Dystopian fiction

  • And what can we offer you tonight

    Creator

    Mohamed, Premee

    Abstract

    In a far future city, where you can fall to a government cull for a single mistake, And What Can We Offer You Tonight tells the story of Jewel, established courtesan in a luxurious House. Jewel’s world is shaken when her friend is murdered by a client, but somehow comes back to life. To get revenge, they will both have to confront the limits of loyalty, guilt, and justice.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Minneapolis

    Neon Hemlock Press

    [Minneapolis]

    Neon Hemlock Press

    Not specified
  • The last band on Earth

    Creator

    Will, Elaine M

    Abstract

    A dystopian horror story about music and mental illness. Nat and her bandmates in The Dead Layaways want to go on tour, but the demonic entities who run their city have other ideas, not to mention the dark cloud that hangs over everything stifles their creativity. This ruined place is not their home, and they have no idea how they ended up here, or where "home" even is. Is there really nothing but endless wasteland beyond the city limits, as the demons claim?

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Canmore, Alberta]

    Renegade Arts Entertainment

    Not specified
  • Ice

    Creator

    Kavan, Anna

    Abstract

    Anticipating climate fiction and the new weird literary genre – while garnering fans from Doris Lessing and J. G. Ballard to China Miéville and Patti Smith since it was first published in 1967 – this fantasia about predatory male sexual behavior during an apocalyptic climate catastrophe reads as though author Anna Kavan had seen the future. Ice is slowly covering the entire globe; as the glacial tide creeps forward, the fabric of society begins to break down. Through this chaotic landscape, a nameless narrator hunts for the white-haired girl he once loved—or perhaps wishes to annihilate.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Old Saybrook

    Tantor Media

    Not specified
  • The garden

    Creator

    Newman, Nick

    Abstract

    A darkly beautiful, eerie, hypnotic novel about two elderly sisters living alone at the edge of the world. In a place and time unknown, two elderly sisters live in a walled garden, secluded from the outside world. Evelyn and Lily have only ever known each other. What was before the garden, they have forgotten; what lies beyond it, they do not know. Each day is spent in languid service to their home: tending the bees, planting the crops, and dutifully following the instructions of the almanac written by their mother.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Books on Tape

    Not specified
  • We speak through the mountain

    Creator

    Mohamed, Premee

    Abstract

    The enlivening follow-up to the award-winning sensation The Annual Migration of Clouds. Traveling alone through the climate-crisis-ravaged wilds of Alberta's Rocky Mountains, 19-year-old Reid Graham battles the elements and her lifelong chronic illness to reach the utopia of Howse University. But life in one of the storied "domes"—the last remnants of pre-collapse society—isn't what she expected. Reid tries to excel in her classes and make connections with other students, but still grapples with guilt over what happened just before she left her community.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    ECW Press

    Toronto

    ECW Press

    Not specified
  • Next stop

    Creator

    Resnick, Benjamin

    Abstract

    A gripping and hauntingly prescient novel that explores the precariousness of Jewish American life after a black hole consumes Israel, setting off a chain of global anomalies plunging the world into a time of peril and miracles. When a black hole suddenly consumes Israel and as mysterious anomalies spread across the globe, suddenly the world teeters on the brink of chaos. As antisemitic paranoia and violence escalate, Jewish citizens Ethan and Ella find themselves navigating a landscape fraught with danger and uncertainty.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Simon & Schuster Audio

    Not specified
  • Sky's end : Above the black, book 1

    Creator

    Gregson, Marc J.

    Abstract

    Plummet into a kill-or-be-killed competition where a scrappy underdog hell-bent on revenge must claw his way to the top in this thrilling YA fantasy debut. Exiled to live as a Low, sixteen-year-old Conrad refuses to become heir to his murderous uncle. But Meritocracy is a harsh and unforgiving rule on the floating island of Holmstead, and when his ailing mother is killed by monstrous gorgantauns, Conrad cuts a deal to save the only family he has left. To rescue his sister from his uncle's clutches, Conrad must enter the Selection of the Twelve Trades.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Listening Library

    Not specified
  • One of our kind

    Creator

    Yoon, Nicola

    Abstract

    #1 *New York Times* bestselling author Nicola Yoon’s daring new work of dystopian horror is a propulsive satire set in an all-Black gated community. For fans of *The Sellout* and *Erasure*, with a shocking ending you’ll never see coming, Jodi Picoult calls it "Brilliant, provocative, seminal… Your book club will be discussing this one for days.” Jasmyn and King Williams move their family to the planned Black utopia of Liberty, California, hoping to find a community of like-minded people, a place where their growing family can thrive.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Books on Tape

    Not specified
  • Veuve Chose

    Creator

    Delisle, Michael

    Abstract

    Dans ce roman aux allures de conte, Michael Delisle nous invite à parcourir un pays traversé par un grand fleuve qui ressemble à l’océan. La contrée est sous le joug d’un régime totalitaire qui épie chaque geste de ses habitants grâce à une nuée de drones. Le service militaire y est obligatoire, mais il y a une manière d’y échapper. Il suffit d’accepter d’accomplir « la corvée », c’est-à-dire de servir de bourreau d’un jour au nom de l’État, puisque la peine de mort est également en vigueur. C’est ce que Jean-Marc a choisi.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Montréal

    Editions du Boréal

    Montréal

    Boréal

    Not specified
  • Valid : dystopian autofiction

    Creator

    Bergeron, Chris

    Abstract

    A genre-bending speculative look at a dark future, Valid shares the story of one trans woman leading a revolution. This is a mutiny. If our mutiny is to succeed, I must name things well, without diversion. Lacking this, you will not deviate from your certainties. Here it is: I am trans. As in transgression. I have broken genres. I have removed myself from the rules. I am trans. As in translation. I have dragged the elements that make up my person from one state to another. My geometry is variable. And tonight, I am a revolution. /warning: code red... fetch-query protocol enabled...

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [United States]

    House of Anansi Press Inc

    Not specified