
“Dystopia” and “not dark” is a rare combination! You may have to write it yourself. You’ll find some elements in the following: the short story “The Gondoliers” in Karen Russell’s Orange World (O’Neill Library PS3618.U755 A6 2019) probably comes the closest. Others with some shared elements: The Dispossessed, by Ursula Le Guin (O’Neill Library, Course Reserves) and Everything for Everyone: An Oral History of the New York Commune, 2052-2072, by M. E. O’Brien and Eman Abdelhadi (O’Neill Library PS3615.B75 E94 2022)