Most Popular Dystopia Books of the 20th century

1984

George Orwell

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

1949

The Handmaid's Tale #1

The Handmaid's Tale

Margaret Atwood

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Arthur C. Clarke Award

1985

Brave New World

Aldous Huxley

Science Fiction · Dystopia

1932

The Tripods #1

The White Mountains

John Christopher

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult

1967

The Tripods #2

The City of Gold and Lead

John Christopher

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult

1967

The Man in the High Castle

Philip K. Dick

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Hugo Award · TV Series · Alternate History

1962

The Tripods #3

The Pool of Fire

John Christopher

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult

1968

House of Stairs

William Sleator

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult

1974

The Best of Interzone

David Pringle

Science Fiction · Cyberpunk · Dystopia · Anthology · Collection

October 29, 1997

Riddley Walker

Russell Hoban

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Post-Apocalyptic

1980

Limbo

Bernard Wolfe

Science Fiction · Dystopia

1952

The War in the Air

H. G. Wells

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Military Science Fiction

1908

British Library Science Fiction Classics

The Tide Went Out

Charles Eric Maine

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Post-Apocalyptic · Thriller

1958

We

Yevgeny Zamyatin

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Translation

1924

I Who Have Never Known Men

Jacqueline Harpman

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Translation

1995

Into the Forest

Jean Hegland

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Post-Apocalyptic · Movie

September 1997

The Camp of the Saints

Jean Raspail

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Translation

1975

Mockingbird

Walter Tevis

Science Fiction · Dystopia

1980

Club of Rome Quartet

The Sheep Look Up

John Brunner

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Post-Apocalyptic · Nebula Award

1972

Window on the Future

Douglas Hill

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Anthology

1966

Gunner Cade

Cyril Judd

Science Fiction · Dystopia

1952

Blindness #1

Blindness

José Saramago

Dystopia · Magical Realism · Translation

1995

The Giver Quartet #1

The Giver

Lois Lowry

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult

1993

Black August

Dennis Wheatley

Science Fiction · Dystopia

1934

CivilWarLand in Bad Decline

George Saunders

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Short Stories

January 1996

Kallocain

Karin Boye

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Translation

1940

The Sleeper Awakes

H. G. Wells

Science Fiction · Dystopia

1910

This Other Eden

Ben Elton

Science Fiction · Dystopia

1993

The Tripods

When the Tripods Came

John Christopher

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult

1988

Rule Britannia

Daphne du Maurier

Science Fiction · Dystopia

1972

Ice

Anna Kavan

Science Fiction · Dystopia

1967

Judge Dredd (Virgin)

The Savage Amusement

David Bishop

Science Fiction · Dystopia

1993

The Iron Heel

Jack London

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Social Science Fiction

1907

Anthem

Ayn Rand

Science Fiction · Dystopia

1938

Judge Dredd (Virgin)

Wetworks

Dave Stone

Science Fiction · Dystopia

1987

Quint Dalrymple #3

Water of Death

Paul Johnston

Science Fiction · Crime Fiction · Dystopia · Mystery · Thriller

November 1999