Dyspotia genre books (35)


1.
A Clockwork Orange

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess EN

Rating: 4     2 Votes
Description:
Still dazzling and transgressive, this groundbreaking novel remains a frightening fable on morality and the meaning of human freedom.
Recommended: 24 Feb 2023

2.

Blindness by José Saramago EN

Rating: 3.5     155 Votes
Country: Europe / Portugal flag Portugal
Description:
No food, no water, no government, no obligation, no order. Discover a chillingly powerful and prescient dystopian vision from one of Europe's greatest writers. A driver waiting at the traffic lights goes blind. An ophthalmologist tries to diagnose his distinctive white blindness, but is affected before he can read the textbooks. It becomes a contagion, spreading throughout the city. Trying to stem the epidemic, the authorities herd the afflicted into a mental asylum where the wards are terrorised by blind thugs. And when fire destroys the asylum, the inmates burst forth and the last links with... continue
Recommended: 20 Feb 2022

3.
De geheugenpolitie

De geheugenpolitie by Yoko Ogawa NL

Rating: 5     1 Vote
Country: Asia / Japan flag Japan
Description:
De bewoners van een eiland krijgen het steeds lastiger als steeds meer zaken vanwege staatswege verdwijnen.
Recommended: 02 Dec 2022

4.

I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman EN

Rating: 4     6 Votes
Country: Europe / Belgium flag Belgium
Description:
Discover the haunting, heartbreaking post-apocalyptic tale of female friendship and intimacy set in a deserted world. Deep underground, thirty-nine women are kept in isolation in a cage. Above ground, a world awaits. Has it been abandoned? Devastated by a virus? Watched over by guards, the women have no memory of how they got there, no notion of time, and only vague recollection of their lives before. But, as the burn of electric light merges day into night and numberless years pass, a young girl - the fortieth prisoner - sits alone and outcast in the corner. Soon she will show herself to be t... continue
Recommended: 06 Mar 2023

5.
Ice

Ice by Anna Kavan EN

Rating: 5     1 Vote
Recommended: 13 Oct 2022

6.

Illuminae by Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff EN

Rating: 3     5 Votes
Country: Oceania / Australia flag Australia
Description:
For fans of Marie Lu comes the first book in an epic series that bends the sci-fi genre into a new dimension. “A truly beautiful novel that redefines the form." —Victoria Aveyard, bestselling author of Red Queen This morning, Kady thought breaking up with Ezra was the hardest thing she’d have to do. This afternoon, her planet was invaded. The year is 2575, and two rival megacorporations are at war over a planet that’s little more than a speck at the edge of the universe. Now with enemy fire raining down on them, Kady and Ezra—who are barely even talking to each other—are forced to evacuate wit... continue

7.

Internment by Samira Ahmed EN

Rating: 3.5     12 Votes
Country: Asia / India flag India
Description:
'Samira has created a chilling, powerful, all-too-real near future that's a must-read for everyone's TBR' Karen M. McManus, author of One Of Us Is Lying 'A must-read . . . A heart-rending and all-too credible tale of sacrifice, the ugly face of authority and the courage of youth' Sunday Times' Children's Book of the Month 'A tremendous novel' the Guardian Rebellions are built on hope. Set in a horrifying 'fifteen minutes in the future' United States, seventeen-year-old Layla Amin is forced into an internment camp for Muslim-Americans along with her parents. With the help of newly-made friends ... continue
Recommended: 11 Sep 2022

8.

Legend by Marie Lu EN

Rating: 4     2695 Votes
Country: Asia / China flag China
Description:
"Legend doesn't merely survive the hype, it deserves it." From the New York Times bestselling author of The Young Elites What was once the western United States is now home to the Republic, a nation perpetually at war with its neighbors. Born into an elite family in one of the Republic's wealthiest districts, fifteen-year-old June is a prodigy being groomed for success in the Republic's highest military circles. Born into the slums, fifteen-year-old Day is the country's most wanted criminal. But his motives may not be as malicious as they seem. From very different worlds, June and Day have no ... continue
Recommended: 11 Sep 2022

9.

Little Eyes by Samanta Schweblin EN

Rating: 4     4 Votes
Description:
A visionary novel about the collision of technology and play, horror and humanity, from a master of the spine-tingling tale. They've infiltrated homes in Hong Kong, shops in Vancouver, the streets of Senegal, town squares of Oaxaca, schools in Tel Aviv, bedrooms in Ohio. They're following you. They're everywhere now. They're us. In Samanta Schweblin's wildly imaginative new novel, Little Eyes, "kentukis" have gone viral across the globe. They're little mechanical stuffed animals that have cameras for eyes, wheels for feet, and are connected to an anonymous global server. Owners of kentukis hav... continue

10.

Memory of Water : A Novel by Emmi Itäranta EN

Rating: 4     3 Votes
Country: Europe / Finland flag Finland
Description:
The award-winning speculative debut novel, now in English for the first time! In the far north of the Scandinavian Union, now occupied by the power state of New Qian, seventeen-year-old Noria Kaitio studies to become a tea master like her father. It is a position that holds great responsibility and a dangerous secret. Tea masters alone know the location of hidden water sources, including the natural spring that once provided water for her whole village. When Noria's father dies, the secret of the spring reaches the new military commander . . . and the power of the army is vast indeed. But the ... continue
Recommended: 31 Oct 2022


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