30 Results in the "Dystopian" category


    • 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

      Animal Farm Cover
      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…
    • Brave New World Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin In Brave New World, Aldous Hux­ley crafts a chill­ing vision of a ​dystopi­an future​ where soci­ety is engi­neered for sta­bil­i­ty and super­fi­cial hap­pi­ness. Set in ​Lon­don, 2540 AD, humans are no longer born but ​grown in lab­o­ra­to­ries, genet­i­cal­ly designed and psy­cho­log­i­cal­ly con­di­tioned to fit into rigid castes: ​Alphas, Betas, Gam­mas, Deltas, and Epsilons. The World State enforces con­for­mi­ty through: ​Soma: A drug that numbs emo­tions…
    • The Fifth Season Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin The Fifth Sea­son is the first book in N. K. Jemisin’s ground­break­ing Bro­ken Earth tril­o­gy, a mas­ter­piece that rede­fines epic fan­ta­sy. Set on a super­con­ti­nent called the Still­ness, where cat­a­stroph­ic cli­mate dis­as­ters (known as “Fifth Sea­sons”) reg­u­lar­ly dev­as­tate civ­i­liza­tion, the sto­ry fol­lows three inter­twined nar­ra­tives: ​Essun, a woman search­ing for her miss­ing daugh­ter in a world col­laps­ing into chaos. ​Damaya, a young girl with dan­ger­ous pow­ers, tak­en…
    • The Children of Men Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin In The Chil­dren of Men, P.D. James crafts a haunt­ing dystopi­an vision set in ​2021, where human­i­ty faces extinc­tion after decades of glob­al infer­til­i­ty. The last gen­er­a­tion born, the ​Omegas, are now adults, and soci­ety has descend­ed into despair under the author­i­tar­i­an rule of ​The War­den of Eng­land, Xan Lyp­pi­att. Theo Faron, a dis­il­lu­sioned Oxford pro­fes­sor and cousin to the War­den, is drawn into a…
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    • Legend (Legend #1) Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin Leg­end is the elec­tri­fy­ing first install­ment in Marie Lu’s best­selling dystopi­an tril­o­gy, set in a war-torn future where the Unit­ed States has frac­tured into two war­ring nations: the oppres­sive Repub­lic and the rebel­lious Colonies. The sto­ry unfolds through the dual per­spec­tives of two unfor­get­table pro­tag­o­nists: ​June Iparis, a 15-year-old mil­i­tary prodi­gy from the Republic’s elite, groomed for suc­cess and loy­al­ty to the regime. ​Day, the…
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