25 Greatest Utopian (Dystopian) Books

Explore the 25 greatest utopian and dystopian books of all time. Discover classic and modern tales of ideal societies and dark futures in this must-read list for sci-fi and literature fans.

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Brave New World

by Aldous Huxley

Huxley's story shows a futuristic World State where all emotion, love, art, and human individuality have been replaced by social stability. An ominous warning to …
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Nineteen Eighty-four

by George Orwell

Eternal warfare is the price of bleak prosperity in this satire of totalitarian barbarism.
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Fahrenheit 451

by Ray Bradbury

Guy Montag is a fireman, his job is to burn books, which are forbidden.
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Animal Farm

by George Orwell

75th Anniversary Edition—Includes a New Introduction by Téa Obreht George Orwell's timeless and timely allegorical novel—a scathing satire on a downtrodden society’s blind march towards …
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Anthem

by Ayn Rand

Anthem is Ayn Rand’s classic tale of a dystopian future of the great “We”—a world that deprives individuals of a name or independence—that anticipates her …
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A Clockwork Orange

by Anthony Burgess

Donation trade.
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The Giver

by Lois Lowry

In a future society, young Jonas is given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, and discovers the terrible truth about the society in …
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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

by Philip K. Dick

A masterpiece ahead of its time, a prescient rendering of a dark future, and the inspiration for the blockbuster film Blade Runner One of The …
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Logan's Run

by William F. Nolan

The classic dystopian novel in which youth rules the world and good citizens must die when they turn twenty-one, or run for the mythical Sanctuary …
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Planet of the Apes

by Pierre Boulle

Published also under title: Monkey planet.
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Player Piano

by Kurt Vonnegut

“A funny, savage appraisal of a totally automated American society of the future.”—San Francisco Chronicle Kurt Vonnegut’s first novel spins the chilling tale of engineer …
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The Stand

by Stephen King

Horrific disaster as a plague virus sweeps the U.S., leaving only a handful of survivors.
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V for Vendetta

by Alan Moore

In an alternate future in which Germany wins World War II and Britain becomes a fascist state, a vigilante named "V" tries to free England …
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We

by Yevgeny Zamyatin

Before Brave New World... Before 1984...There was... WE In the One State of the great Benefactor, there are no individuals, only numbers. Life is an …
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Welcome to the Monkey House

by Kurt Vonnegut

“[Kurt Vonnegut] strips the flesh from bone and makes you laugh while he does it. . . . There are twenty-five stories here, and each …
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Utopia

by Thomas More

Revised introduction; new chronology and further reading Translated with an Introduction by Paul Turner.
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Looking Backward

by Edward Bellamy

First published in 1888 and a phenomenal best-seller, "Looking Backward" is Edward Bellamy's utopian novel about ninteenth-century Bostonian who awakes after a sleep for more …
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Lost Horizon

by James Hilton

Two Englishmen, a woman missionary, and an American fleeing the consequences of shady financial deals are traveling companions.
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Ecotopia

by Ernest Callenbach

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Starship Troopers

by Robert Anson Heinlein

In a futuristic military adventure a recruit goes through the roughest boot camp in the universe and into battle with the Terran Mobile Infantry in …
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Twilight of the Gods

by Adam Pfeffer

The year is 2056 and an android has just been elected president of the United States. In a world of computers, robots, and androids, will …