Dystopian fiction depicts a world turned upside down, in which society has gone horribly wrong and an intrepid few strive to set it right. Perhaps a fascist government brutally squashes individual rights and persecutes any dissenters. Or rampant climate change results in cataclysmic disasters that destroy continents and leave the remaining humans fighting for survival. The genre grew to prominence amidst the Nazi and Communist totalitarian states in the 1940s and 50s and has undergone a resurgence in this century. But dystopian fiction runs far deeper than standouts like 1984, Brave New World and The Hunger Games. Here are eight dystopian novels that failed to gain the popularity of other titles by the same author or were somewhat overshadowed by similar novels released around the same time.