30 Results in the "Dystopian" category


    • The Obelisk Gate Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin The Obelisk Gate con­tin­ues N.K. Jemisin’s Hugo Award-win­ning Bro­ken Earth tril­o­gy, plung­ing read­ers deep­er into a world rav­aged by apoc­a­lyp­tic cli­mate dis­as­ters. As the Fifth Season—a cat­a­stroph­ic cli­mate event—unfolds, the sto­ry fol­lows: ​Essun, a griev­ing moth­er and pow­er­ful oro­gene, who seeks refuge in the under­ground comm of Castri­ma while hunt­ing her daughter’s kid­nap­per. ​Nas­sun, Essun’s miss­ing daugh­ter, whose emerg­ing pow­ers draw her into a dan­ger­ous fac­tion with…
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    • The Stone Sky Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin The Stone Sky is the explo­sive, Hugo Award-win­ning con­clu­sion to N.K. Jemisin’s ground­break­ing Bro­ken Earth trilogy—the first series in his­to­ry to win three con­sec­u­tive Hugo Awards for Best Nov­el. As the Fifth Season’s apoc­a­lyp­tic dev­as­ta­tion reach­es its peak, the sto­ry con­verges on two women whose choic­es will deter­mine the fate of the Still­ness: ​Essun, the oro­gene moth­er turned rev­o­lu­tion­ary, who must wield the pow­er of the Obelisk…
      Dystopian • Fantasy • Fiction • Science Fiction
    • 2‑King of Thorns Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin King of Thorns is the bru­tal and bril­liant sec­ond install­ment in Mark Lawrence’s Bro­ken Empire tril­o­gy, fol­low­ing the infa­mous anti­hero ​Jorg Ancrath​ as he con­sol­i­dates his stolen throne through blood and cun­ning. Years after seiz­ing pow­er in Prince of Thorns, Jorg now rules a frac­tured kingdom—but ene­mies close in from all sides: The ​Prince of Arrow, a gold­en rival com­mand­ing over­whelm­ing forces The ​Dead King, whose necro­man­tic hordes…
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      1984

      1984 Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin 1984 is a dystopi­an nov­el pub­lished in 1949 by British author George Orwell. Set in a total­i­tar­i­an super­state called Ocea­nia, the nov­el explores a world where every aspect of life is con­trolled by an oppres­sive gov­ern­ment led by Big Broth­er. The regime uses con­stant sur­veil­lance, pro­pa­gan­da, and mind con­trol to main­tain pow­er and elim­i­nate indi­vid­ual free­dom. The sto­ry fol­lows Win­ston Smith, a work­er at…
    • 1986 — Orson Scott Card — Ender’s Game Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin Ender’s Game is a ground­break­ing sci­ence fic­tion nov­el that fol­lows ​Andrew “Ender” Wig­gin, a bril­liant child recruit­ed into ​Bat­tle School, an orbital mil­i­tary acad­e­my where gift­ed chil­dren are trained to com­mand Earth­’s defens­es against an alien race called the ​Formics​ (or “Bug­gers”). Under the ruth­less tute­lage of ​Colonel Graff, Ender excels in sim­u­lat­ed war games, mas­ter­ing strat­e­gy and leadership—but at a dev­as­tat­ing psy­cho­log­i­cal cost. As…
    • Good Material Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin Good Mate­r­i­al is a wit­ty, heart­felt, and emo­tion­al­ly sharp nov­el about breakup, mas­culin­i­ty, friend­ship, and growth, told from the per­spec­tive of Andy, a stand-up come­di­an in his mid-thir­ties who’s just been dumped by the love of his life, Jen. The twist? This isn’t a typ­i­cal breakup nov­el told from the woman’s point of view — Alder­ton flips the script and explores heart­break through a…
    • The Scorch Trials Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin In The Scorch Tri­als, the sec­ond install­ment of the Maze Run­ner series, ​Thomas​ and his fel­low Gladers emerge from the dead­ly Maze—only to face an even dead­lier chal­lenge. Thrust into a des­o­late waste­land known as the ​Scorch, they must cross a ​sun-blast­ed, dis­ease-rav­aged​ land­scape to reach a promised safe haven with­in ​two weeks. But the ​Scorch​ hides hor­rors worse than the Maze: ​Cranks, zom­bie-like vic­tims of the…
    • Lord of the Flies Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin ord of the Flies is a clas­sic alle­gor­i­cal nov­el that explores the dark side of human nature. When a group of British school­boys become strand­ed on a desert­ed island, they attempt to gov­ern themselves—only for their efforts to spi­ral into chaos and sav­agery. Through this grip­ping tale, Gold­ing exam­ines the fragili­ty of civ­i­liza­tion, the lure of pow­er, and the pri­mal instincts that lie beneath…
    • The Maze Runner Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin In The Maze Run­ner, ​Thomas​ wakes up in a mys­te­ri­ous met­al ele­va­tor with no mem­o­ry of his past, arriv­ing in the ​Glade—a seclud­ed clear­ing sur­round­ed by tow­er­ing stone walls. The Glade is home to a group of teenage boys who have formed a frag­ile soci­ety, sur­viv­ing while trapped in the cen­ter of a dead­ly, ever-chang­ing ​Maze. Every day, the ​Run­ners​ risk their lives nav­i­gat­ing the…
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      Animal Farm

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      by testsuphomeAdmin Ani­mal Farm (1945) is a satir­i­cal ​alle­gor­i­cal novel­la​ by George Orwell that cri­tiques total­i­tar­i­an­ism, par­tic­u­lar­ly Stal­in­ism, through the lens of a farm where ani­mals over­throw their human oppres­sors. The sto­ry begins with the ani­mals of Manor Farm rebelling against their exploita­tive own­er, Mr. Jones, inspired by the ideals of Old Major (a pig rep­re­sent­ing Karl Marx/Lenin). They estab­lish a new soci­ety based on equal­i­ty, sum­ma­rized…
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