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noun: dis-tō-pē-ə\ : an imaginary place where people lead dehumanized and often fearful lives.
* denotes the first in a series.
Fiction
- White Horse* by Alex Adams F ADAMS Alex
- The Handmaid’s Tale* by Margaret Atwood F ATWOOD
- 2030 by Albert Brooks F BROOKS Albert
- World War Z by Max Brooks F BROOKS Max
- Veracity by Laura Bynum F BYNUM Laura
- The Girl with All the Gifts* by M.R. Carey F CAREY M.R.
- Out in the Open by Jesus Carrasco F CARRASCO Jesus
- The Passage* by Justin Cronin F CRONIN Justin
- Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich F ERDRICH Louise
- New Charity Blues by Camille Griep F GRIEP Camille
- The Illegal by Lawrence Hill F HILL Lawrence
- Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro F ISHIGURO Kazou
- The Children of Men by P.D. James F JAMES P.D.
- The Resisters by Gish Jen F JEN Gish
- The Tyrant's Novel by Thomas Keneally F KENEALLY Thomas
- The Tiger Flu by Larissa Lai F LAI Larissa
- On Such a Full Sea by Chang-rae Lee F LEE Chang-rae
- California by Edan Lepucki F LEPUCKI Edan
- Severance by Ling Ma F MA Ling
- Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel F MANDEL Emily
- I am Legend by Richard Matheson F MATHESON Richard
- Gather the Daughters by Jennie Melamed F MELAMED Jennie
- Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell F MITCHELL David
- Resurrection Express by Stephen Romano F ROMANO Stephen
- Blindness* by Jose Saramago F SARAMAGO Jose
- Little Eyes by Samanta Schweblin F SCHWEBLIN Samanta
- Before She Sleeps by Bina Shah F SHAH Bina
- The Trees by Ali Shaw F SHAW Ali
- The Mandibles by Lionel Shriver F SHRIVER Lionel
- Divided Kingdom by Rupert Thomson F THOMSON Rupert
- The Traveler* by John Twelve Hawks F TWELVEHAWKS John
- Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut F VONNEGUT Kurt
- Smoke* by Dan Vyleta F VYLETA Dan
Science Fiction & Fantasy
- The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi SF BACIGALUPI Paolo
- Ninth City Burning* by J. Patrick Black SF BLACK J. Patrick
- The Postman by David Brin SF BRIN David
- Armageddon's Children* by Terry Brooks FAN BROOKS
- Red Rising* by Pierce Brown SF BROWN Pierce
- Parable of the Sower* by Octavia E. Butler SF Bulter (pb)
- Ender’s Game* by Orson Scott Card SF CARD Orson
- A Beginning at the End by Mike Chen SF CHEN Mike
- Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick SF DICK Philip
- Rapture of the Nerds by Cory Doctorow SF DOCTOROW Cory
- American War by Omar El Akkad SF El AKKAD Omar
- Lost in Arcadia by Sean Gandert SF GANDERT Sean
- Neuromancer* by William Gibson SF GIBSON William
- The Record Keeper* by Agnes Gormillion SF GORMILLION Agnes
- Ancillary Justice* by Ann Leckie SF LECKIE Ann
- Gun, with Occasional Music by Jonathan Lethem SF LETHEM Jonathan
- Bone Season* by Samantha Shannon FAN SHANNON Samantha