Most Popular Dystopia Books

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

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The War in the Air

H. G. Wells

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Military Science Fiction

1908

The Primal Hunter #8

The Primal Hunter 8

Zogarth

Fantasy · Dystopia · LitRPG · Urban Fantasy

January 17, 2024

The Darkest Minds #1

The Darkest Minds

Alexandra Bracken

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult

December 13, 2012

The Primal Hunter #7

The Primal Hunter 7

Zogarth

Fantasy · Dystopia · LitRPG · Urban Fantasy

September 20, 2023

The Primal Hunter #6

The Primal Hunter 6

Zogarth

Fantasy · Dystopia · LitRPG · Urban Fantasy

June 9, 2023

The Primal Hunter #2

The Primal Hunter 2

Zogarth

Fantasy · Dystopia · LitRPG · Urban Fantasy

June 14, 2022

The Primal Hunter #9

The Primal Hunter 9

Zogarth

Fantasy · Dystopia · LitRPG · Urban Fantasy

May 8, 2024

The Primal Hunter #5

The Primal Hunter 5

Zogarth

Fantasy · Dystopia · LitRPG · Urban Fantasy

March 3, 2023

The Primal Hunter #13

The Primal Hunter 13

Zogarth

Fantasy · Dystopia · LitRPG · Urban Fantasy

July 23, 2025

The Oak and Holly Cycle #1

The Wren in the Holly Library

K.A. Linde

Fantasy · Dystopia · Adult

June 4, 2024

Joshua City Trilogy #1

The Doors You Mark Are Your Own

Okla Elliott, Raul Clement

Science Fiction · Dystopia

April 2015

The Primal Hunter #3

The Primal Hunter 3

Zogarth

Fantasy · Dystopia · LitRPG · Urban Fantasy

August 30, 2022

The Primal Hunter #10

The Primal Hunter 10

Zogarth

Fantasy · Dystopia · LitRPG · Urban Fantasy

August 14, 2024

The Primal Hunter #11

The Primal Hunter 11

Zogarth

Fantasy · Dystopia · LitRPG · Urban Fantasy

November 26, 2024

The Primal Hunter #4

The Primal Hunter 4

Zogarth

Fantasy · Dystopia · LitRPG · Urban Fantasy

December 6, 2022

Nothing but the Rain

Naomi Salman

Science Fiction · Dystopia

March 14, 2023

Red Rising Saga #3

Morning Star

Pierce Brown

Science Fiction · Dystopia

February 5, 2016

Silver Elite #1

Silver Elite

Dani Francis

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Dystopia · Romantasy

May 6, 2025

The Primal Hunter #14

The Primal Hunter 14

Zogarth

Fantasy · Dystopia · LitRPG · Urban Fantasy

November 19, 2025

Alien Clay

Adrian Tchaikovsky

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Social Science Fiction · Hugo Award · Locus Award

March 28, 2024

The Primal Hunter #15

The Primal Hunter 15

Zogarth

Fantasy · Dystopia · LitRPG · Urban Fantasy

March 25, 2026

The Primal Hunter #12

The Primal Hunter 12

Zogarth

Fantasy · Dystopia · LitRPG · Urban Fantasy

March 26, 2025

The Maze Runner Series

The Fever Code

James Dashner

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult

September 27, 2016

Silver Elite #2

Broken Dove

Dani Francis

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Dystopia · Romantasy

May 12, 2026

Madders of Time #1

Hive

D. L. Orton

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Post-Apocalyptic · Romance

May 6, 2025

The Darkest Minds #3

In the Afterlight

Alexandra Bracken

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult

October 22, 2014

Shatter Me #3

Ignite Me

Tahereh Mafi

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult

February 2014

The Darkest Minds #2

Never Fade

Alexandra Bracken

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult

October 7, 2013

The Giver Quartet #3

Messenger

Lois Lowry

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult

2004

Whiteout

R. S. Burnett

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Post-Apocalyptic · Adult · Mystery

February 25, 2025

Xarc'n Warriors #13

Fated to the Hunter

Lynnea Lee

Science Fiction · Alien Romance · Dystopia · Post-Apocalyptic · Adult

September 25, 2025

Terrible Worlds: Revolutions

Terrible Worlds: Revolutions

Adrian Tchaikovsky

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Military Science Fiction · Social Science Fiction · Collection

May 23, 2023

Xarc'n Warriors: Mountains #3

Hunter's Promise

Lynnea Lee

Science Fiction · Alien Romance · Dystopia · Post-Apocalyptic · Romance

July 28, 2022

Terrible Worlds: Revolutions #3

Ogres

Adrian Tchaikovsky

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Social Science Fiction · Novella

March 15, 2022

The Apocalypse War #1

The Apocalypse War: Pack Instinct

John Ware

Science Fiction · Dystopia

June 29, 2022

Judge Dredd: The Early Years #3

Judge Dredd Year Three

Michael Carroll, Matt Smith, Lauren Sills

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Collection · Short Stories

February 2, 2021