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Does anyone have any good distopian book suggestions? Anything old or new is good! I have read The Giver and Gathering Blue, but never felt the need to red the last book (I don't know why...). I have also read the Uglies series, as well as The Maze Runner series. Any suggestions for books like these? Thanks!

I'm not sure if you've read Hunger Games or Divergent (they're not in your list but they're super well known), but here are some of my other favorites: Legend by Marie Lu, Above the Sky by Jenny Lynne.

Fahrenheit 451 is a great read.

Here are some you might like:

Unwind (Unwind Dystology #1) by Neal Shusterman

Red Queen series by Victoria Aveyard

Legend series by Lu Marie

Delirium series by Lauren Oliver

Ruby Red series by Kerstin Gier

Cinder(The Lunar Chronicles) by Marissa Meyer

Born series by Tara Brown

Rob Thurman books

Scott Medbury books

T.A. Williams books

ylisa7 wrote:Here are some you might like:

Unwind (Unwind Dystology #1) by Neal Shusterman

Red Queen series by Victoria Aveyard

Legend series by Lu Marie

Delirium series by Lauren Oliver

Ruby Red series by Kerstin Gier

Cinder(The Lunar Chronicles) by Marissa Meyer

Born series by Tara Brown

Rob Thurman books

Scott Medbury books

T.A. Williams books

Think I will be checking some of these out, thank you very much for the suggestions on the thread. I love this style of writing because many show actual possibilities and ways that our world and humans could have gone. For me they are quite realistic if you take out any magic elements. That is why I like Hunger games/divergent, is it hard to believe that mankind could try this experimental way of living?

oops sorry for the rant

Vickyoreo86 wrote:

ylisa7 wrote:Here are some you might like:

Unwind (Unwind Dystology #1) by Neal Shusterman

Red Queen series by Victoria Aveyard

Legend series by Lu Marie

Delirium series by Lauren Oliver

Ruby Red series by Kerstin Gier

Cinder(The Lunar Chronicles) by Marissa Meyer

Born series by Tara Brown

Rob Thurman books

Scott Medbury books

T.A. Williams books

Think I will be checking some of these out, thank you very much for the suggestions on the thread. I love this style of writing because many show actual possibilities and ways that our world and humans could have gone. For me they are quite realistic if you take out any magic elements. That is why I like Hunger games/divergent, is it hard to believe that mankind could try this experimental way of living?

oops sorry for the rant

Enjoy. I'm sure you will find something that you like. I have read most of them

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More:

Six of Crows series by Leigh Bardugo

The Park Service by Ryan Winfield

The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer

I think 1984 is a must if you are interested in dystopian literature and haven't already read it. Brave New World as well. Many high schools have one of these as required reading. The society that Orwell builds in 1984 borrows many of its concepts, such as double-speak, double-think, and the ironic naming of political institutions, from his observations of communism in Eastern Europe. Double-speak and double-think have become integrated into mainstream vocabulary, and they were coined by Orwell. You can see examples of the use of both in media in America. While 1984 portrays a dystopian society where materiality is spartan and control is strictly enforced, Brave New World depicts a society full of technological and chemical comforts, where people are unaware of the great degree to which they are unfree. Both are foundational texts in the genre and I think they speak to modern societies in a very real way as well.

Hi there,

Though not my usual genre, my boyfriend loves it, so I do a lot of research to get books for him. It also depends on what you consider dystopian, as some of the following suggestions don't really feature a totalitarian regime, but mainly some sort of degraded world.
I can tell you he really loved:

Swan Song, by Robert McCammon
On the beach, by Nevil Shute
The handmaid's tale, by Margaret Atwood
The Metro series, by Dmitry Glukhovsky

Take a look at these, and if it is the sort of thing you're looking for, let me know, I can give you a few more titles

Here are some you might like. There are some newer and some older on the list. Having read them it seems like some of the books are subjective/borderline dystopia/sci-fi. Like The Man in The High Castle, by Phillip Dicks could be fascist dystopia I suppose. Either way it's still a great book.

1984, by George Orwell
Animal Farm, by George Orwell
Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card
The Trial, by Franz Kafka
Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins
The Man in the High Castle, by Philip K. Dicks
Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury (my favorite author)
Atlas Shrugged, by Ayn Rand
The Maze Runner, by James Dashner

"Invitation to the Game," recently reissued as just "The Game" by Monica Hughes is YA dystopian fiction before there really was such a thing. I read it in the 1990s, and most libraries still have it. As I said, it's been reissued, so you can probably also find it on Amazon or in your local bookstore. It's a great one but often overlooked because it is older and not part of a series.

Also, if you're okay with it, don't hesitate to talk to the librarians at your local library. They will probably know some others we haven't listed here and would be happy to help you.

I'd recommend 1984 by George Orwell, it's a great read and you get a classic dystopian novel. I would also recommend Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand.

Following. Lots of good suggestions above!

I recommend Aftermath by Gary Gaudin. If you're lucky it will be on your review choices list.

I also recommend World War Z (zombie themed) and the Tomorrow When the War Began series (a local, invasion related dystopia).

I would try the Atlantis Grail by Vera Nazarian. It's very intriguing. I will warn you, though, that it is the first in a series of books. The second is out, but the third has still not come out yet.

I would add Red Rising - Pierce Brown and Pure by Julianna Baggott. Both are three book distopian series that I couldn't put down!

I loved The Giver. It added a really cool spin to the dystopian genre.