Editors Reads

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Dystopian Fiction

13 reading guides and book lists curated by the Editors Reads team.

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Where to Start with Lauren Oliver: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Lauren Oliver — whether to begin with Before I Fall, Delirium, or Pandemonium. A complete reading guide to the YA novelist.

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Where to Start with Aldous Huxley: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Aldous Huxley — whether to begin with Brave New World, Island, or Point Counter Point. A complete reading guide to the English novelist and essayist.

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Where to Start with George Orwell: A Reading Guide

Where to start with George Orwell — whether to begin with 1984, Animal Farm, Homage to Catalonia, or Down and Out in Paris and London. A complete reading guide.

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Where to Start with James Dashner: A Reading Guide

Where to start with James Dashner — whether to begin with The Maze Runner, The Scorch Trials, or The Death Cure. A complete reading guide to the Maze Runner series.

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Where to Start with Kazuo Ishiguro: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Kazuo Ishiguro — whether to begin with The Remains of the Day, Never Let Me Go, or Klara and the Sun. A complete reading guide.

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Where to Start with Lois Lowry: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Lois Lowry — whether to begin with The Giver, Number the Stars, or Gathering Blue. A complete reading guide to the two-time Newbery Medal winner.

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Where to Start with Margaret Atwood: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Margaret Atwood — whether to begin with The Handmaid's Tale, Alias Grace, or Oryx and Crake. A complete reading guide to Atwood's novels.

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Where to Start with Patrick Ness: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Patrick Ness — whether to begin with The Knife of Never Letting Go or A Monster Calls. A complete reading guide to the Carnegie Medal-winning YA novelist.

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Where to Start with Philip K. Dick: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Philip K. Dick — whether to begin with Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Ubik, or The Man in the High Castle. A complete reading guide.

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Where to Start with Pierce Brown: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Pierce Brown and the Red Rising series — why to begin with Red Rising and what to expect from the epic science fiction saga. A complete guide.

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Where to Start with Suzanne Collins: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Suzanne Collins — whether to begin with The Hunger Games or the prequel The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. A complete reading guide.

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Where to Start with Veronica Roth: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Veronica Roth — whether to begin with Divergent, Insurgent, or Allegiant. A complete reading guide to the Divergent trilogy and beyond.

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Books Like The Handmaid's Tale: 11 Dystopian Novels Worth Reading

If The Handmaid's Tale's vision of Gilead unsettled you, these dystopian novels explore the same territory of power, gender, and survival.

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