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.

1984

1984
ByGeorge Orwell

1949 • 6,182 Readers • 328 pages 4.2

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A Clockwork Orange

A Clockwork Orange
ByAnthony Burgess

1962 • 1,513 Readers • 149 pages 3.9

Anthem

Anthem
ByAyn Rand

1936 • 273 Readers • 48 pages 3.5

Brave New World

Brave New World
ByAldous Huxley

1900 • 3,233 Readers • 332 pages 3.9

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Cat's Cradle

Cat's Cradle
ByKurt Vonnegut

1963 • 1,252 Readers • 192 pages 4.1

Chain Gang All Stars

Chain Gang All Stars
ByNana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

2022 • 549 Readers • 384 pages 4.1

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China Dream

China Dream
ByMa Jian,Flora Drew(Translator)

2018 • 24 Readers • 192 pages 2.5

Eve of Man

Eve of Man
ByGiovanna Fletcher,Tom Fletcher

2018 • 30 Readers • 400 pages 3.1

Fatherland

Fatherland
ByRobert Harris,Roberta Rambelli(Translator)

1991 • 153 Readers • 402 pages 3.9

Gliff

Gliff
ByAli Smith

2024 • 16 Readers • 288 pages 2

It Can't Happen Here

It Can't Happen Here
BySinclair Lewis

1935 • 146 Readers • 384 pages 3.8

Noughts & Crosses

Noughts & Crosses
ByMalorie Blackman

2001 • 147 Readers • 132 pages 3.8

Ready Player One

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Ready Player One
ByErnest Cline

2008 • 2,939 Readers • 384 pages 3.9

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Slaughterhouse 5

Slaughterhouse 5
ByKurt Vonnegut

1968 • 2,609 Readers • 292 pages 4.1

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The Day Of The Triffids

197 • 388 Readers • 196 pages 3.8

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The Death of Grass

The Death of Grass
ByJohn Christopher

1956 • 65 Readers • 214 pages 3.8

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The Handmaid's Tale

The Handmaid's Tale
ByMargaret Atwood

1985 • 3,118 Readers • 324 pages 4.1

The Machine Stops

The Machine Stops
ByE.M. Forster

1909 • 127 Readers • 48 pages 4.1

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The Power

The Power
ByNaomi Alderman

1998 • 761 Readers • 341 pages 3.7

The School for Good Mothers

2022 • 311 Readers • 336 pages 3.7

The Time Machine

The Time Machine
ByH. G. Wells

1894 • 1,216 Readers • 144 pages 3.7

The Water Cure

The Water Cure
BySophie Mackintosh

2018 • 99 Readers • 241 pages 3.3

We

We
ByYevgeny Zamyatin,Bela Shayevich(translator)

1924 • 546 Readers • 256 pages 3.7

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Wool

Wool
ByHugh Howey

2011 • 1,377 Readers • 592 pages 4.1