Aldous Huxley • 1932
Brave New World
A dystopian future where people are genetically engineered, kept docile with drugs, and happiness is mandatory.
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Ray Bradbury • 1953
Fahrenheit 451
In a future where books are banned and burned, a fireman starts questioning his job and society itself.
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Kurt Vonnegut • 1969
Slaughterhouse-Five
Billy Pilgrim becomes unstuck in time, experiencing World War II, alien abduction, and his own death in non-linear chaos.
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Margaret Atwood • 1985
The Handmaid's Tale
In a totalitarian future, women are stripped of rights and forced into reproductive servitude in a twisted religious state.
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Lois Lowry • 1993
The Giver
In a perfect society without pain, a 12-year-old receives humanity's memories and learns what his world sacrificed for sameness.
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Cormac McCarthy • 2006
The Road
A father and son walk through a post-apocalyptic America where ash covers everything and cannibals hunt survivors.
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Orson Scott Card • 1985
Ender's Game
Child military genius Ender Wiggin trains in space to fight an alien threat, not knowing the games are deadlier than they seem.
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Suzanne Collins • 2008
The Hunger Games
Teens fight to the death on live TV in a dystopian future where the Capitol forces districts to sacrifice children annually.
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James Dashner • 2009
The Maze Runner
A boy wakes in a clearing surrounded by a deadly maze with no memory of who he is or why he's there.
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Veronica Roth • 2011
Divergent
In a future Chicago divided by virtues, a girl discovers she doesn't fit the system and uncovers dangerous secrets.
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George Orwell • 1949
1984
In a totalitarian future where Big Brother watches everything and the Thought Police punish dissent, one man dares to think forbidden thoughts, love secretly, and search for truth—only to discover that the Party's power over reality is absolute.
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Frank Herbert • 1965
Dune
A young duke's son becomes a messiah figure on a desert planet where spice is the universe's most valuable resource.
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