Recs if you like The Children of Men...
The End of the World & After - But Not US-centric!
Much of the post/apoc genre is taken up by US-centric fiction, giving a very specific mindset & often a similar type of apocalypse. There's a strong focus on guns & military. Settings outside the US can provide us with unusual, diverse & interesting stories of survival
Sister list to: Zombie Apocs - But Not US-centric
Fictional settings allowed. Some books may cross borders, inc sections in the US. Allowance made for US indigenous authors
First of a series only
Suggestions welcome!
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Not Only Orwell - Dystopias written by women
Everyone knows George Orwell or Aldous Huxley. Their works are considered to be the staples of dystopia stories.
But are they?
Most of the people know Octavia E. Butler or Margaret Atwood. They showed the feminine side of dystopia. But this subgenre of science fiction have much more to offer.
Yes, you find here all the famous ladies too but I'll do my best to find even more. So I hope the fellow Boundlings will help tooπ
Bleakness Is My Weakness
For when you need to wallow in melancholy and misery: a collection of pessimistic, cynical, downbeat, depressing, doom and gloom fiction for my disillusioned friends.
More to come!
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The End & After - No Cis-Male Authors Allowed β£
If you ask someone what apocalyptic or post-apocalyptic fiction they've read, there's a fair chance much of that list will have been written by cis men, because they're the books that get the most promotion in the genre.
My hope is that this list will help someone find a new favourite author! β‘
Sister list to: Zombie Apocs - No Cis-Male Authors Allowed
First of a series only
Suggestions so welcome, particularly for trans, enby, & other authors of marginalised genders
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Dystopian fiction for these dystopian times
The books that have always been there, warning that these things might be coming if we don't change. So pick one up, grab a fridge cigarette, and let it sharpen your rage into something constructive.
Lads, chavs, and teabags: Growing up in the UK
From bedtime stories to GCSE flashbacks, this is the source of all that is wrong with me and my countrymen.
Side note: is there no teapot emoji?????
Side note addendum: I found the teapot emoji. Observe. itβs there.
Side side note: open to suggestions especially from those older than Gen Z (unlike me) and my non-English UK inhabitants
oh brother, this guy stinks! π
books to hate-read, recommended by the pagebound club comments
people hate the character(s) but they couldn't put the book down π
(antihero, villain protagonist, unreliable narrator, etc.)
boo!! tomato tomato!! π π π
Adult Dystopian
Dystopian classics and contemporary books for adults
Noteworthy Dystopians
I send a pestilence and plague
into your house into your bed into your streams into your streets into your drink into your bread upon your cattle on your sheep upon your oxen in your field into your dreams into your sleep until you break until you yield
2 + 2 = 5
dystopian fiction
Backlisted
Books that were featured on an episode of Backlisted.
welcome to the end of the world
Distopias
the end of the world is near and how society organizes itself will determine our future
Dystopian Lit
Art truly does imitate life because it feels like I'm living in these novels everyday
Now a Major Motion Picture
I'm deeply invested in the book to screenplay pipeline
Note: I will be deleting my PB account within the next two weeks, and I believe this list will be erased. Feel free to screenshot it if you see anything that interests you! βΊοΈ 3/17/2026
Sci-fi for the Compleat Gentleman
The full title is the List of Indispensable Science Fiction for the Compleat Gentleman.... this is a list I found online in 2020 which I did not finish after having a bad time with H.G. Wells, but I'm ready to dip my toe back in. If anyome else wouod like to be a compleat gentleman (gender neutral) with me, come along :)
