Dystopian novels about propaganda

Propaganda is the dystopia of managed belief. The regime does not only forbid, it persuades, flooding the citizen with a version of reality that is easier to accept than to fight. These books examine the manufacture of consent and the few who see the seams.

107 titles on this theme, earliest first.

• A Sojourn in the City of Amalgamation
  A Sojourn in the City of AmalgamationOliver Bolokitten · 1835
• The Tragedy of Man
  The Tragedy of ManImre Madách · 1862
• The History of a Town
  The History of a TownMikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin · 1870
• Vril, the Power of the Coming Race
  Vril, the Power of the Coming RaceEdward Bulwer-Lytton · 1871
• Erewhon
  ErewhonSamuel Butler · 1872
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  The Begum's FortuneJules Verne · 1879
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  The Republic of the FutureAnna Bowman Dodd · 1887
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  A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper CylinderJames De Mille · 1888
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  Pictures of the Socialistic FutureEugen Richter · 1893
• When The Sleeper Wakes
  When The Sleeper WakesH. G. Wells · 1899
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  The First Men in the MoonH. G. Wells · 1901
• The Lunar Trilogy
  The Lunar TrilogyJerzy Żuławski · 1903
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  When William CameSaki · 1913
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  Meccania"Owen Gregory" · 1918
• Love in the Fog of the Future
  Love in the Fog of the FutureAndrei Marsov · 1924
• Miasto światłości
  Miasto światłościMieczysław Smolarski · 1924
• We
  WeYevgeny Zamyatin · 1924
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  The TrialFranz Kafka · 1925
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  Brave New WorldAldous Huxley · 1932
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  Cat CountryLao She · 1932
• Invitation to a Beheading
  Invitation to a BeheadingVladimir Nabokov · 1935
• War with the Newts
  War with the NewtsKarel Čapek · 1936
• "If This Goes On—"
  "If This Goes On—"Robert A. Heinlein · 1940
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  KallocainKarin Boye · 1940
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  The Moon Is DownJohn Steinbeck · 1942
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  That Hideous StrengthC. S. Lewis · 1945
• Peace In Our Time
  Peace In Our TimeNoël Coward · 1947
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  Ape and EssenceAldous Huxley · 1948
• Some Time Never: A Fable for Supermen
  Some Time Never: A Fable for SupermenRoald Dahl · 1948
• Heliopolis
  HeliopolisErnst Jünger · 1949
• The Heads of Cerberus
  The Heads of CerberusGertrude Barrows Bennett · 1952
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  The Sound of His HornSarban · 1952
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  Love Among the RuinsEvelyn Waugh · 1953
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  OneDavid Karp · 1953
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  Minority ReportPhilip K. Dick · 1956
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  The City and the StarsArthur C. Clarke · 1956
• The Rise of the Meritocracy
  The Rise of the MeritocracyMichael Young, Baron Young of Dartington · 1958
• The John Franklin Letters
  The John Franklin LettersRevilo P. Oliver · 1959
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  Facial JusticeL. P. Hartley · 1960
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  Powrót z gwiazdStanisław Lem · 1961
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  The Old Men at the ZooAngus Wilson · 1961
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  Nova ExpressWilliam S. Burroughs · 1964
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  Make Room! Make Room!Harry Harrison · 1966
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  Now Wait for Last YearPhilip K. Dick · 1966
• The Crack in Space
  The Crack in SpacePhilip K. Dick · 1966
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  The Dream MasterRoger Zelazny · 1966
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  Logan's RunWilliam F. Nolan, George Clayton Johnson · 1967
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  Why Call Them Back from Heaven?Clifford D. Simak · 1967
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  A Very Private LifeMichael Frayn · 1968
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  The Foundation PitAndrei Platonov · 1969
• Los Angeles: AD 2017
  Los Angeles: AD 2017Phillip Wylie · 1971
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  Snail on the SlopeArkady and Boris Strugatsky · 1971
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  334Thomas M. Disch · 1972
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  The Iron DreamNorman Spinrad · 1972
• The Camp of the Saints
  The Camp of the SaintsJean Raspail · 1973
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  The Ultimate SolutionEric Norden · 1973
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  The Forever WarJoe Haldeman · 1974
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  DhalgrenSamuel R. Delany · 1975
• High-Rise
  High-RiseJ. G. Ballard · 1975
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  A Scanner DarklyPhilip K. Dick · 1977
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  1985Anthony Burgess · 1978
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  SS-GBLen Deighton · 1978
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  The Turner DiariesAndrew Macdonald · 1978
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  Alongside NightJ. Neil Schulman · 1979
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  The Long WalkStephen King, Richard Bachman · 1979
• The Divide
  The DivideWilliam Overgard · 1980
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  To the StarsHarry Harrison · 1980
• Lanark: A Life in Four Books
  Lanark: A Life in Four BooksAlasdair Gray · 1981
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  The Running ManStephen King, Richard Bachman · 1982
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  ParadyzjaJanusz Zajdel · 1984
• Sprawl trilogy
  Sprawl trilogyWilliam Gibson · 1984
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  DayworldPhilip José Farmer · 1985
• The Proteus Operation
  The Proteus OperationJames P. Hogan · 1985
• Moscow 2042
  Moscow 2042Vladimir Voinovich · 1986
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  Sea of GlassBarry B. Longyear · 1986
• Obernewtyn Chronicles
  Obernewtyn ChroniclesIsobelle Carmody · 1987
• The Domination
  The DominationS. M. Stirling · 1988
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  Clash of EaglesLeo Rutman · 1990
• HaDerekh LeEin Harod
  HaDerekh LeEin HarodAmos Kenan · 1990
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  Serpent's WalkRandolph D. Calverhall · 1991
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  The Dark Beyond the StarsFrank M. Robinson · 1991
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  The War in 2020Ralph Peters · 1991
• Timewyrm: Exodus
  Timewyrm: ExodusTerrance Dicks · 1991
• The Children of Men
  The Children of MenP. D. James · 1992
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  Gun, with Occasional MusicJonathan Lethem · 1994
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  Attentatet i Pålsjö skogHans Alfredson · 1996
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  The Ice PeopleMaggie Gee · 1998
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  Ella Minnow PeaMark Dunn · 2001
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  FeedM. T. Anderson · 2002
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  Divided KingdomRupert Thomson · 2005
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  PrettiesScott Westerfeld · 2005
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  UgliesScott Westerfeld · 2005
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  Day of the OprichnikVladimir Sorokin · 2006
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  FarthingJo Walton · 2006
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  SpecialsScott Westerfeld · 2006
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  Last LightAlex Scarrow · 2008
• Nontraditional Love
  Nontraditional LoveRafael Grugman · 2008
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  The City & the CityChina Miéville · 2009
• Z213: Exit
  Z213: ExitDimitris Lyacos · 2009
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  Super Sad True Love StoryGary Shteyngart · 2010
• The Envy Chronicles
  The Envy ChroniclesJoss Ware · 2010
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  Shatter MeTahereh Mafi · 2011
• Dominion
  DominionC. J. Sansom · 2012
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  ShimonetaHirotaka Akagi · 2012
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  The Bone SeasonSamantha Shannon · 2013
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  The Inner HouseWalter Besant · 2016
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  Prophet SongPaul Lynch · 2023