Dystopian
When the future (or present) is dark and scary and you don't want to live in it. AKA, set in societies where social or technological trends have led to oppressive governments and/or degraded quality of life.
- Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
- Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
- The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
- Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
- Island by Aldous Huxley
- The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
- The World Inside by Robert Silverberg
- The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein
- Make Room! Make Room! by Harry Harrison
- Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
- A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick
- Dawn by Octavia E. Butler
- Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor
- That Hideous Strength by C.S. Lewis
- Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde
- Shift by Hugh Howey
- When the Sleeper Wakes by H.G. Wells
- Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler
- Patternmaster by Octavia E. Butler
- Dinner at Deviant's Palace by Tim Powers
- Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner
- Storm Thief by Chris Wooding
- Embassytown by China Mieville
- City of Darkness by Ben Bova
- The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood
- Moxyland by Lauren Beukes
- Hidden Empire by Orson Scott Card
- Fury by Henry Kuttner
- Revolt in 2100 by Robert A. Heinlein
- Friday by Robert A. Heinlein
- The Shockwave Rider by John Brunner
- Desolation Road by Ian McDonald
- The Last Castle by Jack Vance
- Winterlong by Elizabeth Hand
- Gnomon by Nick Harkaway
- Radio Free Albemuth by Philip K. Dick
- Misspent Youth by Peter F. Hamilton
- Remake by Connie Willis
- Millennium People by J.G. Ballard
- The Book of Phoenix by Nnedi Okorafor
- Caliphate by Tom Kratman
- The 10th Victim by Robert Sheckley
- The Whole Man by John Brunner
- Early Riser by Jasper Fforde
- Salt by Adam Roberts
- Time Out of Joint by Philip K. Dick
- THX 1138 by Ben Bova
- The City and the Stars by Sir Arthur C. Clarke
- The Penultimate Truth by Philip K. Dick
- Cage of Souls by Adrian Tchaikovsky
- A World Out of Time by Larry Niven
- Bete by Adam Roberts
- Radix by A. A. Attanasio
- The Game-Players of Titan by Philip K. Dick
- The Gate to Women's Country by Sheri S. Tepper
- Mindkiller by Spider Robinson
- The Simulacra by Philip K. Dick
- Flash Point by Nancy Kress
- The Status Civilization by Robert Sheckley
- Six Moon Dance by Sheri S. Tepper
- Maul by Tricia Sullivan
- The Race by Nina Allan
- Fugue for a Darkening Island by Christopher Priest
- The Dancers at the End of Time by Michael Moorcock
- Telempath by Spider Robinson
- Child of the River by Paul J. McAuley
- Lifehouse by Spider Robinson
- Direct Descent by Frank Herbert
- Kiln People by David Brin
- By Light Alone by Adam Roberts
- A Torrent of Faces by James Blish
- God's World by Ian Watson
- The Last Legends of Earth by A. A. Attanasio
- Jem by Frederik Pohl
- The Boy Who Would Live Forever by Frederik Pohl
- HARM by Brian Aldiss
- Shadowboxer by Tricia Sullivan
- The Duplicated Man by James Blish
- The Visitor by Sheri S. Tepper
- Night of Power by Spider Robinson
- The Reality Matrix by John Dalmas
- Rushing to Paradise by J.G. Ballard
- Sideshow by Sheri S. Tepper
- The Hunger Games Companion by Lois H. Gresh
- The Power by Ian Watson
- Gibbon's Decline and Fall by Sheri S. Tepper
- In Other Worlds by A. A. Attanasio
- Deeper Than the Darkness by Gregory Benford
- The Quiet Woman by Christopher Priest
- The General's President by John Dalmas
- Stolen Faces by Michael Bishop
- The Puppet Master by John Dalmas
- Catacomb Years by Michael Bishop
- David's Sling by Marc Stiegler
- A Little Knowledge by Michael Bishop
- The Pickup Artist by Terry Bisson
- Arc of the Dream by A. A. Attanasio
- Whores of Babylon by Ian Watson
- The Psionic Menace by John Brunner
- Thought Gazer by Raymond Bolton
