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The Essential Dystopian Reading List

The essential dystopian reading list, according to users and editors of ProWritingAid - a website for aspiring writers.
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The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
1
Margaret Atwood
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
2
George Orwell
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
3
Aldous Huxley
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
4
Ray Bradbury
Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
Hunger Games
5
Suzanne Collins
The Time Machine (H.G. Wells)
The Time Machine
6
H.G. Wells
The Giver (Lois Lowry)
The Giver
7
Lois Lowry
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
8
George Orwell
Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card)
Ender's Game
9
Orson Scott Card
Road (Cormac McCarthy)
Road
10
Cormac McCarthy
Ready Player One (Ernest Cline)
Ready Player One
11
Ernest Cline
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
12
Kurt Vonnegut
The Windup Girl (Paolo Bacigalupi)
The Windup Girl
13
Paolo Bacigalupi
Divergent (Veronica Roth)
Divergent
14
Veronica Roth
Uglies (Scott Westerfeld)
Uglies
15
Scott Westerfeld
The Maze Runner (James Dashner)
The Maze Runner
16
James Dashner
The Stand (Stephen King)
The Stand
17
Stephen King
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
18
William Golding
Chrysalids
Chrysalids
19
Unwind (Neal Shusterman)
Unwind
20
Neal Shusterman
Legend (Marie Lu)
Legend
21
Marie Lu
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Philip K. Dick)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
22
Philip K. Dick
Oryx and Crake (Margaret Atwood)
Oryx and Crake
23
Margaret Atwood
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
24
Anthony Burgess
V for Vendetta (Alan Moore)
V for Vendetta
25
Alan Moore
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
26
Kazuo Ishiguro
The Running Man (Richard Bachman)
The Running Man
27
Richard Bachman
Delirium (Lauren Oliver)
Delirium
28
Lauren Oliver
Watchmen (Alan Moore)
Watchmen
29
Alan Moore
Cinder (Marissa Meyer)
Cinder
30
Marissa Meyer
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