Favorite Dystopian novel?

[Saif Qureshi]

Dystopian novels are so hauntingly beautiful...The Lord of the Flies is my favorite Dystopian novel..what about you?

[Sameeha Ismail]

My favorite dystopian novel is no doubt 1984. When I was reading that book, I actually felt haunted. Coming out of the library after the break was over, I had to shake myself to reality.

[Tommy Mayengbam]

Though I love dystopian novels, I haven't read many that belong to the genre.

I do love "Lord of the Flies." Margaret Atwood's "The Handmaid's Tale" is also a good read.

[beasreadings]

"We" by Yevgeny Zamyatin. If you liked "1984", "We" is the book that inspired Orwell. Very few people know it, but in my opinion it is even more powerful than Orwell's

[Mari Thompson]

What is the book 1984 about? It sounds really good. I am going to have to google it and also “We”. Thanks for the recommendations.

[João Ramos]

I can’t choose between 1984 and The Time Machine by H.G. Wells.

[ThaTha Tha]

Never Let Me go by Kazuo Ishiguro

[Sav Sparkman]

Such good recommendations in this thread! I read 1984 and Lord of the Flies in high school and found them strange but compelling. Reading Lord of the Flies again as an adult brought on a different perspective than I’d had before. I’m curious whether I would feel the same on reading 1984 again. Another classic dystopian novel I remember enjoying was Fahrenheit 451. I haven’t read A Handmaids Tale, I’ll have to add it to my must read list!

[Andrew Darlington]

The Lord of the Flies is my favorite of all time.