Dystopian and Apocalyptic Literature

Beschreibung
This is my preset list of dystopian/utopian literature, which includes apocalyptic literature, for the purposes of this list. Feel free to vote up your recommendations and thumbs down books that are not worth reading. Keywords: dystopia, utopia, apocalypse, postapocalyptic
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Die Triffids
von John Wyndham
7,451 Mitglieder
207 Rezensionen
4
Globaler Rang 27
12 Members
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sturlington: Apocalyptic "cozy catastrophe". Blindness epidemic and man-eating plants.
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Die Zeitmaschine
von H. G. Wells
17,679 Mitglieder
338 Rezensionen
½ 3.7
Globaler Rang 12
17 Members
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sturlington: Classic time travel novel. Far future dystopia in which humanity has de-evolved; also dying Earth. Required reading.
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Der Splitter im Auge Gottes
von Larry Niven
6,338 Mitglieder
108 Rezensionen
3.9
Globaler Rang 74
5 Members
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sturlington: Alien civilization that experiences cyclical apocalypses.
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Die Straße
von Cormac McCarthy
34,409 Mitglieder
1,406 Rezensionen
4.1
Globaler Rang 10
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sturlington: Post-apocalyptic. A man and his son wander through a desolated landscape of ashes, eking out their survival from the little that's left remaining, while trying to get... well, nowhere in particular, really.
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The Giver
von Lois Lowry
40,038 Mitglieder
1,585 Rezensionen
4.2
Globaler Rang 9
21 Members
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sturlington: Classic example of a children's dystopia, one of the few on this list.
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Die Tribute von Panem – Tödliche Spiele
von Suzanne Collins
64,445 Mitglieder
3,484 Rezensionen
½ 4.3
Globaler Rang 17
20 Members
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sturlington: Televised survival contests. Post-apocalyptic future America. Probably the best of the recent YA dystopias.
Her_Royal_Orangeness : "We're in a battle for our lives so why don't we go in this cave and make out for awhile?" *eyeroll*
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Snow Crash: Roman
von Neal Stephenson
20,156 Mitglieder
398 Rezensionen
4.1
Globaler Rang 34
10 Members
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sturlington: Cyberpunk (or post-cyberpunk).
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Ugly - Pretty - Special, Band 1: Ugly - Verlier nicht dein Gesicht
von Scott Westerfeld
14,030 Mitglieder
658 Rezensionen
3.9
Globaler Rang 31
11 Members
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sturlington: YA dystopia. Conformity, personal appearance. First of a series.
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Die Bestimmung
von Veronica Roth
25,367 Mitglieder
1,436 Rezensionen
4
Globaler Rang 40
10 Members
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sturlington : YA dystopia. Conformity, totalitarianism. First of a trilogy.
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The Natural Way of Things
von Charlotte Wood
521 Mitglieder
31 Rezensionen
3.8
Globaler Rang 180
3 Members
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sturlington: Several girls are imprisoned in a remote compound on the Outback by a corporation for being involved in public sex scandals.