Dystopia category: 1937 books

Now with no choice but to go forward, Elaine and her new friend, Weslie, must descend into the terrifying Dweller mines to rescue their friends, who are now trapped in the deepest reaches. That's bad news, because there are monsters down there they'll need to deal with, along with other unspeakable...

What happens when socialism goes too far? In the year 2577, government controls everything. Everything. And Joan of Arc is a kick-ass sixteen year old redhead. Skylar Hawkins is a teenager with no future. Because she has no past. Confused? You shouldn’t be. When you run...

Wells touches gently on time travel as a notion, but mostly The Time Machine is about the terminal future he sees for mankind: His nameless time traveler ventures to the world that will be 802,701 A.D., And there he finds mankind divided among the Eloi and the Morlocks. The Eloi are a gentle, winsome,...

In one moment the lives of twenty-three teenagers are forever changed, and it's not just because they all happen to die. "ReMade" in a world they barely recognize--one with robots, space elevators, and unchecked jungle--they must work together to survive. They came from different places,...

Turns out that globe-spanning organizations who’ve spent billions running the world from the shadows don’t just back down when you start poking the hornet’s nest.  Who knew? They’ve screwed up, though.  Even after all my friends and I have torn down, they continue to underestimate...

Seit Juna aus dem Land der Frauen geflohen ist – mit einem Mann –, fühlt sich die junge Heilerin Gwen einsam und nichtswürdig. Sie schließt sich einem Spähtrupp an, der durch verlassene U-Bahn-Schächte in die Stadt der Männer vordringen soll. Doch der Einsatz scheitert grausam, und Gwen...

Donnie and I take a little trip out the grove together to visit a good old friend of hers down south who has a quite more than a few sticky fingers on his paws, but not at all in the way you stereotype creators are originally already thinking.

In a postapocalyptic world, two students discover that the worst thing about searching for the truth is actually finding it. After a nuclear war has ravaged the planet, children of the few survivors are sent to renowned scientist Dr. Parkman and his underground facility, Parkman Institute of Science...

DER KLASSIKER AUS DEM JAHR 1987 IN DEUTSCHER ERSTÜBERSETZUNG In meinem Traum befand ich mich an einem kühlen und dunklen Ort. Einem stillen Ort, an dem nur das Tropfen von Wasser zu hören war. Ich hatte Angst, wusste aber nicht, warum. Vermutlich wartete ich auf irgendetwas. In einiger Entfernung...

In this twisted Lauren Oliver-meets-A.S. King debut, Julian has just eight more lives to burn in order to uncover a brutal secret. In an alternate world startlingly close to our own, humans have nine lives—and they can’t wait to use them up. The government has death incentives aimed...

By sixteen, everyone must choose. For the telekinetic youth of New Teotihuacan’s Worker City there are two choices: an enslaved life or a free death. SERIAL DESCRIPTION: On an earth rampant with telekinesis, Calli Bluehair lives within one isolated city-state among many. New...

By sixteen, everyone must choose. For the telekinetic youth of New Teotihuacan’s Worker City there are two choices: an enslaved life or a free death. SERIAL DESCRIPTION: On an earth rampant with telekinesis, Calli Bluehair lives within one isolated city-state among many. New...

The farmers of the Okaw have survived the initial chaos of the Great Reset. Using their resourcefulness and with the help of their mechanical geniuses, they have created a safe place for their friends and family.  But their success has drawn attention, and those who wish to control the new world...

A villain is just a misunderstood protagonist. Eve Malcouer came into this world with a vengeance. She didn't ask for a philandering father and workaholic mother, but that's what she ended up with. Growing up, Eve tries her hardest to create the perfect existence for herself, hiding the truth of her...