Discover an array of dystopian worlds in our recommended booklist.
Favourite dystopian books
Discover an array of dystopian worlds in our recommended booklist.
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Exodus
Young PicadorExodus is a disturbing and relevant epic that explores many contemporary themes. -
Noughts and Crosses
Doubleday Children's BooksAs well as being a compelling tale of love and friendship, this is an outstanding and thought-provoking exploration of the futility of prejudice. -
Gamerunner
Bloomsbury Children's BooksCollins’ fourth teen novel is dark, intense and disturbingly prophetic -
The Hunger Games
ScholasticWelcome to Panem: its Capitol repressively rules twelve satellite Districts, enslaving the populations as workers and controlling them through hunger. -
Matched
PuffinWelcome to a Society that utterly controls its citizens; what they eat, what they do, who they marry - even when they die. -
Dark Parties
IndigoThis contemporary dystopian novel is realistically portrayed and a multi-dimensional plot reveals layer upon layer of intrigue, deception and horror -
The Pain Merchants
HarperCollins Children's BooksThe first in an epic dystopian fantasy adventure trilogy is an engaging story about family and friendship -
The Enemy
PuffinWhen the sickness came, the adults became ill. The lucky ones died but many mutated into brainless, deformed monsters with a seemingly insatiable appetite - for children. -
Momentum
Hodder Children's BooksA tantalisingly believable dystopian thriller, the plot switching between narrative viewpoints with breath-taking momentum -
The Declaration
Bloomsbury Childrens BooksA chilling story of a future where Longevity drugs have made sections of the population almost immortal -
The Knife of Never Letting Go
Walker BooksThe first in a series, this enthralling sci-fi/fantasy novel grips readers throughout, presenting them with tough questions about identity, ethics and the nature of truth. -
Across the Universe
PuffinAmy and her family are cryogenically frozen and stored aboard the Godspeed to travel to a new planet - but Amy is wrongly unfrozen 50 years early, forcing her to experience life aboard the ship. -
Six Days
Chicken HouseIn grim, post-apocalyptic London, the search is on for the ‘artefact’, an undefined and mysterious relic from the distant past which holds the key to the future of the earth and mankind. Cass and Wilbur work as ‘scavs’ for the... -
Barrington Stoke
Barrington StokeIn an eerie futuristic world, society has figured out a way to bring people back from the dead... -
Blood Red Road
Marion Lloyd BooksA violent, desperate and compelling story about family, love and determination, which enthrals through its bold, powerful language






