A selection of books that depict anarchist societies
Anarchism in Fiction Public
Created and curated by Paul Watson
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A Half-Built Garden by Ruthanna Emrys
4 stars
On a warm March night in 2083, Judy Wallach-Stevens wakes to a warning of unknown pollutants in the Chesapeake Bay. …
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Walkaway by Cory Doctorow, Cory Doctorow
4 stars
Walkaway is a 2017 science fiction novel by Cory Doctorow, published by Head of Zeus and Tor Books. Set in …
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News from nowhere or an epoch of rest by William Morris
5 stars
News from Nowhere (1890) is a classic work combining utopian socialism and soft science fiction written by the artist, designer …
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The Great Explosion by Eric Frank Russell
5 stars
A cheap faster-than-light drive has permitted populating the galaxy. Each planet has become home for different social groups. 400 years …
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The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion by Margaret Killjoy (Danielle Cain, #1)
4 stars
Searching for clues about her best friend’s mysterious suicide, Danielle ventures to the squatter, utopian town of Freedom, Iowa, and …
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A Country of Ghosts by Margaret Killjoy (Black Dawn, #2)
5 stars
Dimos Horacki is a Borolian journalist and a cynical patriot, his muckraking days behind him. But when his newspaper ships …
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The Last Girl Scout by Natalie Ironside
4 stars
The past lies like a nightmare over the world.
Two hundred years after the War when atomic fire rained from …
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Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers (Wayfarers, #3)
4 stars
Centuries after the last humans left Earth, the Exodus Fleet is a living relic, a place many are from but …
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Parable Of The Sower by Octavia E. Butler (Earthseed, #1)
5 stars
In 2025, with the world descending into madness and anarchy, one woman begins a fateful journey toward a better future. …
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The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
4 stars
Shevek, a brilliant physicist, decides to take action. He will seek answers, question the unquestionable, and attempt to tear down …
