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🌫️ Quiet Dystopia

Futures that don't arrive with a bang but with a slow erosion—stories where oppression feels mundane, bureaucratic, and chillingly familiar.
Vanishing World
by Sayaka Murata • 2015
In a world without sex or family, one woman raised on romance watches her own desires vanish.
3.20
15k+
🏙️ Speculative Dystopia🇯🇵 Japanese Speculative Fiction🫀 Quiet Body Horror
Vanishing World Summary
Vanishing World 90%
In a world without sex or family, one woman raised on romance watches her own desires vanish.
by Sayaka Murata 2015
3.20
15k+ ratings
🏙️ Speculative Dystopia🇯🇵 Japanese Speculative Fiction🫀 Quiet Body Horror
Severance
by Ling Ma • 2018
The fever traps victims in habit loops. Candace Chen, office worker, was already there.
3.88
134k+
🏢 Office Apocalypse🧧 Immigrant Daughter🌫️ Quiet Apocalypse
Severance Summary
Severance 90%
The fever traps victims in habit loops. Candace Chen, office worker, was already there.
by Ling Ma 2018
3.88
134k+ ratings
🏢 Office Apocalypse🧧 Immigrant Daughter🌫️ Quiet Apocalypse
Gathering Blue
by Lois Lowry • 2000
Spared for her needlework, a disabled orphan discovers she's an artist in a gilded prison.
3.83
211k+
🎨 Art And Control👩‍🦯 Disability And Resilience🫂 Found Family
Gathering Blue Summary
Gathering Blue 90%
Spared for her needlework, a disabled orphan discovers she's an artist in a gilded prison.
by Lois Lowry 2000
3.83
211k+ ratings
🎨 Art And Control👩‍🦯 Disability And Resilience🫂 Found Family
The Memory Police
by Yōko Ogawa • 1994
The Memory Police erase objects from the mind; a novelist hides a man who still remembers.
3.69
145k+
🧠 Memory Erasure🏠 Hidden Refuge✍️ Writing As Resistance
The Memory Police Summary
The Memory Police 90%
The Memory Police erase objects from the mind; a novelist hides a man who still remembers.
by Yōko Ogawa 1994
3.69
145k+ ratings
🧠 Memory Erasure🏠 Hidden Refuge✍️ Writing As Resistance
Never Let Me Go
by Kazuo Ishiguro • 2005
A carer's nostalgia for her boarding school is shadowed by its true purpose: to breed organ donors.
3.85
873k+
🧬 Clone Fiction💔 Doomed Romance🍂 Melancholy Nostalgia
Never Let Me Go Summary
Never Let Me Go 89%
A carer's nostalgia for her boarding school is shadowed by its true purpose: to breed organ donors.
by Kazuo Ishiguro 2005
3.85
873k+ ratings
🧬 Clone Fiction💔 Doomed Romance🍂 Melancholy Nostalgia
The Wall
by Marlen Haushofer • 1999
An invisible wall seals a woman inside a mountain valley, the world beyond it frozen dead.
3.99
42k+
🏔️ Literary Dystopia💨 Quiet Apocalypse🌿 Female Survivalist
The Wall Summary
The Wall 89%
An invisible wall seals a woman inside a mountain valley, the world beyond it frozen dead.
by Marlen Haushofer 1999
3.99
42k+ ratings
🏔️ Literary Dystopia💨 Quiet Apocalypse🌿 Female Survivalist
Station Eleven
by Emily St. John Mandel • 2014
A pandemic erases the world; a traveling Shakespeare troupe becomes what remains of human culture.
4.07
623k+
🖋️ Literary Dystopia🌫️ Quiet Apocalypse🕸️ Interconnected Lives
Station Eleven Summary
Station Eleven 89%
A pandemic erases the world; a traveling Shakespeare troupe becomes what remains of human culture.
by Emily St. John Mandel 2014
4.07
623k+ ratings
🖋️ Literary Dystopia🌫️ Quiet Apocalypse🕸️ Interconnected Lives
The Heart Goes Last
by Margaret Atwood • 2015
Homeless, they joined a town of monthly jail turns. An affair made them each other's inmates.
3.39
75k+
🎭 Dystopian Satire🏚️ Near-Future Collapse📹 Surveillance State
The Heart Goes Last Summary
The Heart Goes Last 89%
Homeless, they joined a town of monthly jail turns. An affair made them each other's inmates.
by Margaret Atwood 2015
3.39
75k+ ratings
🎭 Dystopian Satire🏚️ Near-Future Collapse📹 Surveillance State
I Who Have Never Known Men
by Jacqueline Harpman • 1995
Forty women escape their underground cage onto an empty earth where no explanation awaits.
4.08
524k+
🧠 Philosophical Dystopia👭 All-Female Society❓ Nameless Narrator
I Who Have Never Known Men Summary
I Who Have Never Known Men 89%
Forty women escape their underground cage onto an empty earth where no explanation awaits.
by Jacqueline Harpman 1995
4.08
524k+ ratings
🧠 Philosophical Dystopia👭 All-Female Society❓ Nameless Narrator
Automatic Noodle
by Annalee Newitz • 2025
Four bots open a noodle shop in post-war San Francisco. The city wants them shut down.
3.69
27k+
🫖 Cozy Dystopia🤖 Sentient Robots🫂 Found Family
Automatic Noodle Summary
Automatic Noodle 89%
Four bots open a noodle shop in post-war San Francisco. The city wants them shut down.
by Annalee Newitz 2025
3.69
27k+ ratings
🫖 Cozy Dystopia🤖 Sentient Robots🫂 Found Family
The Mandibles
by Lionel Shriver • 2016
The Mandibles waited decades for an inheritance that disappears the night America defaults.
3.71
12k+
🏚️ Economic Collapse💸 Failed Inheritance👁️ Surveillance State
The Mandibles Summary
The Mandibles 89%
The Mandibles waited decades for an inheritance that disappears the night America defaults.
by Lionel Shriver 2016
3.71
12k+ ratings
🏚️ Economic Collapse💸 Failed Inheritance👁️ Surveillance State
Prime Meridian
by Silvia Moreno-Garcia • 2017
In a future Mexico City, a gig companion dreams of Mars, but escape costs everything.
3.78
2k+
💼 Gig Economy🚀 Mars Colonization👵 Unlikely Friendship
Prime Meridian Summary
Prime Meridian 89%
In a future Mexico City, a gig companion dreams of Mars, but escape costs everything.
by Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2017
3.78
2k+ ratings
💼 Gig Economy🚀 Mars Colonization👵 Unlikely Friendship
On Such a Full Sea
by Chang-rae Lee • 2014
When her boyfriend vanishes, a diver abandons her walled settlement for the dangerous open counties.
3.49
12k+
🏙️ Literary Dystopia🏚️ Post-Collapse Society🌏 Asian Diaspora
On Such a Full Sea Summary
On Such a Full Sea 89%
When her boyfriend vanishes, a diver abandons her walled settlement for the dangerous open counties.
by Chang-rae Lee 2014
3.49
12k+ ratings
🏙️ Literary Dystopia🏚️ Post-Collapse Society🌏 Asian Diaspora
Nous
by Christelle Dabos • 2024
Without instinct in a society built on it, one girl's hidden absence becomes a spreading contagion.
4.02
2k+
🏙️ Dystopian Society🎭 Hidden Identity🫂 Found Family
Nous Summary
Nous 89%
Without instinct in a society built on it, one girl's hidden absence becomes a spreading contagion.
by Christelle Dabos 2024
4.02
2k+ ratings
🏙️ Dystopian Society🎭 Hidden Identity🫂 Found Family
Hum
by Helen Phillips • 2024
A mother sells her face to AI for cash. Her children vanish into a watching city.
3.50
13k+
🤖 Near-Future Dystopia👁️ Surveillance Society🤱 Maternal Anxiety
Hum Summary
Hum 89%
A mother sells her face to AI for cash. Her children vanish into a watching city.
by Helen Phillips 2024
3.50
13k+ ratings
🤖 Near-Future Dystopia👁️ Surveillance Society🤱 Maternal Anxiety
Hazards of Time Travel
by Joyce Carol Oates • 2018
A teenager's forbidden questions land her in 1959 Wisconsin, where one wrong memory means erasure.
2.98
8k+
📚 Literary Dystopia🧠 Memory Erasure👁️ Surveillance State
Hazards of Time Travel Summary
Hazards of Time Travel 89%
A teenager's forbidden questions land her in 1959 Wisconsin, where one wrong memory means erasure.
by Joyce Carol Oates 2018
2.98
8k+ ratings
📚 Literary Dystopia🧠 Memory Erasure👁️ Surveillance State
The Merge
by Grace Walker • 2025
To save her mother, a skeptic fuses their minds. The clinic's healing is a slow vanishing.
3.69
7k+
📖 Literary Dystopia🏥 Medical Dystopia🧩 Memory Manipulation
The Merge Summary
The Merge 89%
To save her mother, a skeptic fuses their minds. The clinic's healing is a slow vanishing.
by Grace Walker 2025
3.69
7k+ ratings
📖 Literary Dystopia🏥 Medical Dystopia🧩 Memory Manipulation
The Warehouse
by Rob Hart • 2019
A failed entrepreneur and a spy enter a company town where wristbands track every heartbeat.
3.84
15k+
🏢 Corporate Dystopia⏳ Near-Future Thriller🕵️ Corporate Espionage
The Warehouse Summary
The Warehouse 89%
A failed entrepreneur and a spy enter a company town where wristbands track every heartbeat.
by Rob Hart 2019
3.84
15k+ ratings
🏢 Corporate Dystopia⏳ Near-Future Thriller🕵️ Corporate Espionage
Acide sulfurique
by Amélie Nothomb • 2005
A student is dragged into a reality-TV death camp where the audience decides who is killed.
3.57
13k+
📺 Dystopian Reality Tv🏷️ Power Of Names🔄 Villain Redemption
Acide sulfurique Summary
Acide sulfurique 89%
A student is dragged into a reality-TV death camp where the audience decides who is killed.
by Amélie Nothomb 2005
3.57
13k+ ratings
📺 Dystopian Reality Tv🏷️ Power Of Names🔄 Villain Redemption
BEYOND EXTINCTION
by John Keeble • 2018
A geneticist's refuge becomes a lab; his lover, a numan; his DNA, a museum of extinction.
3.83
138
🧬 Genetic Dystopia🧬 Species Replacement🧠 Genetic Memory
BEYOND EXTINCTION Summary
BEYOND EXTINCTION 89%
A geneticist's refuge becomes a lab; his lover, a numan; his DNA, a museum of extinction.
by John Keeble 2018
3.83
138 ratings
🧬 Genetic Dystopia🧬 Species Replacement🧠 Genetic Memory
A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World
by C.A. Fletcher • 2019
When their dog is stolen, a young islander chases the stranger into an emptied Britain.
4.15
22k+
🍃 Quiet Apocalypse🐕 Dog As Family🎭 Hidden Gender
A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World Summary
A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World 88%
When their dog is stolen, a young islander chases the stranger into an emptied Britain.
by C.A. Fletcher 2019
4.15
22k+ ratings
🍃 Quiet Apocalypse🐕 Dog As Family🎭 Hidden Gender
Super Sad True Love Story
by Gary Shteyngart • 2010
A neurotic 39-year-old courts a guarded young woman in an America where everyone is rated.
3.45
42k+
🔮 Near-Future Dystopia🤖 Satirical Sci-Fi💔 Age Gap Relationship
Super Sad True Love Story Summary
Super Sad True Love Story 88%
A neurotic 39-year-old courts a guarded young woman in an America where everyone is rated.
by Gary Shteyngart 2010
3.45
42k+ ratings
🔮 Near-Future Dystopia🤖 Satirical Sci-Fi💔 Age Gap Relationship
The Children of Men
by P.D. James • 1992
A generation without children. Then one pregnancy forces a grieving scholar to defy a tyrant cousin.
3.67
53k+
📚 Literary Dystopia🏚️ Crumbling Civilization🛡️ Reluctant Protector
The Children of Men Summary
The Children of Men 88%
A generation without children. Then one pregnancy forces a grieving scholar to defy a tyrant cousin.
by P.D. James 1992
3.67
53k+ ratings
📚 Literary Dystopia🏚️ Crumbling Civilization🛡️ Reluctant Protector
Ripe
by Sarah Rose Etter • 2023
Her only constant is a black hole. At a Silicon Valley startup, it begins to feed.
3.58
34k+
🖥️ Tech Dystopia🏢 Corporate Alienation👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Trauma
Ripe Summary
Ripe 88%
Her only constant is a black hole. At a Silicon Valley startup, it begins to feed.
by Sarah Rose Etter 2023
3.58
34k+ ratings
🖥️ Tech Dystopia🏢 Corporate Alienation👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Trauma
The School for Good Mothers
by Jessamine Chan • 2022
Frida Liu's custody depends on convincing a doll and the cameras that she's a fit mother.
3.53
128k+
🤖 Dystopian Motherhood📹 Surveillance State🏫 Institutional Setting
The School for Good Mothers Summary
The School for Good Mothers 88%
Frida Liu's custody depends on convincing a doll and the cameras that she's a fit mother.
by Jessamine Chan 2022
3.53
128k+ ratings
🤖 Dystopian Motherhood📹 Surveillance State🏫 Institutional Setting
The Dispossessed
by Ursula K. Le Guin • 1974
A physicist leaves an anarchist moon for a capitalist planet where his theories become a weapon.
4.26
154k+
🏛️ Political Sci-Fi🏴 Anarchist Society🌱 Utopian Experiment
The Dispossessed Summary
The Dispossessed 88%
A physicist leaves an anarchist moon for a capitalist planet where his theories become a weapon.
by Ursula K. Le Guin 1974
4.26
154k+ ratings
🏛️ Political Sci-Fi🏴 Anarchist Society🌱 Utopian Experiment
Radicalized
by Cory Doctorow • 2019
When her smart toaster bricks itself, a refugee discovers the whole building is a corporate jail.
4.03
8k+
🏙️ Near Future Dystopia💻 Hacktivism🧳 Refugee Resilience
Radicalized Summary
Radicalized 88%
When her smart toaster bricks itself, a refugee discovers the whole building is a corporate jail.
by Cory Doctorow 2019
4.03
8k+ ratings
🏙️ Near Future Dystopia💻 Hacktivism🧳 Refugee Resilience
Gliff
by Ali Smith • 2024
Branded disposable, two siblings hide in an abandoned school where a horse becomes their rebellion.
3.89
10k+
🏚️ Literary Dystopia👫 Sibling Bond🫂 Found Family
Gliff Summary
Gliff 88%
Branded disposable, two siblings hide in an abandoned school where a horse becomes their rebellion.
by Ali Smith 2024
3.89
10k+ ratings
🏚️ Literary Dystopia👫 Sibling Bond🫂 Found Family
The Memory of Animals
by Claire Fuller • 2023
A marine biologist enters a vaccine trial and wakes to a world that has already ended.
3.57
6k+
🖋️ Literary Dystopia🦠 Pandemic Survival🏠 Found Family
The Memory of Animals Summary
The Memory of Animals 88%
A marine biologist enters a vaccine trial and wakes to a world that has already ended.
by Claire Fuller 2023
3.57
6k+ ratings
🖋️ Literary Dystopia🦠 Pandemic Survival🏠 Found Family
The Slynx
by Tatyana Tolstaya • 2007
In frozen, mutated Russia, a scribe copies a tyrant's decrees as a forest beast steals minds.
3.81
6k+
📚 Forbidden Books🧠 Cultural Amnesia😈 Dark Absurdist Humor
The Slynx Summary
The Slynx 88%
In frozen, mutated Russia, a scribe copies a tyrant's decrees as a forest beast steals minds.
by Tatyana Tolstaya 2007
3.81
6k+ ratings
📚 Forbidden Books🧠 Cultural Amnesia😈 Dark Absurdist Humor
Super-Cannes by J. G. Ballard
by J.G. Ballard • 2000
Above Cannes, a corporate paradise hides its last doctor's killing spree behind a wall of silence.
3.72
5k+
🏢 Corporate Dystopia🏘️ Gated Community Horror🔪 Sanctioned Violence
Super-Cannes by J. G. Ballard Summary
Super-Cannes by J. G. Ballard 88%
Above Cannes, a corporate paradise hides its last doctor's killing spree behind a wall of silence.
by J.G. Ballard 2000
3.72
5k+ ratings
🏢 Corporate Dystopia🏘️ Gated Community Horror🔪 Sanctioned Violence
Chien 51
by Laurent Gaudé • 2022
A refugee cop in a corporate megacity hunts a killer through zones of privilege and ruin.
3.64
2k+
🖤 Dystopian Noir💼 Corporate Dystopia👥 Reluctant Partners
Chien 51 Summary
Chien 51 88%
A refugee cop in a corporate megacity hunts a killer through zones of privilege and ruin.
by Laurent Gaudé 2022
3.64
2k+ ratings
🖤 Dystopian Noir💼 Corporate Dystopia👥 Reluctant Partners
The Ferryman
by Justin Cronin • 2023
A ferryman of rebirth discovers paradise is a simulation. His dying father left the exit code.
3.92
42k+
🖥️ Simulated Reality🏙️ Utopian Dystopia⚔️ Rebellion Against System
The Ferryman Summary
The Ferryman 88%
A ferryman of rebirth discovers paradise is a simulation. His dying father left the exit code.
by Justin Cronin 2023
3.92
42k+ ratings
🖥️ Simulated Reality🏙️ Utopian Dystopia⚔️ Rebellion Against System
The Slow Regard of Silent Things
by Patrick Rothfuss • 2014
Auri lives alone beneath the University, coaxing order from broken things and dreading a visitor.
3.86
162k+
🧹 Quiet Fantasy📖 Literary Fantasy🏚️ Hermit Protagonist
The Slow Regard of Silent Things Summary
The Slow Regard of Silent Things 88%
Auri lives alone beneath the University, coaxing order from broken things and dreading a visitor.
by Patrick Rothfuss 2014
3.86
162k+ ratings
🧹 Quiet Fantasy📖 Literary Fantasy🏚️ Hermit Protagonist
Little Mushroom
by Yi Shi Si Zhou • 2022
A sentient mushroom disguised as human seeks his lost spore in a fortress that executes mutants.
4.59
6k+
🍄 Nonhuman Protagonist💕 Slow-Burn Romance🎭 Identity Concealment
Little Mushroom Summary
Little Mushroom 88%
A sentient mushroom disguised as human seeks his lost spore in a fortress that executes mutants.
by Yi Shi Si Zhou 2022
4.59
6k+ ratings
🍄 Nonhuman Protagonist💕 Slow-Burn Romance🎭 Identity Concealment
Parable of the Talents
by Octavia E. Butler • 1998
Crusaders take her community and her child. In a reeducation camp, a mother holds change sacred.
4.32
87k+
🏚️ Religious Dystopia👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family✝️ Religious Extremism
Parable of the Talents Summary
Parable of the Talents 88%
Crusaders take her community and her child. In a reeducation camp, a mother holds change sacred.
by Octavia E. Butler 1998
4.32
87k+ ratings
🏚️ Religious Dystopia👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family✝️ Religious Extremism
The Sheep Look Up
by John Brunner • 2003
America is dying of its own poison, and the people who warned us are being hunted.
3.91
6k+
☣️ Ecological Dystopia🗣️ Reluctant Prophet🧩 Fragmented Narrative
The Sheep Look Up Summary
The Sheep Look Up 88%
America is dying of its own poison, and the people who warned us are being hunted.
by John Brunner 2003
3.91
6k+ ratings
☣️ Ecological Dystopia🗣️ Reluctant Prophet🧩 Fragmented Narrative
Our Missing Hearts
by Celeste Ng • 2022
A cryptic drawing from his vanished mother sends a boy across an America silenced by fear.
3.79
214k+
📚 Literary Dystopia👩‍👦 Missing Mother📖 Storytelling As Resistance
Our Missing Hearts Summary
Our Missing Hearts 88%
A cryptic drawing from his vanished mother sends a boy across an America silenced by fear.
by Celeste Ng 2022
3.79
214k+ ratings
📚 Literary Dystopia👩‍👦 Missing Mother📖 Storytelling As Resistance
The Circle
by Dave Eggers • 2013
Mae's dream job at the Circle comes with a catch: complete surveillance, and no way out.
3.43
232k+
👁️ Digital Panopticon💰 Surveillance Capitalism🏢 Tech Campus Dystopia
The Circle Summary
The Circle 88%
Mae's dream job at the Circle comes with a catch: complete surveillance, and no way out.
by Dave Eggers 2013
3.43
232k+ ratings
👁️ Digital Panopticon💰 Surveillance Capitalism🏢 Tech Campus Dystopia
The Girl Who Dared to Endure
by Bella Forrest • 2018
To expose the cabal that corrupted her AI Tower, Liana must risk the brother she loves.
4.35
4k+
🧠 Ai Consciousness🏙️ Enclosed Society🫂 Found Family
The Girl Who Dared to Endure Summary
The Girl Who Dared to Endure 88%
To expose the cabal that corrupted her AI Tower, Liana must risk the brother she loves.
by Bella Forrest 2018
4.35
4k+ ratings
🧠 Ai Consciousness🏙️ Enclosed Society🫂 Found Family
Prophet Song
by Paul Lynch • 2023
When secret police knock, a mother must protect her family from a collapsing Ireland.
4.03
87k+
🏛️ Political Dystopia🛡️ Mother As Protector💔 Family Separation
Prophet Song Summary
Prophet Song 88%
When secret police knock, a mother must protect her family from a collapsing Ireland.
by Paul Lynch 2023
4.03
87k+ ratings
🏛️ Political Dystopia🛡️ Mother As Protector💔 Family Separation
Klara and the Sun
by Kazuo Ishiguro • 2021
An Artificial Friend thinks the Sun can heal her sick companion. She means to prove it.
3.74
444k+
🖋️ Literary Science Fiction🌅 Gentle Dystopia🤖 Artificial Companion
Klara and the Sun Summary
Klara and the Sun 88%
An Artificial Friend thinks the Sun can heal her sick companion. She means to prove it.
by Kazuo Ishiguro 2021
3.74
444k+ ratings
🖋️ Literary Science Fiction🌅 Gentle Dystopia🤖 Artificial Companion
These Memories Do Not Belong to Us
by Yiming Ma • 2025
A son inherits his mother's forbidden memories in an empire where remembering is a crime.
3.43
4k+
🧠 Memory Dystopia🇨🇳 Chinese Dystopia🚫 Forbidden Memories
These Memories Do Not Belong to Us Summary
These Memories Do Not Belong to Us 88%
A son inherits his mother's forbidden memories in an empire where remembering is a crime.
by Yiming Ma 2025
3.43
4k+ ratings
🧠 Memory Dystopia🇨🇳 Chinese Dystopia🚫 Forbidden Memories
The Book of Guilt
by Catherine Chidgey • 2025
Three cloned brothers, doted on and daily dosed, discover the cure is what kills them.
4.18
10k+
🧬 Clone Protagonists🇬🇧 Alternate Britain💉 Medical Experimentation
The Book of Guilt Summary
The Book of Guilt 88%
Three cloned brothers, doted on and daily dosed, discover the cure is what kills them.
by Catherine Chidgey 2025
4.18
10k+ ratings
🧬 Clone Protagonists🇬🇧 Alternate Britain💉 Medical Experimentation
Those Beyond the Wall
by Micaiah Johnson • 2024
A mechanic discovers his friend's violent death is tied to alternate selves crossing between worlds.
4.05
3k+
🌀 Multiverse Sci-Fi🏙️ Dystopian Class Divide💛 Found Family
Those Beyond the Wall Summary
Those Beyond the Wall 88%
A mechanic discovers his friend's violent death is tied to alternate selves crossing between worlds.
by Micaiah Johnson 2024
4.05
3k+ ratings
🌀 Multiverse Sci-Fi🏙️ Dystopian Class Divide💛 Found Family
The Program
by Suzanne Young • 2013
The cure for sadness is forgetting. Sloane's grief and love mark her for The Program.
4.04
61k+
🖤 Dystopian Romance🧠 Memory Erasure💔 Forbidden Love
The Program Summary
The Program 88%
The cure for sadness is forgetting. Sloane's grief and love mark her for The Program.
by Suzanne Young 2013
4.04
61k+ ratings
🖤 Dystopian Romance🧠 Memory Erasure💔 Forbidden Love
The Tower
by Colin Wilson • 1987
Giant telepathic spiders rule the earth, and one boy's mind holds the power they cannot break.
4.02
509
🧠 Psychic Dystopia🕷️ Giant Spiders🏭 Engineered Society
The Tower Summary
The Tower 88%
Giant telepathic spiders rule the earth, and one boy's mind holds the power they cannot break.
by Colin Wilson 1987
4.02
509 ratings
🧠 Psychic Dystopia🕷️ Giant Spiders🏭 Engineered Society
Vox
by Christina Dalcher • 2018
A linguist on a hundred-word daily limit must destroy the drug designed to make silence permanent.
3.55
92k+
🏙️ Near-Future Dystopia✊ Feminist Dystopia⛪ Theocratic Regime
Vox Summary
Vox 88%
A linguist on a hundred-word daily limit must destroy the drug designed to make silence permanent.
by Christina Dalcher 2018
3.55
92k+ ratings
🏙️ Near-Future Dystopia✊ Feminist Dystopia⛪ Theocratic Regime
In the Country of Last Things. by Paul Auster
by Paul Auster • 1987
Anna searches a nameless, crumbling city for her brother while hunger and forgetting consume all.
3.91
16k+
✉️ Epistolary Dystopia🏚️ Collapsing City🤝 Found Family
In the Country of Last Things. by Paul Auster Summary
In the Country of Last Things. by Paul Auster 88%
Anna searches a nameless, crumbling city for her brother while hunger and forgetting consume all.
by Paul Auster 1987
3.91
16k+ ratings
✉️ Epistolary Dystopia🏚️ Collapsing City🤝 Found Family
Zed
by Joanna Kavenna • 2019
A murder the system failed to predict becomes a crack that brings the surveillance state down.
3.12
1k+
🤖 Algorithmic Dystopia👁️ Predictive Surveillance💾 Hacker Resistance
Zed Summary
Zed 88%
A murder the system failed to predict becomes a crack that brings the surveillance state down.
by Joanna Kavenna 2019
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1k+ ratings
🤖 Algorithmic Dystopia👁️ Predictive Surveillance💾 Hacker Resistance
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