Dark Seeds: Dystopian

Visit the dark side! This list includes dystopian visions both fictional and all too real. Plant a seed, read!

Updated May 5, 2026
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Dark Seeds: Dystopian

Visit the dark side! This list includes dystopian visions both fictional and all too real. Plant a seed, read!

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The handmaid's tale
Atwood, Margaret
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * An instant classic and eerily prescient cultural phenomenon, from "the patron saint of feminist dystopian fiction" (The New York Times) * The sixth and final season of the award-winning Hulu series starring Elisabeth Moss is now streaming ...
Parable of the sower
Butler, Octavia E.
Paper Book
From a celebrated, award-winning author, a modern classic about a young girl fighting for survival in a post-apocalyptic world, perfect for fans of N.K. Jemisin and Margaret Atwood. Fifteen-year-old Lauren Olamina lives inside a gated community with her preacher father, family, and...
Catch-22
Heller, Joseph.
Paper Book
This fiftieth-anniversary edition commemorates Joseph Heller's masterpiece with a new introduction; critical essays and reviews by Norman Mailer, Alfred Kazin, Anthony Burgess, and others; rare papers and photos; and much more. Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels...
The long walk
Bachman, Richard
Paper Book
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE The brilliant and chilling first novel Stephen King ever wrote tells the tale of the contestants of a diabolically cruel competition where 100 boys start the "long walk" and there is only one winner--the one that survives.
The instability of truth : brainwashing, mind control, and hyper-persuasion
Lemov, Rebecca M.
Paper Book
An acclaimed historian of science uncovers the hidden history of brainwashing--and its troubling implications for today. Because brainwashing affects both the world and our observation of the world, we often don't recognize it while it's happening--unless we know where to look. As...
It can't happen here
Lewis, Sinclair
Paper Book
"The novel that foreshadowed Donald Trump's authoritarian appeal."--Salon It Can't Happen Here is the only one of Sinclair Lewis's later novels to match the power of Main Street, Babbitt, and Arrowsmith. A cautionary tale about the fragility of...
Firestorm: The Great Los Angeles Fires and America's New Age of Disaster
Soboroff, Jacob
Paper Book
From the MSNBC Senior Political and National Correspondent and New York Times bestselling author of Separated, a gripping and revelatory account of the devastating 2025 Los Angeles fires, which he covered on the ground as an LA native.  On the morning of...
Under the naga tail : a true story of survival, bravery, and escape from the Cambodian genocide
Taing, Mae Bunseng
Paper Book
A courageous and poignant memoir of one young man's daring escape from Cambodia's genocidal regime Forced from his home by the Khmer Rouge, teenager Mae Taing struggles to endure years of backbreaking work, constant starvation, and ruthless cruelty from his captors-...
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