Too Real Dystopians
Dystopian fiction that feels a little bit too real. Imagined futures, apocalypses, society collapse, oh my!
created by Ashlantic
last updated September, 2025
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Have you read the Unwind series?
omfg i LOVE the Unwind series. Whenever I try and blurb it to people to make them read it, they are like wtf and i just want to scream TRUST ME. His other popular series Scythe is also so so so good!
Great list, adding to my TBR :D I don't know why I love dystopians so much because they stress me out! I'd add:
- The Future by Catherine Leroux
- The Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi
- The Annual Migration of Clouds by Premee Mohamed
- Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse (got some fantasy elements too so maybe not 100% fitting the list)
- After the Flood by Kassandra Montag
- The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline
- Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice
- Wanderers by Chuck Wendig
- Y: The Last Man graphic novels
Could also add Gary Shteyngart's "Super sad true love story" and Jack Womack's "Random acts of senseless violence"
Such a good list! I'd like to recommend another coming out on August 12 that i got an ARC of: These Memories Do Not Belong to Us by Yiming Ma.
I also recommend John Marrs' books! The One, Marriage Act, The Family Experiment. All feel like the not too distant future!
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