Category: Dystopian
READ FOR BOOKCLUBChosen by Tessa Prophet Song is set in an alternative Dublin where a tyrannical government is weaving its way into people’s lives, the rebels are rising up and society is slowly collapsing. It focuses on one family who suffer in many ways and… Continue Reading “Prophet Song – Paul Lynch”
Category: Dystopian, Literary fictionTags: best-books, book-recommendations, book-recs, book-review, book-reviews, bookclub-blog, bookclub-recommendations, Books, fiction, must-read-books, paul-lynch, prophet-song, reading, what-to-read
READ FOR BOOKCLUBChosen by Jo Gladiators fight to the death to win their freedom In America’s private prisons. Loretta Thurwar and Hamara “Hurricane Staxxx” Stacker are the stars of Chain-Gang All-Stars, a televised, profit-making programme. This book is an exploration of the American prison… Continue Reading “Chain-Gang All-Stars – Nana Kwame Adiej-Brenvah”
Category: Dystopian, Literary fiction, Science Fiction, US fictionTags: book-recommendations, book-recs, book-reviews, bookclub-blog, bookclub-recommendations, Books, chain-gang-all-stars, fiction, must-read-books, what-to-read
Posted on November 10, 2023
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READ FOR BOOKERTHON Prophet Song is set in an alternative Dublin where a tyrannical government is weaving its way into people’s lives, and society is slowly collapsing. It focuses on one family who suffer in many ways and one mother, Eilish Stack, who is… Continue Reading “Prophet Song – Paul Lynch”
Category: Booker Prize, Dystopian, Family drama, Irish, Literary fictionTags: book-recommendations, book-recs, book-reviews, bookclub-blog, bookclub-recommendations, Books, fiction, must-read-books, prophet-song, what-to-read
Posted on August 10, 2023
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READ FOR BOOKCLUBChosen by Rachel Dystopian fiction about a world where humans are farmed for meat after animals become diseased and unfit for consumption. Told through the eyes of Marcos, a slaughterhouse official, who is disgusted at what society has become but remains stuck… Continue Reading “Tender Is The Flesh – Agustina Bazterrica”
Category: Dystopian, Horror, TranslatedTags: book-recommendations, book-recs, book-reviews, bookclub-blog, bookclub-recommendations, Books, fiction, must-read-books, tender-is-the-flesh, what-to-read
READ FOR BOOKCLUBChosen by Jo The Girl With All The Gifts is set in a medical facility in a dystopian reality. There, a group of young children are held in cells and transferred to a sterile concrete classroom strapped into wheelchairs with loaded weapons… Continue Reading “The Girl With All The Gifts – M R Carey”
Category: Dystopian, Science Fiction, UK authorTags: book-recommendations, book-recs, book-reviews, bookclub-blog, bookclub-recommendations, Books, fiction, must-read-books, the-girl-with-all-the-gifts, what-to-read
READ FOR BOOKCLUBChosen by Jo Set in a dystopian future, all women, on the first day of their menstruation, are allocated a future at random: a white ticket grants marriage and children; a blue ticket grants a career and freedom. Women are told this… Continue Reading “Blue Ticket – Sophie MackIntosh”
Category: Domestic Fiction, Dystopian, Feminism, Literary fiction, Science Fiction, UK authorTags: Best Books, Blue Ticket, Bookclub, Bookclub Blog, Books, Books To Read, Dystopian, Handmaid's Tale, Literature, Must Read Books
Chosen by Becks Political satirist George Orwell’s nightmarish vision of a totalitarian, bureaucratic world and one man’s attempt to find individuality.. ⫸ “Winston Smith is both an anti-hero and an everyday man who re-writes history for a living. He lives in Oceania in an… Continue Reading “Nineteen Eighty Four – George Orwell”
Category: Classic literature, Dystopian, UK authorTags: Best Books, Bookclub, Bookclub Blog, Booker Prize, Books, Books To Read, George Orwell, Literature, Must Read Books, Nineteen Eighty Four
READ FOR BOOKERTHON A group of strangers escape a polluted city and learn to live in the wild as part of a study ✚ “This dystopian-type novel features a polluted and over populated city and a location which is the only place in which… Continue Reading “The New Wilderness – Diane Cook”
Category: Booker Prize, Climate Fiction, DystopianTags: Best Books, Bookclub, Bookclub Blog, Booker Prize, Books, Books To Read, Diane Cook, Literature, Must Read Books
READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Jo On an unnamed island, people’s memories are slowly deleted by the controlling authority, the Memory Police. ✚ “Censorship and authoritarian surveillance are at the thematic heart of this novel. Items that represent art, cultural identity and independent thought… Continue Reading “The Memory Police – Yoko Ogawa”
Category: Dystopian, Japanese, TranslatedTags: Best Books, Bookclub, Bookclub Blog, Books, Books To Read, Literature, Must Read Books, The Memory Police, Translated, Yogo Ogawa
READ FOR BOOKERTHON The sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale in which the republic of Gilead is taken down. ⚑ “I haven’t anticipated a book as much as this one since Go Set a Watchman was released (side story: when I bought Go Set a… Continue Reading “The Testaments – Margaret Atwood”
Category: Booker Prize, Dystopian, Literary fictionTags: Best Books, Bookclub, Bookclub Blog, Booker Prize, Books, Books To Read, Literature, Margaret Atwood, Must Read Books, The Testaments
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