By Lois Lowry. The society of this young-adult novel is presented as a Utopia and all pain and strife have been eliminated. Eventually, the cost of Utopia is revealed and the protagonist must make a choice.

By Ursula K. Le Guin. An award winning novel, that features two worlds: a Utopia and a rebel outpost, but both have value. 3. Arthur C. Clarke Childhood's End. An alien race invades Earth, but they are benevolent and a golden age begins on Earth.

By Arthur C. Clarke. An alien race invades Earth, but they are benevolent and a golden age begins on Earth.

By Edward Bellamy. A novel that offers a blueprint of Utopia. A young man is transported from the 19th century to the 21st century, from a war torn-world to a world of peace.

By William Morris. The most significant English Utopia since Thomas Moore. A man from the 19th century wakes up in the future where there is no private property, big cities, authority, money, divorce, courts, prisons, and no class systems. Instead, people find pleasure in nature.

By Iain M. Banks. The story takes place in a future where humanity has been fulfilled--there is nothing left to explore, everyone has everything they want, sickness has been banished, and no one dies. In fact, Bank's entire Culture books feature a Utopian society.

By Stanton Arthur Coblentz Originally serialized in Amazing Stories Quarterly, this pulp classic tells the story of an advanced society set beneath a dome on the bottom of the ocean.

By Hugo Gernsback. Written by a father of Science Fiction, this serialized novel is an optimistic take on the possibilities of technology.

By Ivan Yefremov. An enthusiastic look at the relationship between socialism and technology in a future Soviet Russia.

By Scott Westerfeld. A young-adult novel, the first in its series, about a teenage girl who must make a choice, turn in her friend and join the Utopian world of parties, beauty, and technology or never become pretty.