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Best utopia, dystopia, and other world fiction
Utopia, dystopia, other world, sci-fi, etc. What drops you off into another world?
Tags: dystopia, fiction, sci-fi, and utopia

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1984
1984
by George Orwell 263 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 26000
vote
2
Brave New World
Brave New World
by Aldous Huxley 181 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 17736
vote
3
The Handmaid's Tale
The Handmaid's Tale
by Margaret Atwood 179 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 17665
vote
4
Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury 167 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 16358
vote
5
The Giver
The Giver
by Lois Lowry 144 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 14140
vote
6
Animal Farm
Animal Farm
by George Orwell 123 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 11870
vote
7
A Wrinkle in Time
A Wrinkle in Time
by Madeleine L'Engle, Peter Sis (Illustrator) 86 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 8393
vote
8
A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange
by Anthony Burgess 68 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 6568
vote
9
The Road
The Road
by Cormac McCarthy 62 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 6041
vote
10
Oryx and Crake
Oryx and Crake
by Margaret Atwood 60 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 5895
vote
11
The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings
by J.R.R. Tolkien 59 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 5771
vote
12
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies
by William Golding 50 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 4807
vote
13
The Hunger Games
The Hunger Games
by Suzanne Collins 46 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 4534
vote
14
Anthem
Anthem
by Ayn Rand 40 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 3869
vote
15
Never Let Me Go
Never Let Me Go
by Kazuo Ishiguro 40 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 3863
vote
16
Watchmen
Watchmen
by Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons (Illustrator) 39 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 3784
vote
17
The Stand
The Stand
by Stephen King, Bernie Wrightson (Illustrator) 39 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 3744
vote
18
Watership Down
Watership Down
by Richard Adams 37 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 3544
vote
19
We
We
by Yevgeny Zamyatin 33 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 3222
vote
20
The Hobbit: Or There and Back Again
The Hobbit: Or There and Back Again
by J.R.R. Tolkien 32 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 3039
vote
21
V for Vendetta
V for Vendetta
by Alan Moore, David Lloyd 30 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 2862
vote
22
Ender's Game
Ender's Game
by Orson Scott Card 29 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 2772
vote
23
The Uglies Trilogy: Uglies, Pretties, Specials
The Uglies Trilogy: Uglies, Pretties, Specials
by Scott Westerfeld 28 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 2725
vote
24
Parable of the Sower
Parable of the Sower
by Octavia E. Butler 26 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 2536
vote
25
Blindness
Blindness
by José Saramago, Giovanni Pontiero (Translator) 25 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 2414
vote
26
I Am Legend
I Am Legend
by Richard Matheson 25 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 2367
vote
27
Snow Crash
Snow Crash
by Neal Stephenson 24 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 2300
vote
28
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia
by Ursula K. Le Guin 21 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 2052
vote
29
Utopia
Utopia
by Thomas More 21 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 2020
vote
30
The Time Machine
The Time Machine
by H.G. Wells 21 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1972
vote
31
The City of Ember
The City of Ember
by Jeanne DuPrau 20 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1894
vote
32
The Children of Men
The Children of Men
by P.D. James 20 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1891
vote
33
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
by C.S. Lewis 20 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1887
vote
34
Feed
Feed
by M.T. Anderson 20 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1877
vote
35
The Sparrow
The Sparrow
by Mary Doria Russell 19 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1859
vote
36
The Trial
The Trial
by Franz Kafka 19 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1825
vote
37
Gathering Blue
Gathering Blue
by Lois Lowry 19 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1810
vote
38
A Swiftly Tilting Planet
A Swiftly Tilting Planet
by Madeleine L'Engle, Peter Sis (Illustrator) 18 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1704
vote
39
One Hundred Years of Solitude
One Hundred Years of Solitude
by Gabriel García Márquez, Gregory Rabassa (Translator) 16 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1512
vote
40
A Wind in the Door
A Wind in the Door
by Madeleine L'Engle, Peter Sis (Illustrator) 16 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1511
vote
41
Neuromancer
Neuromancer
by William Gibson 14 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1357
vote
42
Unwind
Unwind
by Neal Shusterman 14 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1345
vote
43
Battle Royale
Battle Royale
by Koushun Takami 14 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1344
vote
44
Lost Horizon: A Novel
Lost Horizon: A Novel
by James Hilton 14 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1332
vote
45
The Gate to Women's Country
The Gate to Women's Country
by Sheri S. Tepper 14 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1317
vote
46
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
by Philip K. Dick 14 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1310
vote
47
The Host
The Host
by Stephenie Meyer 13 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1254
vote
48
The Time Traveler's Wife
The Time Traveler's Wife
by Audrey Niffenegger 13 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1250
vote
49
Foundation
Foundation
by Isaac Asimov 13 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1222
vote
50
Woman on the Edge of Time
Woman on the Edge of Time
by Marge Piercy 12 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1176
vote
51
Twilight
Twilight
by Stephenie Meyer 12 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1158
vote
52
The Man in the High Castle
The Man in the High Castle
by Philip K. Dick 11 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1063
vote
53
Island
Island
by Aldous Huxley 11 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1051
vote
54
The House of the Scorpion
The House of the Scorpion
by Nancy Farmer 11 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1039
vote
55
Gulliver's Travels
Gulliver's Travels
by Jonathan Swift 11 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1035
vote
56
A Canticle for Leibowitz
A Canticle for Leibowitz
by Walter M. Miller Jr. 10 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 956
vote
57
The Postman
The Postman
by David Brin 10 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 945
vote
58
Many Waters
Many Waters
by Madeleine L'Engle 10 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 929
vote
59
Life As We Knew It
Life As We Knew It
by Susan Beth Pfeffer 9 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 869
vote
60
Messenger
Messenger
by Lois Lowry 9 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 855
vote
61
The Metamorphosis and Other Stories
The Metamorphosis and Other Stories
by Franz Kafka 9 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 852
vote
62
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
by J.K. Rowling 9 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 849
vote
63
The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer
The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated...
by Neal Stephenson 9 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 834
vote
64
The Left Hand of Darkness
The Left Hand of Darkness
by Ursula K. Le Guin 8 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 783
vote
65
Wild Seed
Wild Seed
by Octavia E. Butler 8 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 775
vote
66
Breaking Dawn
Breaking Dawn
by Stephenie Meyer 8 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 766
vote
67
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
by Max Brooks 8 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 764
vote
68
The Castle
The Castle
by Franz Kafka 8 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 763
vote
69
Atlas Shrugged
Atlas Shrugged
by Ayn Rand 7 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 690
vote
70
Player Piano
Player Piano
by Kurt Vonnegut 7 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 679
vote
71
Gun, with Occasional Music
Gun, with Occasional Music
by Jonathan Lethem 7 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 666
vote
72
Perdido Street Station
Perdido Street Station
by China Miéville 7 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 664
vote
73
The Eye of the World
The Eye of the World
by Robert Jordan 7 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 660
vote
74
Uglies
Uglies
by Scott Westerfeld 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 590
vote
75
The Gormenghast Novels: Titus Groan, Gormenghast, Titus Alone
The Gormenghast Novels: Titus Groan, Gormenghas...
by Mervyn Peake, Quentin Crisp (Introducer) 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 580
vote
76
The Crying of Lot 49
The Crying of Lot 49
by Thomas Pynchon 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 574
vote
77
The Penal Colony
The Penal Colony
by Franz Kafka 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 566
vote
78
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
by Philip K. Dick 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 560
vote
79
The Chrysalids
The Chrysalids
by John Wyndham 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 487
vote
80
A Wizard of Earthsea
A Wizard of Earthsea
by Ursula K. Le Guin 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 477
vote
80
Beauty
Beauty
by Sheri S. Tepper 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 477
vote
82
Logan's Run
Logan's Run
by William F. Nolan, George Clayton Johnson 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 469
vote
83
Ecotopia: The Notebooks and Reports of William Weston
Ecotopia: The Notebooks and Reports of William ...
by Ernest Callenbach 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 460
vote
83
Herland
Herland
by Charlotte Perkins Gilman 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 460
vote
85
Vurt
Vurt
by Jeff Noon 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 395
vote
86
Swan Song
Swan Song
by Robert R. McCammon 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 393
vote
87
The Supernaturalist
The Supernaturalist
by Eoin Colfer 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 388
vote
88
Pretties
Pretties
by Scott Westerfeld 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 386
vote
89
Jennifer Government
Jennifer Government
by Max Barry 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 385
vote
90
The Glass Bead Game: (Magister Ludi) A Novel
The Glass Bead Game: (Magister Ludi) A Novel
by Hermann Hesse 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 382
vote
91
The Color Purple
The Color Purple
by Alice Walker 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 380
vote
92
An Acceptable Time
An Acceptable Time
by Madeleine L'Engle 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 377
vote
93
The Book of Three
The Book of Three
by Lloyd Alexander 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 376
vote
94
The Day of the Triffids
The Day of the Triffids
by John Wyndham 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 374
vote
95
The Bad Beginning
The Bad Beginning
by Lemony Snicket 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 361
vote
96
Edges: O Israel, O Palestine
Edges: O Israel, O Palestine
by Leora Skolkin-Smith (Goodreads author) 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 300
vote
97
Red Mars
Red Mars
by Kim Stanley Robinson 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 293
vote
98
The Dead and the Gone
The Dead and the Gone
by Susan Beth Pfeffer 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 292
vote
99
Hyperion
Hyperion
by Dan Simmons 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 288
vote
100
Walden Two
Walden Two
by B.F. Skinner 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 287
vote
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message 1: by MICHAEL (new)
07/17/2008 11:41AM

73 foundation definitely deserves a higher rating


message 2: by Chanel (new)
07/29/2008 03:25PM

767519 The Color Purple? Not utopian, dystopian or other worldly.


message 3: by Summer (new)
07/29/2008 04:38PM

227351 Great list. I have gleaned a few books for my TBR. Although, The Color Purple does not belong at all and I'm not sure I understand why L'Engle and Tolkein are on here.



message 4: by Steffi (new)
07/31/2008 01:35AM

1065805 How are Tolkien's books utopian or dystopian??


message 5: by Genericusername (new)
08/03/2008 11:29PM

Nophoto-u-25x33 how is it that not one phillip k. dick novel made it to this list?


message 6: by Carolyn (new)
08/11/2008 10:01AM

1356784 Why clutter this list with the 'other world' fiction class? "Best" Utopia/Dystopia is a good enough rumble without muddying the waters so much.
Also, who the heck put 'The Color Purple', 'Lemony Snicket', and the L'Engle stuff on here? Seems to be the wrong group for them.


message 7: by Emily (new)
08/28/2008 10:56AM

1316533 Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings do not belong on this list.


message 8: by Ubik (new)
11/22/2008 10:56PM

1569308 I highly recommend Land under England to anyone who has not yet read it. Amazing utopian/dystopian novel...my favorite in fact.


message 9: by Zarakoda (last edited 02/04/2009 05:06PM) (new)
02/04/2009 05:06PM

1469669 I think one of L'Engle's books belongs on there, least A Wrinkle in Time, with the whole planet (Camatroz? something like that) where they're ruled and controlled by It - definitely dystopia.


message 10: by Clara (new)
02/05/2009 04:06PM

1978379 Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings were probably put on the list in the "other world" category.


message 11: by arianna (new)
02/24/2009 10:54AM

1461115 Steffi wrote: "How are Tolkien's books utopian or dystopian??"

i guess they are under the other worldy heading...




message 12: by arianna (new)
02/24/2009 10:55AM

1461115 Summer wrote: "Great list. I have gleaned a few books for my TBR. Although, The Color Purple does not belong at all and I'm not sure I understand why L'Engle and Tolkein are on here.
"

"Utopia, dystopia, other world, sci-fi, etc. What drops you off into another world?"

I guess the phrase "what drops you off into another world?" can be very broad as far as fiction goes


message 13: by arianna (new)
02/24/2009 10:55AM

1461115 Genericusername wrote: "how is it that not one phillip k. dick novel made it to this list?"

Add it~!


message 14: by Luz (new)
06/23/2009 06:24PM

Nophoto-f-25x33 I recomend the book Ender's Game for those who have not read it. Its a book must read because it shows it doesnt matter smart you are but if you have the skills to play the game right.


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