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Books Editor (673 KP) shared own list

Sep 20, 2017
Looking to read some new dystopian novels similar to the likes of George Orwell and Margaret Atwood? Well here are the New York Times' selection for this year.
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NYT's Dystopian Novels for 2017

Dystopian fiction has been a staple on the best-seller lists for years. So here are the New York Times' best postapocalyptic novels for 2017:

Void Star: A Novel

Void Star: A Novel

Zachary Mason

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A riveting, beautifully written, fugue-like novel of AIs, memory, violence, and mortality Not far...

Science fiction
New York 2140

New York 2140

Kim Stanley Robinson

6.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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As the sea levels rose, every street became a canal. Every skyscraper an island. For the residents...

Science fiction environment
NK3

NK3

Michael Tolkin

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With The Player and The Return of the Player, Michael Tolkin established himself as the master...

Science fiction fiction
Walkaway: A Novel

Walkaway: A Novel

Cory Doctorow

7.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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From New York Times bestselling author Cory Doctorow, an epic tale of revolution, love,...

Science fiction fiction
American War

American War

Omar El Akkad

7.5 (4 Ratings) Rate It

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An audacious and powerful debut novel: a second American Civil War, a devastating plague, and one...

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Kityn (6 KP) rated Fever Moon: The Fear Dorcha (Fever #5.5) in Books

May 22, 2018  
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Fever Moon: The Fear Dorcha (Fever #5.5)
Karen Marie Moning | 2012
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
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i loved the novels. this book was just so so. the way the characters looked didn't live up to what i had pictured in my head even remotely
  
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Kayla (5 KP) rated The Funhouse in Books

Jun 21, 2018  
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The Funhouse
Owen West | 1980
4
6.7 (3 Ratings)
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I didn't like this nearly as well as most Koontz novels I've read, but it was interesting, definitely. And it had some things I thought were pretty genius.
  
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Jay McInerney recommended A Handful of Dust in Books (curated)

 
A Handful of Dust
A Handful of Dust
Evelyn Waugh, Robert Murray Davis | 2000 | Fiction & Poetry
10.0 (2 Ratings)
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"This novel shows all of Waugh’s gifts for satire and farce, but unlike his earlier novels, it has a three-dimensional, tragic protagonist in aristocratic cuckold Tony Last."

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Alison Bechdel recommended Possession in Books (curated)

 
Possession
Possession
A.S. Byatt | 2013 | Contemporary, Fiction & Poetry
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"I am a sucker for campus novels, and this is one of the best, even though it has some pretty scathing things to say about feminist literary criticism."

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Jeff Bezos recommended The Remains of the Day in Books (curated)

 
The Remains of the Day
The Remains of the Day
Kazuo Ishiguro | 2005 | Fiction & Poetry
10.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Favorite

"Jeff Bezos’s favorite novel, about a butler who wistfully recalls his career in service during wartime Great Britain. Bezos has said he learns more from novels than nonfiction."

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