Most Popular Dystopia Books

Explore the most popular Dystopia books across decades, with reader ratings and discoveries from Risingshadow.

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The Primal Hunter #1

The Primal Hunter

Zogarth

Fantasy · Dystopia · LitRPG · Urban Fantasy

March 8, 2022

The Hunger Games #1

The Hunger Games

Suzanne Collins

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult · Movie

September 2008

The Hunger Games #2

Catching Fire

Suzanne Collins

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult · Movie

August 27, 2009

Under the Never Sky trilogy #1

Under the Never Sky

Veronica Rossi

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult

January 3, 2012

The Selection Series #1

The Selection

Kiera Cass

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult · Romance

April 19, 2012

The Passage Trilogy #1

The Passage

Justin Cronin

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Vampires · Thriller

June 6, 2010

Divergent #1

Divergent

Veronica Roth

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult · Movie

May 3, 2011

Under the Never Sky trilogy #2

Through the Ever Night

Veronica Rossi

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult

January 8, 2013

The Core of the Sun

Johanna Sinisalo

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Translation · Alternate History

January 1, 2016

1984

George Orwell

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Post-Apocalyptic · Social Science Fiction

1949

The Grace Year

Kim Liggett

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult

October 8, 2019

The Wolf Road

Beth Lewis

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Post-Apocalyptic

June 2016

Under the Never Sky trilogy #3

Into the Still Blue

Veronica Rossi

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult

January 24, 2014

The Hunger Games #3

Mockingjay

Suzanne Collins

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult · Movie

August 19, 2010

Delirium Trilogy #1

Delirium

Lauren Oliver

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult

January 26, 2011

Dust Lands #1

Blood Red Road

Moira Young

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult

June 2011

The Road

Cormac McCarthy

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Post-Apocalyptic · Movie

2006

MaddAddam

The Year of the Flood

Margaret Atwood

Science Fiction · Dystopia

September 2009

Delirium Trilogy #2

Pandemonium

Lauren Oliver

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult

February 23, 2012

The Handmaid's Tale #1

The Handmaid's Tale

Margaret Atwood

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Arthur C. Clarke Award

1985

Station Eleven

Emily St. John Mandel

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Arthur C. Clarke Award · Mainstream

September 4, 2014

The Hunger Games

Sunrise on the Reaping

Suzanne Collins

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult · Movie

March 18, 2025

The Passage Trilogy #2

The Twelve

Justin Cronin

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Vampires · Thriller

October 16, 2012

Flawed #1

Flawed

Cecelia Ahern

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult

April 2016

Delirium Trilogy #3

Requiem

Lauren Oliver

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult

February 28, 2013

The Selection Series #3

The One

Kiera Cass

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult · Romance

May 2, 2014

MaddAddam

Oryx and Crake

Margaret Atwood

Science Fiction · Dystopia

2003

Flawed #2

Perfect

Cecelia Ahern

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult

April 4, 2017

Memory of Water

Emmi Itäranta

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Translation

May 8, 2014

Mystic City #1

Mystic City

Theo Lawrence

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Dystopia · Science Fantasy · Young Adult

October 2012

The Maze Runner Series #1

The Maze Runner

James Dashner

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult

October 5, 2009

The Maze Runner Series #2

The Scorch Trials

James Dashner

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult

October 7, 2010

The Selection Series #2

The Elite

Kiera Cass

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult · Romance

April 19, 2013

The Sand Chronicles #1

Sand

Hugh Howey

Science Fiction · Dystopia

January 2014

Matched Trilogy #1

Matched

Ally Condie

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult

November 27, 2010

Divergent

Four: A Divergent Collection

Veronica Roth

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult · Short Stories

July 8, 2014