There are some familiar faces, but we also wanted to pluck from unexpected corners: You’ll find literary fiction, young-adult works, graphic novels, realist tomes, some books written long ago, and others published in just the last few years. Heise, professors of English at Cornell and UCLA, respectively, both of whom study dystopian literature, and limited our selections to books with some connection to Earth. It’s in this spirit that we assembled a group of readers to put together a list of some of the greatest works of dystopian literature, as part of Vulture’s Dark Futures week. They don’t just appear in the sci-fi section, either - dystopian fiction is firmly ensconced in book-club-ready literary circles, as well. You’ll find the classics - your Orwells, Huxleys, and Atwoods - but you’ll also find a rising crop of new entries into the dystopian canon, from younger authors with fresher concerns about what, precisely, could spell our doom. At every turn in a bookstore aisle, you’re increasingly likely to stumble across a vision of our world, through the looking glass. Continued abuse of our services will cause your IP address to be blocked indefinitely.We may or may not be living in a dystopian age, but we are certainly living in an age of dystopias. Please fill out the CAPTCHA below and then click the button to indicate that you agree to these terms. If you wish to be unblocked, you must agree that you will take immediate steps to rectify this issue. If you do not understand what is causing this behavior, please contact us here. If you promise to stop (by clicking the Agree button below), we'll unblock your connection for now, but we will immediately re-block it if we detect additional bad behavior. Overusing our search engine with a very large number of searches in a very short amount of time.
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