Dystopia genre books (169)


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Skyhunter by Marie Lu EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Asia / China flag China
Description:
In a world broken by war, a team of young warriors is willing to sacrifice everything to save what they love. The Karensa Federation has conquered a dozen countries, leaving Mara as one of the last free nations in the world. Refugees flee to its borders to escape a fate worse than death—transformation into mutant war beasts known as Ghosts, creatures the Federation then sends to attack Mara. The legendary Strikers, Mara’s elite fighting force, are trained to stop them. But as the number of Ghosts grows and Karensa closes in, defeat seems inevitable. Still, one Striker refuses to give up hope. ... continue

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South by Babak Lakghomi EN

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Country: Asia / Iran flag Iran
Description:
In a haunting world under totalitarianism, an individual’s unsuccessful quest for truth, agency, and understanding. B, a journalist, travels to the South of an unnamed desert country for a mysterious mission to write a report about the recent strikes in an offshore oil rig. From the beginning of his trip, he is faced with a cruel and broken landscape of drought and decay, superstitious believers of evil winds and spirits, and corrupt entities focused on manipulation and censorship. As he tries to defend himself against his unknown enemies, we learn about his father’s disappearance, his fading ... continue

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Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel EN

Rating: 4 (21 votes)
Description:
DAY ONE The Georgia Flu explodes over the surface of the earth like a neutron bomb. News reports put the mortality rate at over 99%. WEEK TWO Civilization has crumbled. YEAR TWENTY A band of actors and musicians called the Travelling Symphony move through their territories performing concerts and Shakespeare to the settlements that have grown up there. Twenty years after the pandemic, life feels relatively safe. But now a new danger looms, and he threatens the hopeful world every survivor has tried to rebuild. STATION ELEVEN Moving backwards and forwards in time, from the glittering years just... continue

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Such a Beautiful Thing to Behold by Umar Turaki EN

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Country: Africa / Nigeria flag Nigeria
Description:
An inexplicable sickness. A small town cut off from the world. An unexpected community of survivors forges a family out of the despair, struggling against things known and unknown for survival and hope. A mysterious plague known as the Grey grips the small village of Pilam, which the world has quarantined without pity. Laying waste to Pilam's residents, the sickness saps its victims of strength, drains the color from their eyes, and kills all promise. Only the young are immune. But beyond the barricades and walls of soldiers--the manifestation of a nation's terror--there are rumors of a cure. ... continue

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Sulphuric Acid by Amélie Nothomb EN

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Country: Europe / Belgium flag Belgium
Description:
Tells the fictional story of a reality TV death camp show which becomes an obsession with the French public, and how it is played out in the media.

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Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins EN

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Description:
The phenomenal fifth book in the Hunger Games series! When you've been set up to lose everything you love, what is there left to fight for? As the day dawns on the fiftieth annual Hunger Games, fear grips the districts of Panem. This year, in honor of the Quarter Quell, twice as many tributes will be taken from their homes. Back in District 12, Haymitch Abernathy is trying not to think too hard about his chances. All he cares about is making it through the day and being with the girl he loves. When Haymitch's name is called, he can feel all his dreams break. He's torn from his family and his l... continue

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Swanfolk by Kristín Ómarsdóttir EN

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Iceland flag Iceland
Description:
'Magical and disturbing' Adam Thirlwell An astonishing, mind-bending novel about a woman discovering a community of swan-people from one of Iceland's greatest writers. *SHORTLISTED FOR THE ICELANDIC WOMEN'S LITERATURE PRIZE* In the not-too-distant future, a young spy named Elisabet Eva is about to discover something that will upend her life. Elisabet likes to take long solitary walks near the lake. One day, she sees two creatures emerging from the water, half-human, half-swan. She follows them through tangles of thickets into a strange new reality. Pulled into the monomaniacal, and often viole... continue

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Termush (Faber Editions) : Introduced by Jeff VanderMeer by Sven Holm EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Denmark flag Denmark
Description:
Introduced by Jeff VanderMeer, welcome to a luxury hotel at the end of the world in this post-apocalyptic 1967 dystopia ...

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Terra Nullius by Claire G. Coleman EN

Rating: 4 (2 votes)
Country: Oceania / Australia flag Australia
Description:
SHORTLISTED FOR THE STELLA PRIZE 2018 Highly Commended in the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2017 Longlisted for the ABIA Matt Richell Award for New Writers 2018 Longlisted for the Indie Book Award for Debut Fiction 2018 Shortlisted for the Aurealis Award for a Science Fiction Novel 2017 Nominated for Ditmar Award Best New Talent 2018 'The truth that lies at the heart of this novel is impossible to ignore.' - Books+Publishing Jacky was running. There was no thought in his head, only an intense drive to run. There was no sense he was getting anywhere, no plan, no destination, no future. Al... continue

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The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins EN

Rating: 4 (5 votes)
Description:
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakeswill revisit the world of Panem sixty-four years before the events of The Hunger Games, starting on the morning of the reaping of the Tenth Hunger Games.