List of dystopian literature

• ''Gulliver's Travels'' (1726) by Jonathan Swift == 19th century ==

• The Last Man (1826) by Mary Shelley • A Sojourn in the City of Amalgamation (1835) by Oliver Bolokitten • The Tragedy of Man (1862) by Imre Madách • Notes from Underground (1864) by Fyodor Dostoevsky • The History of a Town (1870) by Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin • Vril, the Power of the Coming Race (1871) by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, originally printed as The Coming Race • Erewhon (1872) by Samuel Butler • ''The Begum's Fortune'' (1879) by Jules Verne • The Inner House (1888) by Walter Besant • A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder (1888) by James De Mille • ''Caesar's Column'' (1890) by Ignatius L. Donnelly • Pictures of the Socialistic Future (1891) by Eugen Richter • "The Repairer of Reputations" (1895) by Robert W. Chambers • The Time Machine (1895) by H. G. Wells • When The Sleeper Wakes (1899) by H. G. Wells == 20th century ==

1900s • The First Men in the Moon (1901) by H. G. Wells 1910s • The Night Land (1912) by William Hope Hodgson • When William Came (1913) by Saki as a future history, this is among the earliest of Pax Germanica genre • Meccania (1918) by "Owen Gregory"(pseudonym) • The Heads of Cerberus (1919) by "Francis Stevens" (Gertrude Barrows Bennett) 1920s • ''R.U.R.: Rossum's Universal Robots'' (1921) by Karel Čapek • We (1921) by Yevgeny Zamyatin • Brave New World (1932) by Aldous Huxley • ''It Can't Happen Here'' (1935) by Sinclair Lewis • War with the Newts (1936) by Karel Čapek • Swastika Night (1937) by Katharine Burdekin • Anthem (1938) by Ayn Rand 1940s • Darkness at Noon (1940) by Arthur Koestler • "If This Goes On—" (1940) by Robert A. Heinlein • The Moon Is Down (1942) by John Steinbeck • That Hideous Strength (1945) by C. S. Lewis • Peace In Our Time (1946) by Noël Coward • Bend Sinister (1947) by Vladimir Nabokov • Ape and Essence (1948) by Aldous Huxley 1950s • Player Piano (1952) by Kurt Vonnegut • The Sound of His Horn (1952) by Sarban • Fahrenheit 451 (1953) by Ray Bradbury • The Caves of Steel (1954) by Isaac Asimov • Lord of the Flies (1954) by William Golding • The Chrysalids (1955) by John Wyndham • ''Vulcan's Hammer'' (1960) by Philip K. Dick • "Harrison Bergeron" (1961) by Kurt Vonnegut • Powrót z gwiazd (1961) by Stanisław Lem • The Old Men at the Zoo (1961) by Angus Wilson • A Clockwork Orange (1962) by Anthony Burgess • Camp Concentration (1968) by Thomas M. Disch • The Guardians (1970) by John Christopher • The Lorax (1971) by Dr. Seuss • The Lathe of Heaven (1971) by Ursula K. Le Guin • Los Angeles: AD 2017 (1971) by Phillip Wylie • The World Inside (1971) by Robert Silverberg • 334 (1972) by Thomas M. Disch • The Ultimate Solution by Eric Norden (1973) • Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said (1974) by Philip K. Dick • Walk to the End of the World (1974) by Suzy McKee Charnas (1977) – unfinished, attributed to C. S. Lewis, • The Eye of the Heron (1978) by Ursula K. Le Guin • SS-GB by Len Deighton (1978) • The Stand (1978) by Stephen King • 1985 (1978) by Anthony Burgess • The Turner Diaries (1978) by Andrew Macdonald • Alongside Night (1979) by J. Neil Schulman • The Long Walk (1979) by Stephen King under the pseudonym Richard Bachman 1980s • Mockingbird (1980) by Walter Tevis • Riddley Walker (1980) by Russell Hoban • Lanark: A Life in Four Books (1981) by Alasdair Gray • Limes inferior (1982) by Janusz Zajdel • The Running Man (1982) by Stephen King under the pseudonym Richard Bachman • Dayworld (1985) by Philip José Farmer • ''The Handmaid's Tale'' (1985) by Margaret Atwood • Sea of Glass (1986) by Barry B. Longyear • Obernewtyn Chronicles (1987–2008) by Isobelle Carmody • The Domination (1988) by S. M. Stirling • The Proteus Operation (1985) by James P. Hogan • The Divide (1980) by William Overgard • To the Stars trilogy (1980) by Harry Harrison 1990s Fiction • Clash of Eagles (1990) by Leo Rutman • The Dark Beyond the Stars (1991) by Frank M. Robinson • Timewyrm: Exodus (1991) by Terrance Dicks • ''Serpent's Walk'' (1991) by Randolph D. Calverhall • The Children of Men (1992) by P. D. James • Fatherland by Robert Harris (1992) • Snow Crash (1992) by Neal Stephenson • Parable of the Sower (1993) by Octavia E. Butler • Virtual Light (1993) by William Gibson • Vurt (1993) by Jeff Noon • Paris in the Twentieth Century (written in1863 but first published in 1994) by Jules Verne • The Memory Police (1994) by Yōko Ogawa • The Diamond Age (1994) by Neal Stephenson • Gun, with Occasional Music (1994) by Jonathan Lethem • Amnesia Moon (1995) by Jonathan Lethem • '''48'' (1996) by James Herbert • Attentatet i Pålsjö skog (1996) by Hans Alfredson • Infinite Jest (1996) by David Foster Wallace • Battle Royale (1999) by Koushun Takami • Forever Free (1999) by Joe Haldeman • The Ice People (1999) by Maggie Gee Young adult fiction • The Giver (1993) by Lois Lowry • ''Shade's Children'' (1997) by Garth Nix • Among the Hidden (Shadow Children #1) (1998) by Margaret Peterson Haddix == 21st century ==

2000s Fiction • Ella Minnow Pea (2001) by Mark Dunn • Feed (2002) by M. T. Anderson • In the Presence of Mine Enemies (2003) by Harry Turtledove • Jennifer Government (2003) by Max Barry • Oryx and Crake (2003) by Margaret Atwood • Collaborator (2003) by Murray Davies • Asphalt (2004) by Carl Hancock Rux • Cloud Atlas (2004) by David Mitchell • The Plot Against America (2004) by Philip Roth • Divided Kingdom (2005) by Rupert Thomson • Never Let Me Go (2005) by Kazuo Ishiguro • Day of the Oprichnik (2006) by Vladimir Sorokin • Blind Faith (2007) by Ben Elton • Rant (2007) by Chuck Palahniuk • Last Light (2007) by Alex Scarrow • Nontraditional Love (2008) by Rafael Grugman • World Made by Hand (2008) by James Howard Kunstler • Farthing, ''Ha'penny, and Half a Crown'', series by Jo Walton (2006–2008) • The City & the City (2009) by China Miéville • Shades of Grey (2009) by Jasper Fforde • The Windup Girl (2009) by Paolo Bacigalupi • The Year of the Flood (2009) by Margaret Atwood • Z213: Exit (2009) by Dimitris Lyacos Young adult fiction • Gathering Blue (2000) by Lois Lowry • Mortal Engines (The Hungry City Chronicles #1) (2001) by Philip Reeve • Noughts and Crosses (2001) by Malorie Blackman • The House of the Scorpion (2002) by Nancy Farmer • Among the Barons (Shadow Children #4) (2003) by Margaret Peterson Haddix • Among the Betrayed (Shadow Children #3) (2003) by Margaret Peterson Haddix • The City of Ember (2003) by Jeanne DuPrau • Among the Brave (Shadow Children #5) (2004) by Margaret Peterson Haddix • Messenger (2004) by Lois Lowry • The People of Sparks (2004) by Jeanne DuPrau • Among the Enemy (Shadow Children #6) (2005) by Margaret Peterson Haddix • Checkmate (2005) by Malorie Blackman • Uglies (2005) by Scott Westerfeld • Pretties (2005) by Scott Westerfeld • Among the Free (Shadow Children #7) (2006) by Margaret Peterson Haddix • Genesis (2006) by Bernard Beckett • Life as We Knew It (2006) by Susan Beth Pfeffer • Specials (2006) by Scott Westerfeld • Extras (2007) by Scott Westerfeld • Incarceron (2007) by Catherine Fisher • Unwind (2007) by Neal Shusterman • The Host (2008) by Stephenie Meyer • The Dead and the Gone (2008) by Susan Beth Pfeffer • The Declaration (2008) by Gemma Malley • From the New World (2008) by Yusuke Kishi • Gone (2008) by Michael Grant • The Hunger Games (2008) by Suzanne Collins • The Diamond of Darkhold (2008) by Jeanne DuPrau • The Resistance (2008) by Gemma Malley • Sapphique (2007) by Catherine Fisher • Catching Fire (2009) by Suzanne Collins • The Forest of Hands and Teeth (2009) by Carrie Ryan • The Maze Runner (2009) by James Dashner 2010s Fiction • The Envy Chronicles (series) (2010) by Joss Ware • The Passage (2010) by Justin Cronin • Super Sad True Love Story (2010) by Gary Shteyngart • Ready Player One (2011) by Ernest Cline • Shimoneta (2012) by Hirotaka Akagi • Bleeding Edge (2013) by Thomas Pynchon • The Bone Season (2013) by Samantha Shannon • The Circle (2013) by Dave Eggers • MaddAddam (2013) by Margaret Atwood • The Office of Mercy (2013) by Ariel Djanikian • Wool (2013) by Hugh Howey • Dominion (2014) by C. J. Sansom • Station Eleven (2014) by Emily St. John Mandel • The Girl with All the Gifts (2014) by M. R. Carey • Submission (2015) by Michel Houellebecq • The Heart Goes Last (2015) by Margaret Atwood • Friday Black (2018) by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah • Tears of the Trufflepig (2019) by Fernando A. Flores • The Testaments (2019) by Margaret Atwood Young adult fiction • Matched (2010) by Ally Condie • Mockingjay 2010) by Suzanne Collins • Monsters of Men (2010) by Patrick Ness • The Scorch Trials (2010) by James Dashner • Across The Universe (2011) by Beth Revis • Crossed (2011) by Ally Condie • The Death Cure (2011) by James Dashner • Delirium (2011) by Lauren Oliver • Divergent (2011) by Veronica Roth • Legend (2011) by Marie Lu • Shatter Me (2011) by Tahereh Mafi • The Unwanteds (2011) by Lisa McMann • Wither (2011) by Lauren DeStefano • Article 5 (2012) by Kristen Simmons • Pandemonium (2012) by Lauren Oliver • Insurgent (2012) by Veronica Roth • The Selection (2012) by Kiera Cass • Son (2012) by Lois Lowry • Reached (2012) by Ally Condie • Revealing Eden (2012) by Victoria Foyt • Under the Never Sky (2012) by Veronica Rossi • Prodigy (2013) by Marie Lu • The Elite (2013) by Kiera Cass • The 5th Wave (2013) by Rick Yancey • Unravel Me (2013) by Tahereh Mafi • Allegiant (2013) by Veronica Roth • Champion (2013) by Marie Lu • Reboot (2013) by Amy Tintera • The Infinite Sea (2014) by Rick Yancey • Red Rising (2014) by Pierce Brown • Golden Son (2015) by Pierce Brown • Red Queen (novel) (2015) by Victoria Aveyard • Morning Star (2016) by Pierce Brown • The Last Star (2016) by Rick Yancey • Scythe (2016) by Neal Shusterman • Iron Gold (2018) by Pierce Brown 2020s Fiction • Prophet Song (2023) by Paul Lynch Young adult fiction • The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (2020) by Suzanne Collins • Sunrise on the Reaping (2025) by Suzanne Collins • Ready Player Two (2020) by Ernest Cline == See also ==