We may be missing the simplest answer...the reason Utopian novels aren't written often is because by definition in a Utopia there are no problems to be faced and solved, which is the essence of any good story.
A libertarian Utopian SF novel would probably be L. Neil Smith's "Probability Broach" series. It doesn't describe a perfect society, but does describe using libertarian solutions to solve the problems that come up. Same for "Atlas Shrugged," which is an idealized conflict between collectivism and individualism, and shows a "Utopia" only briefly in Galt's Gulch. Obviously, while it's interesting to see an individualist society played out, a whole novel set there would bore the reader to death.
People want to see conflict in stories. Everybody remembers Dante's "Inferno." Who cared about his "Purgatorio" and "Paradiso?" Boring!
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