Novels have the capacity to captivate our imaginations while also engaging in human themes and reflecting the modern world. Authors like George Orwell, Octavia E. Butler, and others have written ...

Novels tend to portray dystopia as a messy, noisy business. Climate change brings devastating fires and floods; political extremism breeds abuse and bloodshed; viruses fill graveyards following quick, ...

The Handmaid’s Tale author Margaret Atwood fears her dystopian novel can ‘now happen anywhere’ - ‘I don’t think we’re going to get the outfits, but the rest of it seems more and more plausible,’ says ...

The novel, “Prophet Song,” is a story mirroring today's headlines, with a country dissolving into political chaos, descending into violence, and one woman watching her family fall apart. Jeffrey Brown ...

Discover how the 2025 adaptation of Stephen King's dystopian novel The Long Walk has found new life on Prime Video.

If you’re in a dystopian haze, then Suzanne Collins is to blame. Ever since her YA, action-packed survival adventure ...

From comfort reads to climate fiction, USA TODAY shares the books that defined 2025 and why these stories resonated.

I have a confession to make: I have never read George Orwell’s “1984”, nor Ray Bradbury’s “Fahrenheit 451.” Yet I still consider myself an avid fan of the dystopia genre. Call me fake all you want; I ...

In uncertain times, many readers turn to dystopian. Chloe Gong's cyperpunk novel "Coldwire" goes all in on virtual reality.

Imagine a world in which all the men disappear from the planet in a single moment: Planes they were piloting are left unmanned (literally), their female passengers abandoned in midair; men in bed with ...