apocalyptic anthology of 18 stories: the end of the world seen through the salvage and ruins. Featuring Emily St John Mandel, Carmen Maria Machado, Clive Barker, China Mi钁ille, Charlie Jane Anders and more. WHAT WOULD YOU SAVE FROM THE FIRE? In the...- $15.95
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Vendor: Anna Burke
Compass Rose
In the year 2513, the only thing higher than the seas is what's at stake for those who sail them. Rose was born facing due north, with an inherent perception of cardinal points flowing through her veins. Her uncanny sense of direction earns her...- $22.95
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Morning Star
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Red Rising thrilled readers and announced the presence of a talented new author. Golden Son changed the game and took the story of Darrow to the next level. Now comes the exhilarating next chapter in the Red Rising...- $29.99
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Revenge
A swashbuckling upper YA/NA LGBTQ+ sci-fi western you don't want to miss!It has been three years since Elvira "Ellie" Ryder was betrayed by her ex-boyfriend Cor, which caused the destruction of her people by invaders from a different Zone. Now she will do anything...- $16.99
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Vendor: Hugh Howey
Dust: Book Three of the Silo Series
NOW A SERIES ON APPLE TV+ THAT STEPHEN KING CALLS "MYSTERIOUS AND TERRIFICALLY SUSPENSEFUL.... EXCELLENT SCIENCE FICTION WITH THREE-DIMENSIONAL CHARACTERS.""The final book secures the status of the Wool trilogy as a modern masterpiece."--Sunday ExpressWool introduced the world of the silo. Shift told the story...- $19.99
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Ready Player One
The bestselling cult classic--soon to be a major motion picture directed by Steven Spielberg. At once wildly original and stuffed with irresistible nostalgia, READY PLAYER ONE is a spectacularly genre-busting, ambitious, and charming debut--part quest novel, part love story, and part virtual space opera...- $23.80
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Vendor: Joyce Carol Oates
Tales of H. P. Lovecraft
“H. P. Lovecraft has yet to be surpassed as the 20th century's greatest practitioner of the classic horror tale.”--Stephen King The most important tales of the godfather of the modern horror genre--a master who influenced the works of a generation of writers including Stephen...- $17.99
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Milk Teeth
"A gripping debut novel... there's no shortage of climate fiction these days, but this one is distinguished by its striking vision." --Publishers Weekly Skalde writes her thoughts on pieces of paper, making new discoveries and revelations, and finding scraps with which to understand her...- $26.00
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The House of Untold Stories: 50 Unexpected Tales
An orphanage for wayward stories. A labyrinth of secrets. A home on the border of reality...Open each door to find a world of magic and menace waiting for you, if you dare. In The House of Untold Stories, every page is a door, and...- $16.99
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Qualityland
In the near future sci-fi world of Qualityland, algorithms help create an idyllic life for its citizens, but what if the perfect world wasn't built for you?Welcome to QualityLand, the best country on Earth. Here, a universal ranking system determines the social advantages and...- $27.00
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Mockingbird
"Set in a far future in which robots run a world with a small and declining human population" (San Francisco Chronicle), a haunting, dystopian vision of humanity and its last hope for survival from the bestselling author of The Queen's Gambit In the future,...- $16.00
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The Day of the Triffids
The influential masterpiece of one of the twentieth century's most brilliant--and neglected--science fiction and horror writers, whom Stephen King called "the best writer of science fiction that England has ever produced."--now in development as a miniseries directed by Johan Renck. "[Wyndham] avoids easy allegories...- $18.00
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Early Riser
An instant New York Times bestseller The latest standalone novel from Jasper Fforde, the bestselling author the Thursday Next series and the forthcoming standalone The Constant Rabbit Every Winter, the human population hibernates. During those bitterly cold four months, the nation is a snow-draped...- $18.00
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X
A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice A thrilling portrait of political terror and the violent pleasures found in warehouses, bathrooms, and dungeons across New York City, X is a novel that delves into the psyches of characters on the margins The world...- $16.95
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Fiction Dystopian Books
Fiction dystopian books have captured the imagination of readers for decades. These captivating works of literature often present a bleak and futuristic world where society has been detrimentally transformed by various factors such as governments, technologies, or natural disasters. Dystopian fiction serves as a cautionary tale, exploring themes of oppressive regimes, loss of personal freedoms, and the potential consequences of unchecked power.
One of the key elements of dystopian fiction is the creation of a plausible and detailed world that is vastly different from our own. Authors meticulously craft these dystopian societies, introducing readers to new rules, systems, and hierarchies. The settings can range from desolate wastelands to highly controlled utopias, each with its own challenges and pitfalls.
There is a wide range of dystopian fiction available, but one popular subgenre within this category is dystopian novels in the form of books collections. These collections often consist of multiple books that are interconnected either through a shared world or thematic elements. They provide readers with a deeper exploration of the dystopian concept, allowing for more complex storylines and character development.
Within the fiction dystopian book collections, readers may find a variety of themes and narratives. Some collections focus on political dystopias, where authoritarian regimes oppress their citizens and control every aspect of their lives. Others may explore environmental dystopias, where the destruction of nature has led to catastrophic consequences. Additionally, technological dystopias examine the potential dangers of advanced technology and its impact on society.
Several notable authors have contributed to the world of fiction dystopian book collections, each bringing their own unique perspective to the genre. Authors such as George Orwell, Aldous Huxley, Margaret Atwood, Suzanne Collins, and Ray Bradbury have all made significant contributions with their works. These authors have captivated readers with their thought-provoking narratives and vivid portrayals of dystopian worlds.
What sets fiction dystopian book collections apart from standalone novels is their ability to fully immerse readers in the complexities of their dystopian settings. With multiple books to explore, readers can delve deeper into the various aspects of these dystopias, gaining a more comprehensive understanding of the world and the characters that inhabit it. Whether readers are drawn to the exploration of social justice, political corruption, or the human spirit in the face of adversity, fiction dystopian book collections provide a rich and thought-provoking reading experience.
Popular Fiction Dystopian Books
Fiction dystopian books have captured the imagination of readers worldwide with their dark and often chilling depiction of a future world. These books present an alternative reality where society is in a state of upheaval, usually under the control of a powerful totalitarian regime or facing the consequences of a catastrophic event. In this article, we will explore some of the popular books that have gained recognition and acclaim within the genre of fiction dystopian books.1. "1984" by George Orwell: Considered a classic in the genre, "1984" depicts a totalitarian society ruled by the Party, led by the enigmatic Big Brother. The novel's protagonist, Winston Smith, struggles against the oppressive regime while trying to preserve his own individuality and freedom of thought. Orwell's novel serves as a warning about the dangers of excessive government control and surveillance, leaving readers questioning the fragility of their own freedom.
2. "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley: Huxley's seminal work presents a society that has achieved stability and happiness through genetic engineering, conditioning, and the use of drugs. However, this apparent utopia masks a society devoid of individuality and meaningful connections. The book explores themes of the loss of personal freedom, the dangers of a consumerist culture, and the power of knowledge and individuality.
3. "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins: This young adult trilogy took the dystopian genre by storm, offering a thrilling and action-packed narrative set in the post-apocalyptic nation of Panem. The story follows Katniss Everdeen as she becomes a symbol of resistance against the tyrannical Capitol, which forces children to participate in a televised fight to the death called "The Hunger Games." Collins successfully blends elements of dystopia, adventure, and social commentary in her captivating and thought-provoking series.
4. "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury: In Bradbury's dystopian novel, a future society outlaws books and burns them to suppress independent thought and intellectualism. The protagonist, Guy Montag, is a fireman whose role is to burn books but becomes disenchanted with the system and seeks to preserve knowledge. This thought-provoking book warns about the dangers of censorship and the importance of literature and critical thinking in society.
5. "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood: This chilling novel portrays a future society called Gilead, where women are subjugated, deprived of their freedoms, and reduced to reproductive vessels. The story follows Offred, a "handmaid," as she navigates the oppressive regime while clinging to memories of her past life. Atwood's book raises important questions about women's rights, reproductive autonomy, and the abuse of power.
These popular fiction dystopian books have resonated deeply with readers due to their captivating narratives and thought-provoking themes. They serve as cautionary tales, reminding us to reflect on the vulnerability of our own societies and the importance of individuality, freedom, and social justice. Whether they inspire a sense of fear or a renewed commitment to safeguarding our future, these books have undoubtedly left a lasting impact on the literary world and popular culture.

