Chiara Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 I'm really into dystopian novels at the moment I have just read the whole Hunger Games trilogy and I absolutely loved it. I am now reading Crossed, the second book of the Matched series and I really want to read more dystopian books. Does anyone know some other good dystopian novels? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 (edited) Ooh.. You should get some suggestions. I can recommend The Maze Runner and Divergent. Edited February 6, 2012 by Michelle Wrong title! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruth Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood. A favourite of mine....it's just brilliant. The Road, by Cormac McCarthy. Also brilliant (but I think McCarthy is a bit of a Marmite writer - people tend to love or loathe his style of writing). The Unit, by Ninni Holmqvist Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley The Postman, by David Brin Battle Royale, by Kouhun Takami (although the plot here has a lot of similarities to The Hunger Games). Hope these help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Just wondering.. are you specifically looking for YA? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoghurt Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 I've just started reading 'The Running Man' by Stephen King, which is good so far. You might also be interested in this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Dystopian_novels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 If you are interested in more YA, then I would recommend Saci Lloyd's Carbon Diaries and also her recent book Momentum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sofia Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 In the Country of Last Things-Paul Auster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 There's also the Noughts & Crosses series by Malorie Blackman and the Uglies series by Scott Westerfeld. Both are most definitely YA. They're both pretty good series, although I preferred the latter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 I really liked Stephen King's The Long Walk, I suppose that's dystopian as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiara Posted February 8, 2012 Author Share Posted February 8, 2012 Wow all these stories sound great! Thanks for all your recommendations! Just wondering.. are you specifically looking for YA? Not specifically. Although I'm really into YA at the moment I also want to read some dystopian novels that aren't YA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nursenblack Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 I recommend Divergent (1st of a trilogy) by Veronica Roth. Insurgent, the second book, will be out in the spring. Also, Delirium by Lauren Oliver. Oliver's second book of the trilogy, Pademonium, is due out soon. I'm really excited about them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rykketid Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 Brave New World is my favourite one so far. No one suggested you 1984 by Orwell... Maybe it's so famous that it's useless to mention it x-) Another one is The Man in the High Castle by Philip Dick, basically it is the author's guesswork about how the world would have been if the Allies had lost WWII. I also heard some people say that The Giver's trilogy by Lois Lowry is worth reading, but I still have to. And finally, I think that also High Rise by J. G. Ballard may interest you. The novel is set in an ultra-modern high-rise building, the people living in it are like a society isolated from the outside world, but this society, due to some problems, starts degenerating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlysonofBathe Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 (edited) The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood. A favourite of mine....it's just brilliant. A favorite of mine too! I absolutely adore this book. I posted some thoughts on it here if you're interested in discussing it further. As to other dystopian recommendations, I'd suggest Battle Royale if you enjoyed The Hunger Games. Also, Bladerunner, The Running Man, and Fahrenheit 451. Cheers, Alyson Edited March 21, 2012 by AlysonofBathe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talisman Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 I am going to second Dilirum and Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver. Very rarely does a book capture my imagination in the way that both of these did - they are real edge of seat stuff. I can't wait for the third and final one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyzenthlay Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 A Clockwork Orange is a personal favourite of mine! By Anthony Burgess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christie Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 I recommend the The Declaration series by Gemma Malley and like you I am a big lover of dystopian fiction!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Napsack Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 If you are into graphic novels at all then I can really help you. Some of my favourite stories ever are in comics. V For Vendetta by Alan Moore is simply amazing. If you've seen the film then don't worry because the comic is totally different. Watchmen by Alan Moore is also amazing and has often been heralded the Citizen Kane of comics. Y: The Last Man by Brian K. Vaughan is possibly my favourite comic series. It's about a world in which all male mammals on Earth have died mysteriously apart from two males: a man called Yorick and his pet monkey, Ampersand. The story takes place over a few years as he journeys across the world in search of his fiancé. The series looks in depth at what could possibly happen in such a world, focussing upon a multitude of characters and showing how they have coped in a male-less world. Don't think it's misogynistic, as if women can't cope without men: they do. But the dystopia forces some to do things that normal society would not allow. The manga Ikigami also has fairly dystopian trends to it, set in Japan after a government mandate has made it so that a select amount of people are scheduled to die at some point in their lives. This is to attempt to get people to live their lives to the full. People are given death papers 24 hours before they die in order to let them do as they please, to leave a final impression on the world. Every person goes about this a different way, some being peaceful, others not so much. Really good read. On the side of short stories we have one of my favourites: I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison. The story follows five characters who are made immortal by a rogue supercomputer who wishes to torture them for all eternity after the bombs have dropped. Well written and very chilling, I really recommend giving this a read. For books, well, as previously mentioned A Clockwork Orange and Battle Royale are both amazing, though stick away from the Battle Royale manga. Can't really think of anything else at the moment. Hope you've got a good list now, though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salma Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 I really enjoyed Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro. A Clockwork Orange and Fahrenheit 451 have already been mentioned but I feel the need to repeat it because they are absolute favourites of mine so give those a go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
risingdawn Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 I think Dystopian novels are becoming more popular what with the whole end-of-the-world scenarios with zombies, aliens and vampires. They're generally quite gripping from my experience (The Hunger Games, The Road...) and can be quite emotional. What is everyone's general opinion about them? Do you like them? What do you like most about them and what has been your favourtie dystopian novel? I'm currently reading The Farm which is a dystopian novel. It reminds me a bit of The Hunger Games from what I have read and I absolutely loved that novel. I'm looking forward to seeing how it pans out and how it compares to The Hunger Games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Risingdawn, I moved an existing thread into this section, and merged it with yours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
risingdawn Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 Ah okay, sorry about that. xD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 I've got a few dystopian novels but I've only read Suzanne Collins - The Hunger Games so far (the first book) and Yahtzee Croshaw - Jam, if I remember correctly. Dystopian young-adult novels (which The Hunger Games is, and Jam isn't) are not my favourite genre but I find them to be nice and entertaining every once in a while (science-fiction is one of my favourite genres though). The Hunger Games (book one) was quite good, I didn't expect to like it as much as I did. Jam was great, it's an apocalyptic novel with lots of humour (does that count as dystopian?). Jam would have to be my favourite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talisman Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 The new Lauren Oliver (Requiem) is out on March 21st if anyone is interested - Kindle version a week earlier. I have already preordered mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
risingdawn Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 The new Lauren Oliver (Requiem) is out on March 21st if anyone is interested - Kindle version a week earlier. I have already preordered mine. That dystopian sounds a bit weird from the synopsis on her website. Love being the disease? I don't know if I would personally call that dystopian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talisman Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 It sounded weird to me at first, but they are great books. I guess you have to read the first one at least to really understand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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