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I know everybody talks about 1984 when discussing dystopian novels, but you should really read 1984 if you haven’t, no explaining of mine can do it justice
I'd probably add 'Never Let Me Go' (2005) by Kazuo Ishiguro
Handmaid's Tale! I loved The Testaments too- can't wait for the show to come out as well!
Try the Fallocaust series by Quill Carter
I also love a dystopian and thank you, everyone, for the recommendations! Some of my favourites have already been mentioned but I would like to add: The MaddAddam Trilogy by Margaret Atwood. Blindness (book 1) and Seeing (book 2) by José Saramago. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro. The Fireman by Joe Hill. Where the Dead Go to Die by Aaron Dries and Mark Allan Gunnells. The Brief History of the Dead by Kevin Brockmeier. Swan Song by Robert McCammon. Cell by Stephen King. Moxyland by Lauren Beukes. Zoo City by Lauren Beukes. The NewsFlesh Series by Mira Grant.
Tender Is The Flesh by Augustina Bazterrica
is really good 😊 the ending had me like.. WHAT WHY DO THAT ?! 😳
The giver is very good! and individualtopia! they make you think and not cruel nor similar, feel good dystopians that make you think
Great review, thank
Thank you, fine choices. Also — the novel “Assunta” by a writer named Greco is a savage trip through hell in a modern-day variant of the epic 14th century poem, The Divine Comedy; three books in one—Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso. It’s a forceful love story, but heavy on depravity and slaughter—my cup of tea. Dystopian-horror-sci fi to die for here.
Thank you for this video! (sidenote: your hair is BEAUTIFUL)
Trashlands
All the Water in the World
Parable of the Sower
The Year of the Flood is my favorite.
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I'm going to soon read Fahrenheit 451. Excited to ❤
This video got recommended to me 2 years later. I just finished the author of migrations newest book last night and it was wonderful. I highly recommend you read it if you haven’t. Now I want to read her backlist.
Random question. I used to read alllll the time when I was in high school. Back in the 2000s. Unfortunately, I fell out of it but want to start back up, for my mental health mostly. With AI being a thing now (whereas it was not back then,) is there a concern with that kind of thing, in terms of novels? I would not want to read anything that wasn’t written by an actual person. Not saying these recommendations are not written by an actual person, just a general question.
I just finished reading "I who has never known men" by Jacqueline Harpman and I'd definitely add it to this list. It's rather short but it really impressed me and kept me thinking about it for a long time. Maybe you'd like that one too 🙂
Many of the last books i had to read in school:)
These are really good recommendations. Thank you. My TBR got larger lol ❤😂
Have you considered Station Eleven, another post-pandemic story with a positive outlook?
The Stand by Stephen King. The only dystopian novel I’ve wanted to reread many times. Even includes a government designed pandemic virus that destroys 99% of the humans in the world. I know there are video adaptations but it is an amazing exploration of humanity as it might have been at the beginning.
I'd prefer a mostly female-authored list to have some labeling as such.
Two of my personal faves that never appear on anyone else's list are Engine Summer, by John Crowley and Davy, by Edgar Pangborn. Ibelieve both are OOP, currently. Your list has a few I'm unfamiliar with. Cool.
No Road, no Parable of the Sower, no Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, no Good News, no Cloud Atlas, no American War, no 3 Body Problem, no Famished Road. This seems to be a very select, recent list of most female authors. Say so then.
Amazing video! Thanks for the recommendations!
I like the cautionary tale, State of Fear by Micheal Crichton where he warns against those who would usher in a dystopic future with totalitarian tyranny exploiting, unproven and fear mongering global climate change.
I'm about over those topics that have become en vogue; pandemics
jeez didn't we live through it enoughand muh climate change crapola that's crammed down our collective throats by the liberal jetset! And whose acolytes go and write terrible novels based on the identity politics and talking points.Patriarchy lmao. OMG the sky is falling we can only abort our children in 47 states! THIS IS LITERALLY HANDMAID'S TALE!!!
LOL sorry I'm triggered is all. Let me go find a safe space, inside of a good novel!
Into the Forest by Jean Hegland is another female oriented post apoc. I forgot Octavia Butlers "Parable of the Talents" & "parable of the Sower", Butler was one of the first Black female sci fi writers to achieve critical acclaim. Her 1998 Parable of the talents has a religious zealot President of the US who is "going to make America Great Again" is frigging scarily prescient!
A world made by Hand by Howard Kunstler, Dog Stars by Peter Heller, The Sheep Look Up by John Brunner is the MOST dystopian novel ever! Makes The Road look cheerful!, I really liked Station 11 (and the TV adaptation) by Emily St John, Earth Abides by George R Stewart is a classic with a twist (I have yet to watch the TV adaptation). An ALL TIME favorite of mine is Dies The Fire by SM Stirling, the first 3 in the Emberverse are the best and stand alone (any time the SCA are the bad guys you know it's going to be good!). There are a ton of Oorah military post apoc novels out there that I specifically left out based on your current list. You have given me some new fodder to read, thanks!
Great List. I’d add 1984, Station Eleven, The Road, One Second After (realistic view of life after an EMP). … I’ll think of more… love your variety and your explanations of each book. I know I Am Legend is more well known as a movie, but it’s an amazing book too…
I highly recommend Snow Crash for anyone interested in a cyberpunk dystopia.
Two more dystopian novels I highly recommend are A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter Miller Jr., a winner of the Hugo Award, and The Road by Cormac McCarthy, which won a Pulitzer Prize.