# The Dystopia Index

> The Dystopia Index catalogues dystopian novels by subgenre, theme, decade, and author, with sourced metadata, related-book maps, and where to read or borrow each title.

The Dystopia Index is a directory of 293 works of dystopian literature.
Book facts (title, author, year, ISBN) come from Wikipedia, Wikidata, Open
Library, and Google Books and are free to reuse. Descriptions and the subgenre
and theme classifications are original editorial work by The Dystopia Index. The
classifications are generated and marked unreviewed; treat them as a map, not a
verdict.

## Machine data

- [Full catalog as JSON](https://thedystopiaindex.com/api/books.json)
- Per-book JSON at https://thedystopiaindex.com/api/books/{slug}.json
- [Compact catalog summary](https://thedystopiaindex.com/llms-full.txt)
- [RSS feed](https://thedystopiaindex.com/rss.xml)
- [Sitemap](https://thedystopiaindex.com/sitemap-index.xml)

## Browse by subgenre

- [Totalitarian dystopias](https://thedystopiaindex.com/subgenre/totalitarian) (147 titles)
- [Surveillance state dystopias](https://thedystopiaindex.com/subgenre/surveillance-state) (7 titles)
- [Post-apocalyptic dystopias](https://thedystopiaindex.com/subgenre/post-apocalyptic) (69 titles)
- [Climate and cli-fi dystopias](https://thedystopiaindex.com/subgenre/climate-cli-fi) (4 titles)
- [Techno-dystopia dystopias](https://thedystopiaindex.com/subgenre/techno-dystopia) (19 titles)
- [Biopunk dystopias](https://thedystopiaindex.com/subgenre/biopunk) (12 titles)
- [YA dystopia dystopias](https://thedystopiaindex.com/subgenre/ya-dystopia) (100 titles)
- [Corporate dystopia dystopias](https://thedystopiaindex.com/subgenre/corporate-capitalist-dystopia) (21 titles)
- [Social satire dystopias](https://thedystopiaindex.com/subgenre/social-satire) (29 titles)
- [Feminist dystopia dystopias](https://thedystopiaindex.com/subgenre/feminist-dystopia) (8 titles)
- [Cyberpunk-adjacent dystopias](https://thedystopiaindex.com/subgenre/cyberpunk-adjacent) (9 titles)

## Browse by theme

- [Dystopias about Surveillance](https://thedystopiaindex.com/themes/surveillance) (7 titles)
- [Dystopias about Censorship](https://thedystopiaindex.com/themes/censorship) (5 titles)
- [Dystopias about Class conflict](https://thedystopiaindex.com/themes/class-conflict) (25 titles)
- [Dystopias about Ecological collapse](https://thedystopiaindex.com/themes/ecological-collapse) (41 titles)
- [Dystopias about AI and automation](https://thedystopiaindex.com/themes/ai-automation) (24 titles)
- [Dystopias about Reproductive control](https://thedystopiaindex.com/themes/reproductive-control) (11 titles)
- [Dystopias about Propaganda](https://thedystopiaindex.com/themes/propaganda) (107 titles)
- [Dystopias about Rebellion](https://thedystopiaindex.com/themes/rebellion) (91 titles)
- [Dystopias about Memory and identity](https://thedystopiaindex.com/themes/memory-identity) (32 titles)
- [Dystopias about Genetic engineering](https://thedystopiaindex.com/themes/genetic-engineering) (10 titles)

## Key pages

- [Full index](https://thedystopiaindex.com/books)
- [All subgenres](https://thedystopiaindex.com/subgenre)
- [All themes](https://thedystopiaindex.com/themes)
- [By decade](https://thedystopiaindex.com/decade)
- [By author](https://thedystopiaindex.com/authors)
- [Best-of reading lists](https://thedystopiaindex.com/best)
- [About and sourcing](https://thedystopiaindex.com/about)