List of dystopian literature

This is a list of notable works of dystopian literature. A dystopia is an unpleasant (typically repressive) society, often propagandized as being utopian. The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction states that dystopian works depict a negative view of "the way the world is supposedly going in order to provide urgent propaganda for a change in direction."^[1][2]

18th century

• Gulliver's Travels (1726) by Jonathan Swift^[3]

19th century

• The Last Man (1826) by Mary Shelley^{[citation needed]}
• A Sojourn in the City of Amalgamation (1835) by Oliver Bolokitten^[4][5]
• The Tragedy of Man (1862) by Imre Madách^{[citation needed]}
• Paris in the Twentieth Century (1863) by Jules Verne^{[citation needed]}
• Notes from Underground (1864) by Fyodor Dostoevsky^{[citation needed]}
• The History of a Town (1870) by Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin^{[citation needed]}
• Vril, the Power of the Coming Race (1871) by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, originally printed as The Coming Race^[6]
• Erewhon (1872) by Samuel Butler^{[citation needed]}
• The Begum's Fortune (1879) by Jules Verne^[1]
• The Fixed Period (1882) by Anthony Trollope^{[citation needed]}
• The Republic of the Future (1887) by Anna Bowman Dodd^[7]
• The Inner House (1888) by Walter Besant^{[citation needed]}
• Caesar's Column (1890) by Ignatius L. Donnelly^[8]
• Pictures of the Socialistic Future (1891) by Eugen Richter^{[9][unreliable source]}
• "The Repairer of Reputations" (1895) by Robert W. Chambers^[10]
• The Time Machine (1895) by H. G. Wells^{[11][unreliable source]}
• When The Sleeper Wakes (1899) by H. G. Wells^[1]

20th century

1900s

• The First Men in the Moon (1901) by H. G. Wells^[1]
• The Purple Cloud (1901) by M. P. Shiel^{[citation needed]}
• The Iron Heel (1908) by Jack London^{[1][5][11][unreliable source]}
• Lord of the World (1908) by Robert Hugh Benson^{[citation needed]}
• The Machine Stops (1909) by E. M. Forster^[1]
• Trylogia Księżycowa or The Lunar Trilogy (1911) by Jerzy Żuławski^[12]

1910s

• The Night Land (1912) by William Hope Hodgson^{[citation needed]}
• When William Came (1913) by Saki as a future history, this is among the earliest of Pax Germanica genre^{[citation needed]}
• Meccania, the Super-State (1918) by "Owen Gregory"(pseudonym)^{[citation needed]}
• The Heads of Cerberus (1919) by "Francis Stevens" (Gertrude Barrows Bennett)^[13]

1920s

• R.U.R.: Rossum's Universal Robots (1921) by Karel Čapek^[14]
• We (1921) by Yevgeny Zamyatin^[1]
• Love in the Fog of the Future (1923 or 1924) by Andrei Marsov^{[citation needed]}
• Miasto światłości (1924) by Mieczysław Smolarski^{[citation needed]}
• The Trial (1925) by Franz Kafka^{[citation needed]}
• O Presidente Negro (1926) by Monteiro Lobato^{[citation needed]}

1930s

• The Foundation Pit (1930) by Andrei Platonov^[15]
• Brave New World (1932) by Aldous Huxley^{[1][11][unreliable source]}
• Cat Country (1932/1933) by Lao She^[16]
• It Can't Happen Here (1935) by Sinclair Lewis
• War with the Newts (1936) by Karel Čapek^[17]
• Swastika Night (1937) by Katharine Burdekin^[13][18]
• Anthem (1938) by Ayn Rand^[1][19]
• Invitation to a Beheading (1938) by Vladimir Nabokov^[20]

1940s

• Darkness at Noon (1940) by Arthur Koestler^[21]
• "If This Goes On—" (1940) by Robert A. Heinlein^[1]
• Kallocain (1940) by Karin Boye^[22]
• The Moon Is Down (1942) by John Steinbeck^{[citation needed]}
• That Hideous Strength (1945) by C. S. Lewis^[19]
• Peace In Our Time (1946) by Noël Coward^{[citation needed]}
• Bend Sinister (1947) by Vladimir Nabokov^[23]
• Ape and Essence (1948) by Aldous Huxley^[1]
• Some Time Never: A Fable for Supermen (1948) by Roald Dahl^{[citation needed]}
• The World of Null-A (1948) by A. E. van Vogt^{[citation needed]}
• Heliopolis (1949) by Ernst Jünger^{[citation needed]}
• Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) by George Orwell^{[24][11][unreliable source]}

1950s

• Player Piano (1952) by Kurt Vonnegut^[25]
• The Sound of His Horn (1952) by Sarban^{[citation needed]}
• Fahrenheit 451 (1953) by Ray Bradbury^{[1][11][unreliable source]}
• Love Among the Ruins (1953) by Evelyn Waugh^[19]
• One (1953) by David Karp^{[citation needed]}
• The Space Merchants (1953) by Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth^[26]
• The Caves of Steel (1954) by Isaac Asimov^{[citation needed]}
• Lord of the Flies (1954) by William Golding^{[11][unreliable source]}
• The Chrysalids (1955) by John Wyndham^{[11][unreliable source]}
• The City and the Stars (1956) by Arthur C. Clarke^{[citation needed]}
• Minority Report (1956) by Philip K. Dick^{[citation needed]}
• The World Jones Made (1956) by Philip K. Dick^{[citation needed]}
• Atlas Shrugged (1957) by Ayn Rand^{[citation needed]}
• The Naked Sun (1957) by Isaac Asimov^{[citation needed]}
• The Rise of the Meritocracy (1958) by Michael Young, Baron Young of Dartington^{[citation needed]}
• Alas, Babylon (1959) by Pat Frank^{[citation needed]}
• A Canticle for Leibowitz (1959) by Walter M. Miller Jr.^{[citation needed]}
• The John Franklin Letters (1959) by anonymous (probably Revilo P. Oliver)^[5]

1960s

• Dr. Futurity (1960) by Philip K. Dick^{[citation needed]}
• Facial Justice (1960) by L. P. Hartley^[27]
• Vulcan's Hammer (1960) by Philip K. Dick^{[citation needed]}
• "Harrison Bergeron" (1961) by Kurt Vonnegut^[28]
• Powrót z gwiazd (1961) by Stanisław Lem^{[citation needed]}
• The Old Men at the Zoo (1961) by Angus Wilson^[29]
• A Clockwork Orange (1962) by Anthony Burgess^[1]
• The Man in the High Castle (1962) by Philip K. Dick ^{[citation needed]}
• The Wanting Seed (1962) by Anthony Burgess^{[citation needed]}
• The Game-Players of Titan (1963) by Philip K Dick^{[citation needed]}
• Planet of the Apes (1963) by Pierre Boulle^{[citation needed]}
• Farnham's Freehold (1964) by Robert A. Heinlein^{[citation needed]}
• Nova Express (1964) by William S. Burroughs^[1]
• The Penultimate Truth (1964) by Philip K. Dick^[1]
• The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch (1964) by Philip K. Dick^{[citation needed]}
• "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman (1965) by Harlan Ellison^{[citation needed]}
• The Crack in Space (1966) by Philip K. Dick^{[citation needed]}
• The Dream Master (1966) by Roger Zelazny^{[citation needed]}
• Make Room! Make Room! (1966) by Harry Harrison^[1]
• Now Wait for Last Year (1966) by Philip K. Dick^{[citation needed]}
• Snail on the Slope (1966) by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky^{[citation needed]}
• "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" by Harlan Ellison (1967) (post-apocalyptic with elements of dystopia)^{[citation needed]}
• Logan's Run (1967) by William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson^{[citation needed]}
• The Time Hoppers (1967) by Robert Silverberg
• The White Mountains (1967) by John Christopher^[1]
• Why Call Them Back from Heaven? (1967) by Clifford D. Simak^{[citation needed]}
• A Very Private Life (1968) by Michael Frayn^[30]
• Camp Concentration (1968) by Thomas M. Disch^[29]
• The City of Gold and Lead (1968) by John Christopher^[1]
• Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968) by Philip K. Dick^{[citation needed]}
• The Pool of Fire (1968) by John Christopher^[1]
• Stand on Zanzibar (1968) by John Brunner^[1]
• Synthajoy (1968) by D. G. Compton^{[citation needed]}
• The Jagged Orbit (1969) by John Brunner^[1]

1970s

• This Perfect Day (1970) by Ira Levin^[31]
• The Guardians (1970) by John Christopher^{[citation needed]}
• The Lorax (1971) by Dr. Seuss^{[citation needed]}
• The Lathe of Heaven (1971) by Ursula K. Le Guin^[32]
• Los Angeles: AD 2017 (1971) by Phillip Wylie^{[citation needed]}
• The World Inside (1971) by Robert Silverberg^{[citation needed]}
• 334 (1972) by Thomas M. Disch^[13]
• The Sheep Look Up (1972) by John Brunner^[1]
• The Iron Dream (1972) by Norman Spinrad^{[citation needed]}
• The Camp of the Saints (Le Camp des Saints) (1973) by Jean Raspail^{[citation needed]}
• The Ultimate Solution by Eric Norden (1973)^{[citation needed]}
• Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said (1974) by Philip K. Dick^[33]
• Walk to the End of the World (1974) by Suzy McKee Charnas^[1]
• Dhalgren (1975) by Samuel R. Delany^{[citation needed]}
• The Forever War (1975) by Joe Haldeman^{[citation needed]}
• The Girl Who Owned a City (1975) by O. T. Nelson^{[citation needed]}
• High-Rise (1975) by J. G. Ballard^{[citation needed]}
• The Shockwave Rider (1975) by John Brunner^[1]
• Don't Bite the Sun (1976) by Tanith Lee^{[citation needed]}
• Woman on the Edge of Time (1976) by Marge Piercy^[1]
• The Dark Tower^[34] (1977) – unfinished, attributed to C. S. Lewis,^[34] published as The Dark Tower and Other Stories
• A Scanner Darkly (1977) by Philip K. Dick^[35]
• The Eye of the Heron (1978) by Ursula K. Le Guin^{[citation needed]}
• SS-GB by Len Deighton (1978)^{[citation needed]}
• The Stand (1978) by Stephen King^{[citation needed]}
• 1985 (1978) by Anthony Burgess^{[citation needed]}
• The Turner Diaries (1978) by Andrew Macdonald
• Alongside Night (1979) by J. Neil Schulman^[36]
• The Long Walk (1979) by Stephen King under the pseudonym Richard Bachman^{[citation needed]}

1980s

• Mockingbird (1980) by Walter Tevis^{[citation needed]}
• Riddley Walker (1980) by Russell Hoban^[37][38]
• Lanark: A Life in Four Books (1981) by Alasdair Gray^[39]
• Limes inferior (1982) by Janusz Zajdel^{[citation needed]}
• The Running Man (1982) by Stephen King under the pseudonym Richard Bachman^{[11][unreliable source]}
• HaDerekh LeEin Harod (1984) by Amos Kenan. 1984 saw the appearance of the first Israeli dystopian novel, and this one appeared shortly after. Like other Israeli dystopian novels, it is concerned with the religious right taking control of the Jewish state.^{[citation needed]}
• Paradyzja (1984) by Janusz Zajdel^{[citation needed]}
• Sprawl trilogy: Neuromancer (1984) by William Gibson^[11]
• Count Zero (1986) by William Gibson^{[citation needed]}
• Mona Lisa Overdrive (1988) by William Gibson^[40][41]
• Dayworld (1985) by Philip José Farmer^{[citation needed]}
• The Handmaid's Tale (1985) by Margaret Atwood^[1][11]
• In the Country of Last Things (1985) by Paul Auster^{[citation needed]}
• Moscow 2042 (1986) by Vladimir Voinovich^[42]
• Sea of Glass (1986) by Barry B. Longyear^{[citation needed]}
• Obernewtyn Chronicles (1987–2008) by Isobelle Carmody^{[43][failed verification]}
• The Domination (1988) by S. M. Stirling^[44]
• When the Tripods Came (1988) by John Christopher^[1]
• The Proteus Operation (1985) by James P. Hogan^{[citation needed]}
• The Divide (1980) by William Overgard^{[citation needed]}
• To the Stars trilogy (1980) by Harry Harrison^{[citation needed]}

1990s

Fiction

• Clash of Eagles (1990) by Leo Rutman^{[citation needed]}
• The Dark Beyond the Stars (1991) by Frank M. Robinson^{[citation needed]}
• Timewyrm: Exodus (Doctor Who novel) (1991) by Terrance Dicks^{[citation needed]}
• Serpent's Walk (1991) by Randolph D. Calverhall^[5]
• The War in 2020 (1991) by Ralph Peters (Pocket Books, 1991)^{[45][failed verification]}
• The Children of Men (1992) by P. D. James (Faber and Faber, 1992)^{[11][46][failed verification]}
• Fatherland by Robert Harris (Hutchinson, 1992)^{[47][citation needed]}
• Snow Crash (1992) by Neal Stephenson (Bantam Spectra, 1992)^{[47][failed verification]}
• Parable of the Sower (1993) by Octavia E. Butler (Four Walls Eight Windows, 1993)^{[citation needed]}
• Virtual Light (1993) by William Gibson (Bantam Spectra, 1993)^{[citation needed]}
• Vurt (1993) by Jeff Noon^{[citation needed]}
• The Memory Police (1994) by Yōko Ogawa^{[citation needed]}
• The Diamond Age, or A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer (1994) by Neal Stephenson (Bantam Spectra, 1994)^[48]
• Gun, with Occasional Music (1994) by Jonathan Lethem (Harcourt Brace & Co., 1994)^[49]
• Amnesia Moon (1995) by Jonathan Lethem^{[citation needed]}
• '48 (1996) by James Herbert^{[citation needed]}
• Attentatet i Pålsjö skog (1996) by Hans Alfredson^{[citation needed]}
• Infinite Jest (1996) by David Foster Wallace (Little, Brown, 1996)^{[citation needed]}
• Battle Royale (1999) by Koushun Takami (Ohta Publishing, 1999)^[50]
• Forever Free (1999) by Joe Haldeman^{[citation needed]}
• The Ice People (1999) by Maggie Gee (Richard Cohen Books, 1999)^{[citation needed]}

Young adult fiction

• The Giver (1993) by Lois Lowry (Houghton Mifflin, 1993)^[51]
• Shade's Children (1997) by Garth Nix^{[citation needed]}
• Among the Hidden (Shadow Children #1) (1998) by Margaret Peterson Haddix^{[citation needed]}

21st century

2000s

Fiction

• Ella Minnow Pea (2001) by Mark Dunn (MacAdam/Cage, 2001)^{[citation needed]}
• Feed (2002) by M. T. Anderson (Candlewick Press, 2002)^{[52][failed verification]}
• In the Presence of Mine Enemies (2003) by Harry Turtledove (2003, the first 21 pages were originally a short story published in 1992)^{[citation needed]}
• Jennifer Government (2003) by Max Barry (Doubleday, 2003)^{[citation needed]}
• Oryx and Crake (2003) by Margaret Atwood (Doubleday, 2003)^[53]
• Collaborator (2003) by Murray Davies^{[citation needed]}
• Asphalt (2004) by Carl Hancock Rux (Simon & Schuster, 2004)^{[citation needed]}
• Cloud Atlas (2004) by David Mitchell (Sceptre, 2004)^[54]
• The Plot Against America (2004) by Philip Roth (Houghton Mifflin, 2004)^{[citation needed]}
• Divided Kingdom (2005) by Rupert Thomson (Alfred A. Knopf, 2005)^[55]
• Never Let Me Go (2005) by Kazuo Ishiguro (Faber and Faber, 2005)^{[55][56][not specific enough to verify]}
• Armageddon's Children (2006) by Terry Brooks (Del Rey Books, 2006)^{[citation needed]}
• The Book of Dave (2006) by Will Self (Viking Press, 2006)^{[57][failed verification]}
• Day of the Oprichnik (2006) by Vladimir Sorokin (Zakharov Books, 2006)^[58]
• The Road (2006) by Cormac McCarthy (Alfred A. Knopf, 2006)^{[citation needed]}
• Blind Faith (2007) by Ben Elton (Bantam Press, 2007)^{[citation needed]}
• Rant (2007) by Chuck Palahniuk (Doubleday, 2007)^{[citation needed]}
• Last Light (2007) by Alex Scarrow (Orion Publishing Group, 2007)^{[citation needed]}
• Nontraditional Love (2008) by Rafael Grugman (Liberty Publishing House, 2008)^{[59][60][unreliable source]}
• World Made by Hand (2008) by James Howard Kunstler (Atlantic Monthly Press, 2008)^{[citation needed]}
• Farthing, Ha'penny, and Half a Crown, series by Jo Walton (2006–2008)^{[citation needed]}
• The City & the City (2009) by China Miéville (Del Rey Books, 2009)^{[citation needed]}
• Shades of Grey (2009) by Jasper Fforde (Viking Press, 2009)^{[citation needed]}
• The Windup Girl (2009) by Paolo Bacigalupi (Night Shade Books, 2009)^{[citation needed]}
• The Year of the Flood (2009) by Margaret Atwood (McClelland & Stewart, 2009)^{[61][non-primary source needed]}
• Z213: Exit (2009) by Dimitris Lyacos (Shoestring Press, 2009)^[62]

Young adult fiction

• Gathering Blue (2000) by Lois Lowry (Houghton Mifflin, 2000)^{[citation needed]}
• Mortal Engines (The Hungry City Chronicles #1) (2001) by Philip Reeve (Scholastic, 2001)^{[citation needed]}
• Noughts and Crosses (2001) by Malorie Blackman (Random House, 2001)^{[63][failed verification]}
• The House of the Scorpion (2002) by Nancy Farmer (Atheneum Books, 2002)^{[citation needed]}
• Among the Barons (Shadow Children #4) (2003) by Margaret Peterson Haddix (Simon & Schuster, 2003)^{[citation needed]}
• Among the Betrayed (Shadow Children #3) (2003) by Margaret Peterson Haddix (Simon & Schuster, 2003)^{[citation needed]}
• The City of Ember (2003) by Jeanne DuPrau (Random House, 2003)^{[citation needed]}
• Among the Brave (Shadow Children #5) (2004) by Margaret Peterson Haddix (Simon & Schuster, 2004)^{[citation needed]}
• Messenger (2004) by Lois Lowry (Houghton Mifflin, 2004)^{[citation needed]}
• The People of Sparks (2004) by Jeanne DuPrau (Yearling, 2004)^{[citation needed]}
• Among the Enemy (Shadow Children #6) (2005) by Margaret Peterson Haddix (Simon & Schuster, 2005)^{[citation needed]}
• Checkmate (2005) by Malorie Blackman (Random House, 2005)^{[64][failed verification]}
• Uglies (2005) by Scott Westerfeld (Simon Pulse, 2005)^{[65][unreliable source]}
• Pretties (2005) by Scott Westerfeld (Simon Pulse, 2005)^{[citation needed]}
• Among the Free (Shadow Children #7) (2006) by Margaret Peterson Haddix (Simon & Schuster, 2006)^{[citation needed]}
• Genesis (2006) by Bernard Beckett (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2006)^{[66][unreliable source?]}
• Life as We Knew It (2006) by Susan Beth Pfeffer (Harcourt Children's Books, 2006)^{[citation needed]}
• Specials (2006) by Scott Westerfeld (Simon & Schuster, 2006)^{[citation needed]}
• Extras (2007) by Scott Westerfeld (Simon & Schuster, 2007)^{[citation needed]}
• Incarceron (2007) by Catherine Fisher (Hodder & Stoughton, 2007)^{[citation needed]}
• Unwind (2007) by Neal Shusterman (Simon & Schuster, 2007)^{[citation needed]}
• The Host (2008) by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown and Company, 2008)^{[67][non-primary source needed][citation needed]}
• The Dead and the Gone (2008) by Susan Beth Pfeffer (Harcourt Children's Books, 2008)^{[citation needed]}
• The Declaration (2008) by Gemma Malley (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2008)^{[68][non-primary source needed][failed verification]}
• From the New World (2008) by Yusuke Kishi (Kodansha Novels, 2008)^{[citation needed]}
• Gone (2008) by Michael Grant (HarperCollins, 2008)^{[citation needed]}
• The Hunger Games (2008) by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic, 2008)^{[citation needed]}
• The Diamond of Darkhold (2008) by Jeanne DuPrau (Yearling, 2008)^{[citation needed]}
• The Resistance (2008) by Gemma Malley (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2008)^{[69][non-primary source needed][failed verification]}
• Sapphique (2007) by Catherine Fisher (Hodder & Stoughton, 2008)^{[citation needed]}
• Catching Fire (2009) by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic, 2009)^{[citation needed]}
• The Forest of Hands and Teeth (2009) by Carrie Ryan (Random House, 2009)^[70]
• The Maze Runner (2009) by James Dashner (Delacorte Press, 2009)^{[citation needed]}

2010s

Fiction

• The Envy Chronicles (series) (2010) by Joss Ware (Avon, 2010–2015)^{[citation needed]}
• The Passage (2010) by Justin Cronin (Ballantine Books, 2010)^{[citation needed]}
• Super Sad True Love Story (2010) by Gary Shteyngart (Random House, 2010)^{[citation needed]}
• Ready Player One (2011) by Ernest Cline (Random House, 2011)^{[citation needed]}
• Shimoneta (2012) by Hirotaka Akagi (Shogakukan, 2012)^[71]
• Bleeding Edge (2013) by Thomas Pynchon (Penguin Press, 2013)^{[citation needed]}
• The Bone Season (2013) by Samantha Shannon (Bloomsbury, 2013)^{[non-primary source needed][72]}
• The Circle (2013) by Dave Eggers (Alfred A. Knopf, 2013)^[73]
• MaddAddam (2013) by Margaret Atwood (Nan A. Talese, 2013)^[74]
• The Office of Mercy (2013) by Ariel Djanikian (Viking Books, 2013)^[75]
• Wool (2013) by Hugh Howey (Simon & Schuster, 2013)^[76]
• Dominion (2014) by C. J. Sansom (Mulholland Books, 2014)^{[citation needed]}
• Submission (2015) by Michel Houellebecq (Groupe Flammarion, 2015)^{[citation needed]}
• The Heart Goes Last (2015) by Margaret Atwood (Penguin Random House, 2015)^{[citation needed]}
• Friday Black (2018) by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah (Mariner Books, 2018)^{[citation needed]}
• Tears of the Trufflepig (2019) by Fernando A. Flores (FSG Originals, 2019)^{[citation needed]}
• The Testaments (2019) by Margaret Atwood (Nan A. Talese, 2019)^{[citation needed]}

Young adult fiction

• Matched (2010) by Ally Condie (Dutton Children's Books, 2010)^{[77][failed verification]}
• Mockingjay 2010) by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic Corporation, 2010)^[78]
• Monsters of Men (2010) by Patrick Ness (Candlewick Press, 2010)^{[79][failed verification]}
• The Scorch Trials (2010) by James Dashner (Delacorte Press, 2010)^{[citation needed]}
• Across The Universe (2011) by Beth Revis (Razorbill Books, 2011)^{[citation needed]}
• Crossed (2011) by Ally Condie (Dutton Children's Books, 2011)^{[citation needed]}
• The Death Cure (2011) by James Dashner (Delacorte Press, 2011)^{[citation needed]}
• Delirium (2011) by Lauren Oliver (HarperCollins, 2011)^{[citation needed]}
• Divergent (2011) by Veronica Roth (Katherine Tegen Books, 2011)^{[citation needed]}
• Legend (2011) by Marie Lu (G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2011)^{[citation needed]}
• Shatter Me (2011) by Tahereh Mafi (HarperCollins, 2011)^{[citation needed]}
• The Unwanteds (2011) by Lisa McMann (Aladdin Paperbacks, 2011)^{[citation needed]}
• Wither (2011) by Lauren DeStefano (Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 2011)^{[citation needed]}
• Article 5 (2012) by Kristen Simmons (Tor Teen, 2012)^{[citation needed]}
• Pandemonium (2012) by Lauren Oliver (HarperCollins, 2012)^{[citation needed]}
• Insurgent (2012) by Veronica Roth (Katherine Tegen Books, 2012)^{[citation needed]}
• The Selection (2012) by Kiera Cass (HarperCollins, 2012)^{[citation needed]}
• Son (2012) by Lois Lowry (Houghton Mifflin, 2012)^{[citation needed]}
• Reached (2012) by Ally Condie (Dutton Children's Books, 2012)^{[citation needed]}
• Revealing Eden (2012) by Victoria Foyt (Sand Dollar Press, Inc., 2012) ^{[citation needed]}
• Under the Never Sky (2012) by Veronica Rossi (HarperCollins, 2012)^[80]
• Prodigy (2013) by Marie Lu (G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2013)^{[citation needed]}
• The Elite (2013) by Kiera Cass (HarperCollins, 2013)^{[citation needed]}
• The 5th Wave (2013) by Rick Yancey (Penguin Group, 2013)^{[citation needed]}
• Unravel Me (2013) by Tahereh Mafi (HarperCollins, 2013)^{[citation needed]}
• Allegiant (2013) by Veronica Roth (Katherine Tegen Books, 2013)^{[citation needed]}
• Champion (2013) by Marie Lu (G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2013)^{[citation needed]}
• Reboot (2013) by Amy Tintera (Harper Teen, 2013)^{[citation needed]}
• The Infinite Sea (2014) by Rick Yancey (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2014)^{[citation needed]}
• Red Rising (2014) by Pierce Brown (Random House LLC, 2014)^{[citation needed]}
• Golden Son (2015) by Pierce Brown (Random House LLC, 2015)^{[citation needed]}
• Red Queen (novel) (2015) by Victoria Aveyard (Harper Teen, 2015)^{[citation needed]}
• Morning Star (2016) by Pierce Brown (Random House LLC, 2016)^{[citation needed]}
• The Last Star (2016) by Rick Yancey (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2016)^{[citation needed]}
• Scythe (2016) by Neal Shusterman (Simon & Schuster, 2016)^{[citation needed]}
• Iron Gold (2018) by Pierce Brown (Del Rey Books, 2018)^{[citation needed]}

2020s

Fiction

• Prophet Song (2023) by Paul Lynch (Oneworld Publications, 2023)^{[citation needed]}

Young adult fiction

• The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (2020) by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic, 2020)^{[citation needed]}
• Sunrise on the Reaping (2025) by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic, 2025)^{[citation needed]}
• Ready Player Two (2020) by Ernest Cline (Ballantine Books, 2020)^{[citation needed]}

See also

• Lists of dystopian works
• Science fiction
• List of utopian literature

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