Below, 50 dystopian books to read now.

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That run-in stirs Tetsuos own latent psychic powers, making him a government target.

A selection of dystopian books.

But it eventually comes for them, too, and Max loses her shadow.

Its in Mords fur that Rachel finds Borne, a tiny creature that may be a Company experiment himself.

As a Gearbreaker, Eris specializes in breaching these robots and destroying them from the inside.

‘Akira 35th Anniversary Box Set’ by Katsuhiro Otomo

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Benjis on the run.

After her sister dies in this way, 18-year-old Zetian enlists in the military to seek revenge.

That includes June, the sister of the murdered boy, whos determined to avenge her brothers death.

‘American War’ by Omar El Akkad

Two trans women, Beth and Fran, survive by harvesting estrogen from the testicles of the diseased.

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The Memory Police

Things are disappearing, and whatever is gone is meant to stay forgotten.

While Tommy and Ruths relationship blossoms, Kathy pines from the sidelines, forever the good friend.

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The Ones Were Meant to Find

Cee doesnt remember anything about her old life.

The deserted island she woke up on is all she knows.

The island… and that she has a sister, Kay, waiting for her somewhere.

‘Bitch Planet, Vol. 1: Extraordinary Machine’ by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Valentine De Landro

Jebis new job is to paint magical sigils on the militarys robotic soldiers sigils that power the automatons.

One man has a bullet he cannot legally remove without making an official request.

Another could save him, but hell have to break the law to do so.

‘The Book of M’ by Peng Shepherd

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The Seep

On the surface, The Seep changed everyones life for the better.

While photographing the almost-abandoned streets, Candace encounters a group of survivors headed for a rumored safehouse.

But is it safer to team up or go it alone?

‘Borne’ by Jeff VanderMeer

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Shades Children

The world changed forever when the Overlords came.

But what can they do when they learn the corruption runs deeper than they ever imagined?

Esteban gets pulled into this illicit world after he accepts an invitation to an illegal dinner party.

‘The Broken Earth Trilogy Box Set’ by N.K. Jemisin

InUnwind, three teenagers in imminent danger of having their organs harvested must band together to survive.

When D-503 realizes that he has a soul, he becomes a government target.

But when Immanuelle obtains her mothers diary, she begins to question everything she knows about her home.

‘The Children of Men’ by P.D. James

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‘The City & the City’ by China Miéville

‘The Doloriad’ by Missouri Williams

‘The Farm’ by Joanne Ramos

‘Followers’ by Megan Angelo

‘Future Home of the Living God’ by Louise Erdrich

‘Gearbreakers’ by Zoe Hana Mikuta

‘The Good Luck Girls’ by Charlotte Nicole Davis

‘Hell Followed With Us’ by Andrew Joseph White

‘Hunting by Stars’ by Cherie Dimaline

‘The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf’ by Ambelin Kwaymullina

‘Iron Widow’ by Xiran Jay Zhao

‘Legend’ by Marie Lu

‘Manhunt’ by Gretchen Felker-Martin

‘The Memory Police’ by Yoko Ogawa

‘Moon of the Crusted Snow’ by Waubgeshig Rice

‘Neuromancer’ by William Gibson

‘Never Let Me Go’ by Kazuo Ishiguro

‘Noor’ by Nnedi Okorafor

‘The Ones We’re Meant to Find’ by Joan He

‘Parable of the Sower’ by Octavia E. Butler

‘Phoenix Extravagant’ by Yoon Ha Lee

‘Queen of Teeth’ by Hailey Piper

‘The Queue’ by Basma Abdel Aziz

‘The Resisters’ by Gish Jen

‘The Seep’ by Chana Porter

‘Severance’ by Ling Ma

‘Sorrowland’ by Rivers Solomon

‘Shade’s Children’ by Garth Nix

‘Station Eleven’ by Emily St. John Mandel

‘Survive the Dome’ by Kosoko Jackson

‘Tears of the Trufflepig’ by Fernando A. Flores

‘Tender Is the Flesh’ by Agustina Bazterrica

‘Unwind’ by Neal Shusterman

‘Want’ by Cindy Pon

‘The Water Cure’ by Sophie Mackintosh

‘We’ by Yevgeny Zamyatin

‘We Set the Dark on Fire’ by Tehlor Kay Mejia

‘Widowland’ by C.J. Carey

‘Winter Tide’ by Ruthanna Emrys

‘The Women Could Fly’ by Megan Giddings

‘The Year of the Witching’ by Alexis Henderson

‘Zone One’ by Colson Whitehead