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Dystopian Novels Tier List
Ranking dystopian fiction for worldbuilding and social commentary.
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The crowd's ranking
S: Brave New World, Parable of the Sower, The Road, 1984
A: Never Let Me Go, We, Handmaid's Tale, Fahrenheit 451, Canticle for Leibowitz
B: Oryx and Crake, V for Vendetta, The Hunger Games
C: The Giver, Slaughterhouse-Five
D: The Maze Runner, The Iron Heel, Blackfish City, Divergent
Discussion
spicy_taco: Can we split the difference and say Fahrenheit 451? They burn books but nobody wants to read them anyway because they have their screens.
wet_badger_61: No 1984 or Brave New World? Bold list.
jakel5419: Divergent and Maze Runner are here because of the 2012 YA boom, not because they're good
mangostan: Parable of the Sower is the most real feeling dystopia I've ever read. Written in 1993 and it's set in 2024.
SuperGoose4070: US is more Brave New World, China is more 1984
toasterfan4: V for Vendetta is a graphic novel but sure