Most Popular Dystopia Books

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

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The Kraften Trilogy #1

The Orphan

Marcus Tallberg, Elin Frykholm

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult · Translation

February 16, 2021

When the Sparrow Falls

Neil Sharpson

Science Fiction · Crime Fiction · Cyberpunk · Dystopia · Social Science Fiction

June 29, 2021

Judge Fear's Big Day Out and Other Stories

Michael Carroll, Alan Grant

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Anthology

November 10, 2020

Judges #2

Judges: Volume Two

Michael Carroll, Maura McHugh, Joseph Elliott-Coleman

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Anthology

May 28, 2020

Terrible Worlds: Revolutions #2

Firewalkers

Adrian Tchaikovsky

Science Fiction · Dystopia

May 12, 2020

Judge Dredd: The Early Years #2

Judge Dredd: Year Two Omnibus

Michael Carroll, Cavan Scott, Matt Smith

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Collection · Short Stories

October 5, 2017

Judge Dredd Universe

Judge Dredd: The Cursed Earth Uncensored

Pat Mills, John Wagner, Brian Bolland, Chris Lowder, Mick McMahon

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Collection · Comics

July 2016

Razorland #3

Horde

Ann Aguirre

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult

October 24, 2013

The Roar #2

The Whisper

Emma Clayton

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult

February 1, 2012

Razorland #1

Enclave

Ann Aguirre

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult

April 8, 2011

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

Red Rising Saga #1

Red Rising

Pierce Brown

Science Fiction · Dystopia

January 2014

The Lunar Chronicles #4

Winter

Marissa Meyer

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult

November 6, 2015

Red Rising Saga #2

Golden Son

Pierce Brown

Science Fiction · Dystopia

January 2015

Penryn and the End of Days #2

World After

Susan Ee

Fantasy · Angels · Dystopia · Young Adult · Romance

November 19, 2013

Penryn and the End of Days #1

Angelfall

Susan Ee

Fantasy · Angels · Dystopia · Young Adult · Romance

May 21, 2011

The Giver Quartet #4

Son

Lois Lowry

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult

2012

Unwind #2

UnWholly

Neal Shusterman

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult

August 23, 2012

The Last Survivors #3

This World We Live In

Susan Beth Pfeffer

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult

2010

The Electric State

Simon Stålenhag

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Post-Apocalyptic · Alternate History

September 25, 2018

Ship Breaker #1

Ship Breaker

Paolo Bacigalupi

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult · Locus Award

April 2010

The Giver Quartet #2

Gathering Blue

Lois Lowry

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult

2000

The Lunar Chronicles #3

Cress

Marissa Meyer

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult

January 28, 2014

I Who Have Never Known Men

Jacqueline Harpman

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Translation

1995

They Will Drown in Their Mothers' Tears

Johannes Anyuru

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Translation

November 15, 2019

Into the Forest

Jean Hegland

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Post-Apocalyptic · Movie

September 1997

The Lunar Chronicles #2

Scarlet

Marissa Meyer

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult

February 2, 2013

The Camp of the Saints

Jean Raspail

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Translation

1975

Mockingbird

Walter Tevis

Science Fiction · Dystopia

1980

The Lunar Chronicles

Stars Above

Marissa Meyer

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult · Short Stories

February 2016

Ship Breaker #2

The Drowned Cities

Paolo Bacigalupi

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult

April 13, 2012

Gone #2

Hunger

Michael Grant

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult

May 19, 2009

Chaos Walking #1

The Knife of Never Letting Go

Patrick Ness

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult · Thriller

May 5, 2008

Club of Rome Quartet

The Sheep Look Up

John Brunner

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Post-Apocalyptic · Nebula Award

1972

Terrible Worlds: Innovations #1

The Hungry Gods

Adrian Tchaikovsky

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Post-Apocalyptic

August 12, 2025