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With Frankenstein (1818), Mary Shelley breathed life into the science fiction genre. With The Last Man, she gave birth to dystopian fiction (it also has many elements associated with post-apocalyptic literature). Shelley sets the novel in the late 21...
The Last Man (Oxford World's Classics) Mary Shelley
Like many science fiction writers, Huxley grappled with topics that remain with us today, such as technological and genetic advances and their impact on humans. The story follows Bernard Marx, an Alpha Plus who feels alienated from his conformist soc...
Brave New World
This is a novel that needs little introduction, even to those who haven’t read it. The story takes place in a totalitarian society ruled by the Party and led by Big Brother. It follows Winston Smith, a low-ranking member of the Party who secretly reb...
1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four: New Edition
Another book that needs little introduction, thanks (in part)to the recent television series. The novel is set in the near future and takes place in the Republic of Gilead, a theocratic dystopian society where women are subjugated and stripped of the...
The Handmaid's Tale (Contemporary Classics)
You may be familiar with the film adaptation directed by Alfonso Cuarón (minus the definite article), although the book differs in significant ways. The novel is set in the near future, where humanity faces extinction because of universal infertility...
Children Of Men
A man and his son wander the wastelands of a hauntingly desolate America.
The road. Cormac McCarthy
One of my long-term favourite writers. This one's a tough read, but worth it. Set in an unknown European country where law had broken down and armed gangs roam the countryside.
Song Of Stone. Iain Banks