Dystopia category: 1937 books

“The Shadow feeds off our fears. And I’m going to let him starve.” Before a mysterious meteor shower creates a doomsday event in Mentis (and the rest of the civilized world), a ten year old boy’s parents protect him by locking him away; frozen in suspended animation for years, while...

In this fast-paced survival story set in Hawaii, electronics fail worldwide, the islands become completely isolated, and a strange starscape fills the sky. Leilani and her father embark on a nightmare odyssey from Oahu to their home on the Big Island. Leilani’s epilepsy holds a clue to the disaster,...

A MILLENNIUM AFTER the formidable war machines of the User cultures devoured entire civilizations and rewrote planetary geography, Earth is in the grip of a perpetual Dark Age. Scientific endeavor is strongly discouraged, while remnant technology is locked away—hidden by a Church determined to prevent...

When Sloe was tiny, her Papa disappeared and she and her mama went to live in a prison camp in the snowy north, in a time and place when there are no more wild animals. Mama’s crime: teaching science, and her dedication to the hope that the lost animal species can be reborn. To Sloe, Mama’s secret...

The Apocalypse does not end. The Changed will grow in numbers. The Spared may not survive. Even before the EMPs brought down the world, Alex was on the run from the demons of her past and the monster living in her head. After the world was gone, she believed Rule could be a sanctuary for her and those...

Fate has always been the guiding light that Aelish followed. As the leader of the Ladies of the Muted Forest, she has been tasked with protecting her people and protecting their future. But when the stars send her a message, and a warming, she must venture into unfamiliar territory for the sake of...

A world of lies. A cell of terrorists. When her sister is taken hostage, only the power to see the truth can set both of them free. Egypt 2121. Imara thinks she has life all figured out. She doesn't. She sees emotions in color and knows when people are lying. But seeing...

After seven months as a captive of Minerva, the insane Alpha queen, Lyric Walker has escaped to the surface. Her only goal is to warn the world about the Great Abyss. When she finally arrives back in Coney Island, she discovers a world she never expected, one where humans and Alpha are finally working...

They thought they were the only ones left. They were wrong. After the unexpected revelation at the end of the first book, Donna and Jefferson are separated. Jefferson returns to NYC and tries to bring a cure to the Sickness back to the Washington Square tribe, while Donna finds herself in England,...

The fierce new YA novel from Ally Condie, author of the bestselling Matched trilogy “A compelling, serpentine journey into the heart of grief, the way it can threaten to destroy, and what it looks like to survive.” —Sabaa Tahir, #1 New York Times bestselling author of An Ember in the...

In a post-American world, where an oppressive global government blankets all of humanity, the entire prison system has been dismissed in favor of an ungoverned region of forced exile. Commonly called the State of Refuge, the convicts within its boundaries must fend for themselves amidst violence and...

FORCED TO FLEE . . . WOUNDED . . . ON THE RUN . . . Not exactly a safe place for a former assassin and the prince with a price on his head. In the dark streets of Auralius, Kayden and her prince struggle to find a way to set the country right again, but the Order of the MoonStone has...

In the violent early days of the quarantine, Gonzalo joins a gang of thieves who live in the ductwork of McKinley High School. There he falls in love with Sasha, but as he grows too big to fit, he is forced to leave without her. A year later, he scours the infected zone for her. No matter how...

What if finding the traitor is more dangerous than letting him roam free? "...the action continues in this third episode of the Sulan series!" "...the imagination the author has managed to embed into the world building completely amazes me." "Loved it!!!!...