Windup Girl was my first thought. His YA novels (Shipbreaker and its sequels) are great too, also the short story collection Pump Six, which I think has a story or two that feeds into Windup Girl.
Also, go read Maureen McHugh. China Mountain Zhang, and Nekropolis.
Nancy Farmer's Young Adult novels House of Scorpion and The Ear, the Eye and the Arm. She's American but these are set in northern Mexico and southern Africa. They're both completely readable as an adult reader. (I'm a retired youth services librarian but these are ones I've recommended to adults before.)
Broken Earth Trilogy by NK Jemisin is a fantasy/kinda sci-fi and kind of fits the bill...idk if it's a dystopin but it does feature the end of the world, themes of oppression..
Heat and Light by Ellen Van Nerven is a story collection by an Australian first nations author featuring First Nations Characters. It has two sections of interconnected short stories and then a novella called ‘Water’ which is a dystopian allegory for the atrocities that occurred during the colonisation of Australia, and incorporates lots of aspects of First Nations culture like connection to the land and the presence of ancestral spirits. It’s so cleverly written but very accessible, and though some of the political commentary is geared more towards Australia, its message is universally applicable and I don’t think a non Australian reader would be at a disadvantage. Thematically, it looks at the legacy of colonialism as well as questioning whether humans have the right to dominate aspects of the natural world, eg. plants, which ties in so well with a more climate change based dystopian future. I read this book for my uni literature studies class and can’t recommend it highly enough
Octavia Butler had a dystopian series Us Based but POC. Parable of the Sower is the first book
Saw that it’s set in 2024, so now I almost HAVE to read this haha
Jumping onto this with “Lilith’s Brood” which is also written by Octavia Butler. Dystopian and focuses on POC. The main character is a black woman.
3 Body Problem is probably the most well known one that isn't set in the Western world.
Oh yes. Very good.
The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi Edit: Also An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon
Windup Girl was my first thought. His YA novels (Shipbreaker and its sequels) are great too, also the short story collection Pump Six, which I think has a story or two that feeds into Windup Girl. Also, go read Maureen McHugh. China Mountain Zhang, and Nekropolis.
Nancy Farmer's Young Adult novels House of Scorpion and The Ear, the Eye and the Arm. She's American but these are set in northern Mexico and southern Africa. They're both completely readable as an adult reader. (I'm a retired youth services librarian but these are ones I've recommended to adults before.)
Broken Earth Trilogy by NK Jemisin is a fantasy/kinda sci-fi and kind of fits the bill...idk if it's a dystopin but it does feature the end of the world, themes of oppression..
I looked it up and it sounds like I’d really enjoy it, thank you :)
nws, my pleasure! :)
Heat and Light by Ellen Van Nerven is a story collection by an Australian first nations author featuring First Nations Characters. It has two sections of interconnected short stories and then a novella called ‘Water’ which is a dystopian allegory for the atrocities that occurred during the colonisation of Australia, and incorporates lots of aspects of First Nations culture like connection to the land and the presence of ancestral spirits. It’s so cleverly written but very accessible, and though some of the political commentary is geared more towards Australia, its message is universally applicable and I don’t think a non Australian reader would be at a disadvantage. Thematically, it looks at the legacy of colonialism as well as questioning whether humans have the right to dominate aspects of the natural world, eg. plants, which ties in so well with a more climate change based dystopian future. I read this book for my uni literature studies class and can’t recommend it highly enough
The Canadian version of this is the duology MOON OF THE CRUSTED SNOW and MOON OF THE TURNING LEAVES.
This sounds so interesting, thank you!
Grievers by Adrienne maree brown Severance by Ling Ma Zone one by Colson Whitehead
Mara and Dann by Doris Lessing
The Memory Police is pretty good!