This is a list of novels commonly viewed as dystopian literature. A dystopia (from the Greek δυσ- and τόπος, alternatively, cacotopia[1], kakotopia or anti-utopia) is a fictional society that is the antithesis of utopia. ...

The majority of the listed works are not controversial, in the sense that their dystopian character is generally acknowledged. However, some are not universally classified as dystopias. Such debates frequently surround works that do not show the classic characteristics of dystopian fiction, such as a government that seeks total control of individuals' lives. For example, some critics acknowledge the menacing and dehumanising elements portrayed in William Gibson's Neuromancer and its sequels, but see these works as more an attempt to create an entertaining heterotopia, a society that is neither utopian nor entirely bad^{[citation needed]}. For the 1988 video game, see Neuromancer (video game). ... Left panel (The Earthly Paradise, Garden of Eden), from Hieronymus Boschs The Garden of Earthly Delights. ...

A

• Acidity by Nadeem F. Paracha
• Alongside Night by J. Neil Schulman ^[1]
• All Tomorrow's Parties by William Gibson^{[citation needed]}
• Ambient by Jack Womack^[2]

• Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix
• Animal Farm by George Orwell
• Anthem by Ayn Rand ^[3]
• Ape and Essence by Aldous Huxley^[3]
• Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand ^[4]

Acidity is a cyber novelette written by eccentric Pakistani journalist and writer, Nadeem F. Paracha. ... Nadeem Farooq Paracha (Urdu: ندیم فاروق پراچہ), (born February 6, 1967, in Karachi), is a controversial Pakistani journalist, cultural critic, satirist and short story writer. ... Alongside Night is a libertarian dystopian novel by Science Fiction Writer J. Neil Schulman. ... Joseph Neil Schulman (born April 16, 1953 in Forest Hills, New York, USA) is an author, screenwriter, journalist and radio personality. ... All Tomorrows Parties is the third book in William Gibsons Bridge trilogy. Like its precessors, All Tomorrows Parties is a science-fiction novel set in a postmodern, dystopian, cyberpunk future. ... William Ford Gibson (born March 17, 1948), Conway, South Carolina) is an American-born science fiction author who has been called the father of the cyberpunk subgenre of science fiction, partly due to coining the term cyberspace in 1982,[5] and partly because of the success of his first novel... Jack Womack (b. ... Among the Hidden is a 1998 young adult novel by Margaret Haddix concerning a fictional future in which drastic measures have been taken to quell overpopulation. ... About Margaret Peterson Haddix She is an author of teen and adult books. ... Animal Farm is a novel by George Orwell, and is regarded in the literary field as one of the most famous satirical allegories of Soviet totalitarianism. ... Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903[1][2] – 21 January 1950), better known by the pen name George Orwell, was an English author and journalist. ... Anthem (ISBN 0451191137), first published in 1938, is a science_fiction novella by Ayn Rand. ... Ayn Rand (IPA: , February 2 [O.S. January 20] 1905 – March 6, 1982), born Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum (Russian: ), was a Russian-born American novelist and philosopher,[1] best known for developing Objectivism and for writing the novels We the Living, The Fountainhead, Atlas Shrugged and the novella Anthem. ... Ape and Essence (by Aldous Huxley, published 1948) is not about apes, its a dystopia like Brave New World. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Atlas Shrugged is a novel by Ayn Rand, first published in 1957 in the United States. ... Ayn Rand (IPA: , February 2 [O.S. January 20] 1905 – March 6, 1982), born Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum (Russian: ), was a Russian-born American novelist and philosopher,[1] best known for developing Objectivism and for writing the novels We the Living, The Fountainhead, Atlas Shrugged and the novella Anthem. ...

B

• Battle Royale by Koushun Takami ^[5]
• Bend Sinister by Vladimir Nabokov^[6]
• Brave New World by Aldous Huxley^[3]

This article does not cite any references or sources. ... ... Bend Sinister is a 1947 novel by Vladimir Nabokov. ... Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (Russian: Влади́мир Влади́мирович Набо́ков, pronounced ) (April 22 [O.S. April 10] 1899, Saint Petersburg – July 2, 1977, Montreux) was a Russian-American author. ... Brave New World is a dystopian novel by Aldous Huxley, first published in 1932. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ...

C

• The Children of Men by P.D. James ^[7]
• The Chrysalids by John Wyndham^{[citation needed]}
• Chung Kuo by David Wingrove^{[citation needed]}
• The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
• A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
• Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell ^[8]
• Count Zero by William Gibson ^[9]

The Children of Men (1992) is a dystopian novel by P.D. James set in England in 2021, centering on the results of mass infertility. ... Phyllis Dorothy James, Baroness James of Holland Park (born 3 August 1920 in Oxford) is a British writer of crime fiction and member of the House of Lords. ... The Chrysalids (U.S. title: Re-Birth) is a science fiction novel by John Wyndham, first published in 1955. ... John Wyndham (July 10, 1903 – March 11, 1969) was the pen name used by the often post-apocalyptic British science fiction writer John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris. ... This article is on the geographic and cultural entity. ... David Wingrove (born September 1954 in North Battersea, London) is a British science fiction writer. ... The City of Ember is a 2003 apocalyptic book by Jeanne DuPrau. ... Jeanne DuPrau (born 3674 in Penis, California) is an American fantasy writer for retards in middle school, best known for her Ember series of books. ... Clockwork Orange redirects here. ... Cover design Cloud Atlas is a 2004 novel, the third book by British author David Mitchell. ... David Mitchell in Poland, Warsaw, April 7, 2006 David Mitchell (born January, 1969) is an English novelist. ... The Sprawl trilogy, of which Count Zero is the second part Count Zero (ISBN 0441117732) is a science fiction novel written by William Gibson, originally published in 1986. ... William Ford Gibson (born March 17, 1948), Conway, South Carolina) is an American-born science fiction author who has been called the father of the cyberpunk subgenre of science fiction, partly due to coining the term cyberspace in 1982,[5] and partly because of the success of his first novel...

D

• Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler^[10]
• Dayworld by Philip José Farmer ^[11]
• The Diamond Age, or A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer by Neal Stephenson^[12]
• Die Andere Seite by Alfred Kubin^{[citation needed]}
• The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin ^[13])
• Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick^{[citation needed]}
• Doc and Fluff by Pat Califia^{[citation needed]}
• The Domination by S. M. Stirling^{[citation needed]}
• Drowning Towers by George Turner^{[citation needed]}

Darkness at Noon is the most famous novel by Hungarian-born British novelist Arthur Koestler. ... Arthur Koestler (September 5, 1905, Budapest – March 3, 1983, London) was a Hungarian polymath who became a naturalized British subject. ... Dayworld is a trilogy of science fiction novels by Philip José Farmer. ... Philip José Farmer (born January 26, 1918) is an American author, principally known for his science fiction and fantasy novels and short stories. ... The Diamond Age, or A Young Ladys Illustrated Primer is a cyberpunk or postcyberpunk novel by Neal Stephenson. ... Neal Town Stephenson (born October 31, 1959) is an American writer, known primarily for his science fiction works in the postcyberpunk genre with a penchant for explorations of society, mathematics, currency, and the history of science. ... Alfred Leopold Isidor Kubin (April 10, 1877 - August 20, 1959) was an Austrian expressionist illustrator and occasional writer of Czech ancestry. ... The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia is a 1974 utopian science fiction novel by Ursula K. Le Guin, set in the same fictional universe as that of The Left Hand of Darkness (the Ekumen universe). ... Ursula Kroeber Le Guin [] (born October 21, 1929) is an American author. ... Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? is a 1968 science fiction novel by Philip K. Dick. ... Philip Kindred Dick (December 16, 1928 – March 2, 1982) was an American writer, mostly known for his works of science fiction. ... Patrick Califia (born 1954 near Corpus Christi, Texas) is a writer about womens sexuality and of erotic fiction. ... The Domination is a dystopian alternate history series by S. M. Stirling. ... Stephen Michael Stirling is an American science fiction and fantasy author. ... George Turner could be George Turner the United Kingdom politician George Turner the United States politician George Turner the Australian politician George Turner the science fiction writer This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

E

• The End of Eternity by Isaac Asimov

The End of Eternity by Isaac Asimov is a science fiction novel, with mystery and thriller elements, on the subjects of time travel and social engineering. ... Isaac Asimov (January 2?, 1920?[1] – April 6, 1992), IPA: , originally Исаак Озимов but now transcribed into Russian as Айзек Азимов) was a Russian-born American Jewish author and professor of biochemistry, a highly successful and exceptionally prolific writer best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books. ...

F

• Facial Justice by L.P. Hartley
• Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury^[3]
• Fatherland by Robert Harris ^[14]
• Feed by M. T. Anderson ^[15]
• The Fifth Sacred Thing by Starhawk^{[citation needed]}
• The First Men in the Moon by H. G. Wells ^[3]
• Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said by Philip K. Dick^[16]

Leslie Poles Hartley (December 30, 1895 - December 13, 1972) was a British writer, known for novels and short stories. ... Fahrenheit 451 is a dystopian soft science fiction novella by Ray Bradbury that was published in 1953. ... Ray Douglas Bradbury (born August 22, 1920) is an American literary, fantasy, horror, science fiction, and mystery writer best known for The Martian Chronicles, a 1950 book which has been described both as a short story collection and a novel, and his 1953 dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451. ... Fatherland is a bestselling 1992 thriller novel by the English writer and journalist Robert Harris which doubles as a work of alternate history based on the premise of a world in which Nazi Germany was triumphant in World War II, in a similar way to Philip K. Dicks The... Robert Harris is an English TV reporter and author, born in 1957 in the city of Nottingham. ... Feed (2002) is a dystopian novel of the postcyberpunk genre by M. T. (Matthew Tobin) Anderson The novel depicts a future world in which the Internet has evolved into the Feednet; a computer network to which the brains of American citizens are directly connected by means of an implanted computer... Matthew Tobin Anderson (M. T. Anderson) — An Author, primarily of picture books for children and novels for young adults. ... The Fifth Sacred Thing (ISBN 0553373803) is a post-apocalyptic novel by Starhawk written in 1993. ... Starhawk (born Miriam Simos in St. ... The First Men in the Moon is a 1901 science fiction novel by the British author H. G. Wells. ... Herbert George Wells (September 21, 1866 – August 13, 1946), better known as H. G. Wells, was an English writer best known for such science fiction novels as The Time Machine, The War of the Worlds, The Invisible Man, The First Men in the Moon and The Island of Doctor Moreau. ... Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said is a Philip K. Dick novel in which Jason Taverner, who is a Six (a genetically improved superhuman) as well as a singer and television star, lives in a future American police state. ... Philip Kindred Dick (December 16, 1928 – March 2, 1982) was an American writer, mostly known for his works of science fiction. ...

G

• Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry^{[citation needed]}
• The Giver by Lois Lowry
• The Glass Bees by Ernst Junger^{[citation needed]}
• Gun, with Occasional Music by Jonathan Lethem ^[17]

Gathering Blue is a 2000 novel by noted childrens author Lois Lowry. ... Lois Lowry (born March 20, 1937) is an author of childrens literature who has been awarded the Newbery Medal twice: first for Number the Stars in 1990, and again in 1994 for The Giver, her most famous and controversial work. ... This article is about the novel by Lois Lowry. ... Lois Lowry (born March 20, 1937) is an author of childrens literature who has been awarded the Newbery Medal twice: first for Number the Stars in 1990, and again in 1994 for The Giver, her most famous and controversial work. ... Ernst Jünger as a soldier in World War I Ernst Jünger, Juenger or Junger in English, (March 29, 1895 - February 17, 1998) was a German author of novels and accounts of his war experiences. ... Gun, with Occasional Music (1994) is a novel by Jonathan Lethem. ... Lethem giving the keynote address at the EMP Pop Conference, 2007. ...

H

• Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut
• The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood^[3]
• Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami
• Heathern by Jack Womack^[2]
• The Hex series by Rhiannon Lassiter
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling

It has been suggested that Handicapper General be merged into this article or section. ... Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. ... The Handmaids Tale is a dystopian novel by Canadian author Margaret Atwood, first published by McClelland and Stewart in 1985. ... Margaret Eleanor Atwood, OC (born November 18, 1939) is a Canadian writer. ... Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World ) is a 1985 novel by Japanese writer Haruki Murakami. ... Haruki Murakami , born January 12, 1949) is a popular contemporary Japanese writer and translator. ... Jack Womack (b. ... Hex is the first book of a fictional series written by Rhiannon Lassiter. ... Rhiannon Lassiter was born on the 9th of February in 1977 in London to Mary Hoffman and Stephen Barber. ... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is the seventh and final book in the Harry Potter series of novels by J. K. Rowling. ... Joanne Rowling OBE (born July 31, 1965 in Chipping Sodbury, South Gloucestershire), commonly known as J.K. Rowling (pronunciation: roll-ing; her former students used to joke with her name calling her the Rolling Stone), is a British fiction writer. ...

I

• Idoru by William Gibson^{[citation needed]}
• I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison^{[citation needed]}
• "If This Goes On—" by Robert A. Heinlein^[3]
• In the Country of Last Things by Paul Auster^{[citation needed]}
• Incal (and spinoffs) by Alejandro Jodorowsky^{[citation needed]}
• Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
• Invitation to the Game by Monica Hughes^{[citation needed]}
• The Iron Heel by Jack London^[3]
• It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis^{[citation needed]}

William Gibsons Bridge trilogy is his second trilogy, after the successful Sprawl trilogy. ... William Ford Gibson (born March 17, 1948), Conway, South Carolina) is an American-born science fiction author who has been called the father of the cyberpunk subgenre of science fiction, partly due to coining the term cyberspace in 1982,[5] and partly because of the success of his first novel... I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream is a dystopian science fiction short story by Harlan Ellison. ... Harlan Jay Ellison (born May 27, 1934) is a prolific American writer of short stories, novellas, essays, and criticism. ... If This Goes On— is a science fiction short, yet still really, really boring, novel by Robert A. Heinlein, published as part of the book Revolt in 2100. ... Robert Anson Heinlein (July 7, 1907 – May 8, 1988) was one of the most popular, influential, and controversial authors of hard science fiction. ... In the Country of Last Things is a novel written by Paul Auster, and first published in 1987. ... Paul Auster Paul Benjamin Auster (born February 3, 1947, Newark, New Jersey) is a Brooklyn-based author. ... The Incal is a comic book saga written by Alejandro Jodorowsky and illustrated by Moebius. ... Alejandro (or Alexandro) Jodorowsky Alejandro Jodorowsky or Alexandro Jodorowsky (IPA: ) (born February 7, 1929, in Tocopilla, Chile) is an actor, playwright, director, producer, composer, mime, comic book writer and psychotherapist born to Ashkenazi Jewish parents of Russian origin. ... Infinite Jest (1996) is a critically acclaimed novel written by David Foster Wallace. ... Invitation to the Game is a science-fiction book written by Monica Hughes. ... Monica Hughes OC (born November 3, 1925, died March 7, 2003) was a Canadian science fiction author. ... The Iron Heel is a novel by American writer Jack London, first published in 1908. ... Jack London (January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916),[1][2][3] was an American author who wrote The Call of the Wild and other books. ... Poster for a stage adaptation of It Cant Happen Here, ca. ... Sinclair Lewis Sinclair Lewis (February 7, 1885 — January 10, 1951) was an American novelist and playwright. ...

J

• The Jagged Orbit by John Brunner^[3]
• Jennifer Government by Max Barry

The Jagged Orbit is a science fiction novel written by John Brunner. ... John Brunner John Kilian Houston Brunner (September 24, 1934 – August 26, 1995) was a prolific British author of science fiction novels and stories. ... Jennifer Government is a novel written by Max Barry. ... Max Barry (also Maxx Barry; born March 18, 1973) is the Australian author of Syrup, Jennifer Government, and Company. ...

K

• Kallocain by Karin Boye^{[citation needed]}
• Kazohinia by Sándor Szathmári^{[citation needed]}

The classic Swedish novel Kallocain envisioned a future of drab terror. ... Karin Maria Boye   listen? (October 26, 1900 - April 24, 1941) was a Swedish poet and novelist. ... Kazohinia is a novel written (1935-1957) in Esperanto and again in Hungarian (1941, 1946?, 1957, 1972) by Sándor Szathmári. ... SZATHMÁRI Sándor [Satma’ri Sa’ndor] (born 19 June 1897, Gyula – died 16 July 1974 in Budapest) was a writer, mechanical engineer, Esperantist, one of the largest figures in Esperanto literature. ...

L

• The Last Election by Pete Davies [1]
• The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin [2]
• Level 7 by Mordecai Roshwald^{[citation needed]}
• Limbo, (vt. Limbo 90) by Bernard Wolfe^[3]
• Logan's Run by William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson^{[citation needed]}
• Lord of the Flies by William Golding [3]
• The Long Walk by Stephen King^{[citation needed]}
• The Lost Thing by Shaun Tan^{[citation needed]}
• The Lottery by Shirley Jackson^{[citation needed]}

Level 7 is a 1959 science fiction novel by Mordecai Roshwald. ... Mordecai Roshwald (born 1921) is an academic and writer. ... Bernard Wolfe is an American writer born in New Haven, Connecticut in 1915. ... This article is about the 1967 novel and certain adaptations. ... William F. Nolan is one of The Group of United States science fiction authors responsible for most of the scripts for the television show The Twilight Zone. ... George Clayton Johnson is a science fiction writer most famous for his novel and screenplay Logans Run but also known for his work in television, writing screenplays for such noted series as The Twilight Zone and Star Trek. ... For other uses, see Lord of the Flies (disambiguation). ... Sir William Gerald Golding (19 September 1911 – 19 June 1993) was a British novelist, poet and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature (1983), best known for his novel Lord of the Flies. ... The Long Walk is a novel by Stephen King published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman. ... Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of over 200 stories including over 50 bestselling horror novels. ... Shaun Tan is the illustrator and author of award winning childrens books such as The Red Tree and The Lost Thing. ... The Lottery is a short story by Shirley Jackson, first published in the June 28, 1948 issue of The New Yorker. ... Shirley Jackson (December 14, 1916 [1]– August 8, 1965) was an influential American author. ...

M

• The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster^[3]
• Make Room! Make Room! by Harry Harrison^[3]
• The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick^{[citation needed]}
• Market Forces by Richard Morgan^{[citation needed]}
• Memoirs Found in a Bathtub by Stanislaw Lem^{[citation needed]}
• Messenger by Lois Lowry^{[citation needed]}
• Mockingbird by Walter Tevis^{[citation needed]}
• Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson^{[citation needed]}
• Moscow 2042 by Vladimir Voinovich^{[citation needed]}
• My Melancholy Face by Heinrich Böll

The Machine Stops is a short science fiction story by E. M. Forster. ... Edward Morgan Forster (January 1, 1879 - June 7, 1970) was an English novelist. ... Make Room! Make Room! is a 1966 science fiction novel written by Harry Harrison, and later used as the basis for the 1973 science fiction movie Soylent Green (although the movie changed the plot and theme). ... At the 63rd World Science Fiction Convention in Glasgow, August 2005 Harry Harrison (born Henry Maxwell Dempsey, March 12, 1925 in Stamford, Connecticut) is an American science fiction author who has lived in many parts of the world including Mexico, England, Denmark and Italy. ... The Man in the High Castle is a 1962 alternate history novel by science fiction writer Philip K. Dick. ... Philip Kindred Dick (December 16, 1928 – March 2, 1982) was an American writer, mostly known for his works of science fiction. ... Market Forces is a science-fiction novel by Richard Morgan, first published in 2004. ... Richard Morgan (b. ... Memoirs Found in a Bathtub Memoirs Found in a Bathtub is a science fiction novel by Stanisław Lem, First published English in 1973 (ISBN 0816491283), a second edition was published in 1986 (ISBN 0156585855). ... The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... Messenger by Lois Lowry Messenger is a 2004 novel by Childrens author Lois Lowry. ... Lois Lowry (born March 20, 1937) is an author of childrens literature who has been awarded the Newbery Medal twice: first for Number the Stars in 1990, and again in 1994 for The Giver, her most famous and controversial work. ... Mockingbird is a science fiction novel by Walter Tevis, published in 1980 by Doubleday. ... Walter Stone Tevis (February 28, 1928 - August 8, 1984) was an American author. ... NAKAYUBI (ナカユビ; Middle Finger) Buster Zangai -Shape2- (残骸 -Shape2-; Wreck -Shape2-) Limbo Mona Lisa Girl (Shape 2) Sid Vicious on the Beach Black Cherry Genzai (原罪; Original Sin) Monster Ai no uta (愛ノ歌; Love Song Continuous Information Mona Lisa OVERDRIVE was named after the 1989 novel Mona Lisa Overdrive, by William Gibson. ... William Ford Gibson (born March 17, 1948), Conway, South Carolina) is an American-born science fiction author who has been called the father of the cyberpunk subgenre of science fiction, partly due to coining the term cyberspace in 1982,[5] and partly because of the success of his first novel... Moscow 2042 is a 1986 novel (translated from Russian 1987) by Vladimir Voinovich. ... Vladimir Voinovich Vladimir Nikolayevich Voinovich (alternatively spelled Voynovich, ru: Владимир Войнович, born September 26, 1932 in Dushanbe) is a prominent Russian writer and a dissident. ... A monument of Heinrich Böll in Berlin Heinrich Theodor Böll (December 21, 1917 – July 16, 1985) was one of Germanys foremost post-World War II writers. ...

N

• Naked Lunch by William Burroughs^[18]
• Neuromancer by William Gibson^{[citation needed]}
• Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro^{[citation needed]}
• Nineteen Eighty-Five by Anthony Burgess^{[citation needed]}
• Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell ^[19]
• Noughts & Crosses series by Malorie Blackman
• Nova Express by William Burroughs^[3]

Naked Lunch is a novel by William S. Burroughs. ... William S. Burroughs. ... For the 1988 video game, see Neuromancer (video game). ... William Ford Gibson (born March 17, 1948), Conway, South Carolina) is an American-born science fiction author who has been called the father of the cyberpunk subgenre of science fiction, partly due to coining the term cyberspace in 1982,[5] and partly because of the success of his first novel... Never Let Me Go is a 2005 novel by Kazuo Ishiguro. ... Kazuo Ishiguro (カズオ・イシグロ Kazuo Ishiguro, originally 石黒一雄 Ishiguro Kazuo, born November 8, 1954) is a British author of Japanese origin. ... Cover of the 2004 Polish edition, published by Etiuda in Kraków in 2004 under the title Rok 1985, illustrating the theme of the Islamification of England imagined in the novel 1985 is a novel by English writer Anthony Burgess. ... Anthony Burgess (February 25, 1917 – November 22, 1993) was a British novelist, critic and composer. ... This article is about the Orwell novel. ... Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903[1][2] – 21 January 1950), better known by the pen name George Orwell, was an English author and journalist. ... “Knife Edge” redirects here. ... Malorie Blackman (born 8 February 1962) is an award-winning British author of literature and television drama for children and young adults. ... Nova Express is a 1964 novel by William Burroughs, whose plot cannot easily be described. ... William S. Burroughs. ...

O

• Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood^[20]

Oryx and Crake is a novel with dystopian elements by Canadian author Margaret Atwood. ... Margaret Eleanor Atwood, OC (born November 18, 1939) is a Canadian writer. ...

P

• Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler^{[citation needed]}
• Paradise Lost by John Milton
• The People of Sparks by Jeanne DuPrau
• Perdido Street Station by China Miéville^{[citation needed]}
• Planet of the Apes by Pierre Boulle^{[citation needed]}
• Player Piano (also known as Utopia 14) by Kurt Vonnegut^[21]

• The Plot Against America by Philip Roth^{[citation needed]}
• Prayers for the Assassin by Robert Ferrigno
• Pretties by Scott Westerfeld^{[citation needed]}

Parable of the Sower is the first in a series of science fiction novels written by Octavia Butler and published in 1993. ... Parable of the Sower is a science fiction novel written by Octavia Butler and published in 1993. ... Octavia Estelle Butler (June 22, 1947 — February 24, 2006) was an American science fiction writer, one of very few African-American women in the field. ... Title page of the first edition (1667) Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton. ... For other persons named John Milton, see John Milton (disambiguation). ... The People of Sparks, a 2004 book by Jeanne DuPrau, is the sequel to The City of Ember. ... Jeanne DuPrau (born 3674 in Penis, California) is an American fantasy writer for retards in middle school, best known for her Ember series of books. ... Perdido Street Station (US edition cover) Perdido Street Station is the second novel written by China Miéville, and the first set in New Crobuzon. ... China Miéville China Tom Miéville (born September 6, 1972, Norwich) is a British writer of fantastic fiction. ... This article is about the book. ... Pierre Boulle (20 February 1912 – 30 January 1994) was a French novelist. ... The player piano is a type of piano that plays music without the need for a human pianist to depress the normal keys or pedals. ... Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. ... The Plot Against America: A Novel (ISBN 0-618-50928-3) is a novel by Philip Roth published in 2004. ... Philip Milton Roth (born March 19, 1933, Newark, New Jersey) is an American novelist. ... Prayers for the Assassin is a political thriller, and a work of speculative fiction, written by American crime writer Robert Ferrigno. ... Robert Ferrigno Robert Ferrigno (born 1947) is an American author of crime novels. ... Pretties is the second novel in the Uglies trilogy. ... Scott Westerfeld (born May 5, 1963) is a New York Times bestselling author of science fiction and young adult literature. ...

R

• Rammer by Larry Niven^{[citation needed]}
• Rant (novel) by Chuck Palahniuk
• Ravage by René Barjavel^{[citation needed]}
• "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman by Harlan Ellison^{[citation needed]}
• The Road by Cormac McCarthy^{[citation needed]}
• The Running Man by Richard Bachman, a pseudonym for Stephen King^{[citation needed]}
• Running Out of Time by Margaret Haddix^{[citation needed]}
• R.U.R. by Karel Čapek (1920)^[22]

Laurence van Cott Niven (born April 30, 1938 Los Angeles, California) is a US science fiction author. ... Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey is a novel by Chuck Palahniuk released on May 1, 2007. ... Charles Michael Chuck Palahniuk (IPA: )[1] (born February 21, 1962) is an American satirical novelist and freelance journalist of Ukrainian ancestry born in Pasco, Washington. ... Ravage is a science-fiction novel written by René Barjavel, set in 2052 France. ... René Barjavel (January 24, 1911 - November 24, 1985) was a French author, journalist and critic who supposedly was the first to think of the Grandfather paradox. ... Repent, Harlequin! Said the Ticktockman is a short story by speculative fiction writer Harlan Ellison. ... Harlan Jay Ellison (born May 27, 1934) is a prolific American writer of short stories, novellas, essays, and criticism. ... The Road is a 2006 novel by American writer Cormac McCarthy. ... Cormac McCarthy, born Charles McCarthy,[1] July 20th, 1933 in Providence, Rhode Island, is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist who has authored ten novels in the Southern Gothic, western, and post-apocalyptic genres. ... The Running Man (1982) is a science fiction novel by Stephen King, written under the pseudonym of Richard Bachman. ... // Richard Bachman Richard Bachmans author photo. ... A pseudonym (Greek pseudo + -onym: false name) is an artificial, fictitious name, also known as an alias, used by an individual as an alternative to a persons true name. ... Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of over 200 stories including over 50 bestselling horror novels. ... Running Out of Time is a fiction novel by Margaret Peterson Haddix. ... Margaret Peterson Haddix (b. ... R.U.R. (Rosumovi Umělí Roboti) (Rossums Artificial Robots, but usually translated as R.U.R. (Rossums Universal Robots) to preserve the acronym) is a science fiction play by Karel Čapek. ... Karel Čapek. ...

S

• Sea of Glass by Barry B. Longyear^{[citation needed]}
• Shade's Children by Garth Nix^{[citation needed]}
• The Sheep Look Up by John Brunner^[3]
• The Shockwave Rider by John Brunner^[3]
• The Shore of Women by Pamela Sargent ^{[citation needed]}
• Sleepwalking by Nicola Morgan
• The Slynx by Tatyana Tolstaya^{[citation needed]}
• Small-Minded Giants by Oísin McGann
• Smith's Dream by C. K. Stead^{[citation needed]}
• The Space Merchants by Frederik Pohl and Cyril M. Kornbluth
• Specials by Scott Westerfeld^{[citation needed]}
• Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner^[3]
• A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder by James De Mille^{[citation needed]}
• The Supernaturalist by Eoin Colfer^{[citation needed]}
• Swastika Night by Katharine Burdekin^[23]
• Sweeney's Island (also known as Cloud On Silver) by John Christopher^[24]

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T

• Terraplane by Jack Womack^[2]
• That Hideous Strength by C.S. Lewis^{[citation needed]}
• The Time Machine by H.G. Wells^{[citation needed]}
• This Perfect Day by Ira Levin^[25]
• Time Out of Joint by Philip K. Dick^{[citation needed]}
• The Traveler by John Twelve Hawks^{[citation needed]}
• The Trial by Franz Kafka^{[citation needed]}
• The Memoirs Of A Survivor by Doris Lessing^{[citation needed]}

Jack Womack (b. ... That Hideous Strength is a 1945 novel by C. S. Lewis, the final book in Lewiss theological science fiction Space Trilogy. ... Clive Staples Lewis (November 29, 1898 – November 22, 1963), commonly referred to as C. S. Lewis, was an author and scholar. ... The Time Machine is a novel by H. G. Wells, first published in 1895, later made into two films of the same title. ... H. G. Wells at the door of his house at Sandgate Herbert George Wells (September 21, 1866 - August 13, 1946) was an English writer best known for his science fiction novels such as The War of the Worlds and The Time Machine. ... This Perfect Day (1970), by Ira Levin, is a heroic science fiction novel of a technocratic utopia. ... Ira Levin (born August 27, 1929 in New York) is an American novelist, playwright and songwriter. ... Cover of 1977 Belmont paperback edition. ... Philip Kindred Dick (December 16, 1928 – March 2, 1982) was an American writer, mostly known for his works of science fiction. ... The Traveler is a 2005 novel by John Twelve Hawks, which impressed some critics and became an international bestseller, in part due to the reclusive behavior of its author. ... John Twelve Hawks is the mysterious author of the 2005 dystopian novel entitled The Traveler and the 2007 novel, The Dark River. ... The Trial book cover This article is about the novel by Kafka. ... Kafka at the age of five Franz Kafka (IPA: ) (July 3, 1883 – June 3, 1924) was one of the major German-language fiction writers of the 20th century. ... Doris Lessing, CH, OBE (born October 22, 1919), is a British writer, born Doris May Taylor in Kermanshah, Persia (Iran). ...

U

• Uglies by Scott Westerfeld^{[citation needed]}
• Utopia X by Scott Wilson^{[citation needed]}

Uglies is the first book in a series about Tally Youngblood, written by Scott Westerfeld. ... Scott Westerfeld (born May 5, 1963) is a New York Times bestselling author of science fiction and young adult literature. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...

V

• Veracity by Mark Lavorato^{[citation needed]}
• Virtual Light by William Gibson^{[citation needed]}

Author Mark Lavorato Cover artist Kara Elsberry Country Canada Language English Dystopian / Suspense Publisher Rain Publishing Released 1 March 2007 Media type Print (Paperback) Pages 425 Veracity is a dystopian fiction novel by Mark Lavorato. ... William Gibsons Bridge trilogy is his second trilogy, after the succesful Sprawl trilogy. ... William Ford Gibson (born March 17, 1948), Conway, South Carolina) is an American-born science fiction author who has been called the father of the cyberpunk subgenre of science fiction, partly due to coining the term cyberspace in 1982,[5] and partly because of the success of his first novel...

W, X, Y, Z

• The Wanting Seed by Anthony Burgess^{[citation needed]}
• We by Yevgeny Zamyatin^[3]
• Welcome to the Monkey House (short story) by Kurt Vonnegut
• Will the Soviet Union Survive Until 1984? by Andrei Amalrik
• When The Sleeper Wakes by H. G. Wells^[3]
• The World Inside by Robert Silverberg
• The Yawning Heights, a novel about Ibansk by Aleksandr Zinoviev
• Z for Zachariah by Robert C. O'Brien

In addition, many of the novels set in the Warhammer 40,000 Universe focus on the dystopian Imperium of Man^{[citation needed]}. (Pan Books) The Wanting Seed is a dystopian novel by the English author Anthony Burgess, written in 1962. ... Anthony Burgess (February 25, 1917 – November 22, 1993) was a British novelist, critic and composer. ... We (Russian: )[1] is a dystopian novel by Yevgeny Zamyatin completed in 1921. ... Yevgeny Zamyatin by Boris Kustodiev (1923) Yevgeny Ivanovich Zamyatin (Евге́ний Ива́нович Замя́тин sometimes translated into English as Eugene Zamyatin) (February 1, 1884 – March 10, 1937) was a Russian author, most famous for his novel We, a story of dystopian future which influenced George Orwells Nineteen Eighty-Four and Aldous Huxleys Brave... Welcome to the Monkey House is a Kurt Vonnegut short story that is part of the collection Welcome to the Monkey House. ... Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. ... Andrei Amalrik Andrei Alekseevich Amalrik Андрей Алексеевич Амальрик (May 12, 1938 Moscow - November 12, 1980), alternatively spelled Andrei or Andrey, was a Russian writer and dissident. ... The Sleeper Awakes is a dystopian novel by H. G. Wells about a man who sleeps for two hundred and three years, waking up in a completely transformed London, where, because of compound interest on his bank accounts, he has become the richest man in the world. ... Herbert George Wells (September 21, 1866 – August 13, 1946), better known as H. G. Wells, was an English writer best known for such science fiction novels as The Time Machine, The War of the Worlds, The Invisible Man, The First Men in the Moon and The Island of Doctor Moreau. ... The World Inside is a science fiction novel, written by Robert Silverberg and published in 1971. ... At the 63rd World Science Fiction Convention in Glasgow, August 2005 Robert Silverberg (January 15, 1935, Brooklyn, New York) is a prolific American author best known for writing science fiction, a multiple winner of both the Hugo and Nebula Awards. ... Alexandr Zinoviev Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Zinovyev (, alternative transliterations: Alexandre, Alexander, Zinoviev, Zinovyev); (September 29, 1922 – May 10, 2006), was a well-known Russian logician, sociologist, writer and satirist. ... Z for Zachariah is a childrens novel by Robert C. OBrien which was published posthumously in 1975. ... Robert C. OBrien (1918–1973) was an American author and journalist for National Geographic. ... This article is about the tabletop miniature wargame and the fictional universe in which it is set. ... The Imperium of Man is a fictional galactic empire that contains the majority of humanity, set in the Warhammer 40K universe created by Games Workshop. ...

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See also

• List of dystopian films
• List of dystopian music, TV programmes, and games