Dystopian category: 1842 books

"Smart, pulls no punches. Lauren Lynne delivers characters who matter. Recalcitrant earns my attention from the very beginning." C. Michael McGannon, best-selling author of the Charlie Sullivan and the Monster Hunters series When Elise Andrek becomes suspicious that she is being...

She has one year left to live—an award-winning epic YA dystopian adventure of a teenage girl's quest to save her people from a government that controls time. Includes the complete 1,100-page Out of Time trilogy by Nadine Brandes in one ebook volume. Book 1: A Time to Die How...

A thrilling, fast-paced dystopian novel about the dangers of unchecked power and the dilemmas facing a boy torn between two ways of life. In twelve-year-old Taemon’s city, everyone has a power called psi — the ability to move and manipulate objects with their minds. When Taemon loses his...

NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR, ELLE CASEY, brings readers Book 2 of 4 in the YA Dystopian APOCALYPSIS Series, suitable for older teens and adults. WARPAINT. My name’s Bryn Mathis. I’m seventeen years old, and I live in Kahayatle, otherwise known as The Everglades. I’m...

In dystopian Manhattan, society is divided into six zones, with each one representing a citizen’s benefit to society: Stalwart (strength), Astute (intelligence), Collusive (greed), Radiant (beauty), Quixotic (no life direction), and the Altruistic (willingness to help others).  On a citizen’s sixteenth...

A retelling of the tale of Romeo and Juliet, set in a distant future. Neith and Invier are madly in love, yet destined for an unhappy ever after. Invier's family is too lowly-ranked for a union with Neith, so she, unwilling to let status stand in the way of true love, revives a long-abandoned...

Perfect for fans of the dystopian settings of The Hunger Games and Divergent, the gripping second installment of the Slated trilogy is a riveting psychological thriller set in a future where violent teens have their memory erased as an alternative to jail.   Kyla has been Slated—her personality...

Tahereh Mafi's New York Times bestselling Shatter Me series is perfect for fans who crave action-packed young adult novels like Veronica Roth’s Divergent, Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games, and Marie Lu’s Legend. No one knows why Juliette's touch is fatal, but The Reestablishment has...

A tale of growing up in oppressive years of the 1980s. Partly surreal it tells of one young man's agonies over the past, present and future. Contains some strong language and adult themes. "Its a strange read (in a good way) atmospheric and genre-hopping - switches voices in an interesting way...

In the Arena, you’re either a killer or a victim. If survival meant murdering an innocent person in cold blood every week, could you do it? Are you able to stick the knife into your opponent’s heart while they look at you with fear in their eyes? Life in the Arena turns everyone into...

“Plagues and politics and romance, oh my! Dystopia meets science fiction in Emerge, the first book in a new series from popular YA author Heather Sunseri. …Truly, a well-crafted dystopian romance! Don’t miss this one!” ~Serena Chase, USA Today‘s Happy Ever After blog, author of The Ryn Six...

BOOK ONE IN THE E SERIES Life is harsh. It makes no exceptions. Not even for the innocent. Outpost Three: a huddle of crumbling buildings choked by a concrete wall. Cracked pavement, rusted metal, splintering boards. Huge robotic Sentries police the streets, but the Ten Laws are broken...

What if the Pacific Northwest seceded from the United States? In 2063, it has. The climate crisis that’s devastated all but the Northwest corner of the U.S. is the only reality Piper Hall has ever known. She doesn’t waste a thought on that, the secession that created Cascadia, or the closed...

"Each time I think this night reaches its lowest point I'm mistaken. I stop and let the twisted truth sink in: it's only going to get worse." The world is drowning. Tonight everyone in the disappearing Middlelands gathers in their homes to watch an announcement from the Upperlands....