Dystopian
FIC OLI
In this futuristic world, Luka is a prisoner in The Loop - a high security prison where the government has the right to experiment on your body to test enhancements for the rich. It's a lonely existence - prisoners are only allowed an hour a day out of their cells each day and even then it's behind a barrier so they can't mingle with the other inmates. But they have a kind warden, and when war is imminent, she warns them that they have to try to escape. A group of them do, but they are faced with a crazed population bent on killing anyone they encounter. Were they all drugged? Is there an antidote? Luka and his cellmates try to find the answers since they all seem to be unaffected.
Dystopian, Thriller
Read this if you liked: Maze Runner, Lockdown, Hunger Games, The Eleventh Plague, The Enemy, Knife of Never Letting Go, 5th Wave
FIC AHM
Muslim Americans are forced into internment camps in a near-future America. The author clearly references the Trump administration - it talks about fake news, about xenophobia, and about how the administration in this book rejects immigrants. Layla and her family are taken into an internment camp in the middle of the desert, and the adults continually tell the teens to keep their heads down, don't make waves, but the kids & Layla are the ones who lead the resistance.
Dystopian
Read this if you liked: The Darkest Minds, Rebel Seoul, Other Words for Home, Refugee, A Very Large Expanse of Sea, Other Words for Home
The Hive by Barry Lyga and Morgan Baden
FIC LYG
In a not too distant future, the law dictates the population can choose whether or not to mete out justice to people who bully online. It's called Hive Justice, and just like on Facebook, you can give a post a like or a condemn. The number of condemns you get dictates the punishment you have - level one can be as simple as throwing garbage at you, and if you get to level 5, you can be stoned or beaten. Cassie posts something horrible and gets to Level 6, which has never happened before. Level 6 means she can be killed on sight. She runs and goes into hiding and gets the help of an underground group who wants to take down The Hive. Cassie learns that the hive is being manipulated by the government, and they're using her as an example. But she's a computer genius, and she finds a way to beat them at their own game. A good look at social media and the care you should take with it.
Dystopian, Science Fiction
Read this if you liked: Girl Gone Viral, Catfishing on the Net, Rated, Warcross, Feed, The Future of Us
Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
FIC-DYSTOPIAN COL
This prequel to the Hunger Games takes place 60 years before we meet Katniss in District 12. It is the story of the evil President Snow as a teenager. He's in High School, and he and his classmates have been given the honor or becoming the games' first mentors. He's assigned to the tribute from District 12 and when he first meets her, he thinks there's been a mistake - she's poor and dirty, and he should have been given a better mentee considering his family's status in Panum. But once he meets Lucy Gray, he decides she probably is the best tribute there is. She is outgoing and has a positive outlook on life, and does everything she can to make the best of her dire situation. Little by little, Coriolanus starts to fall in love with her. He's also not the Snow that we know - he's very much conflicted about the Games, and he's not sure that this is the best way to have the Districts remember their rebellion - they are cruel and perhaps they should be stopped. But he doesn't have the conviction to actually say that aloud.
Dystopian
Read this if you liked: The Hunger Games, The Maze Runner, The Loop, The Giver, Divergent, The Testing, Enclave
We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia
FIC MEJ
Dani graduated at the top of her class at the Medio School for girls, where she is destined to be the wife of a high ranking government official. She will be Primera, who will stand by her husband and help run the home. The Segunda, his second wife, will be her opposite, caring for the children and bringing beauty into the home. When she discovers the Segunda is the one girl in the school who made her life miserable, Dani is deflated On top of that, she is being blackmailed by the Resistance, who want her to spy on her husband. Although Dani is afraid, she sees how her rich, spoiled husband treats the citizens of their country and she agrees to help them.
Dystopian
Read this if you liked: Grace & Fury, An Ember in the Ashes, Red Queen, Matched, Three Dark Crowns
Lord of the Flies meets the Hunger Games meets Handmaid's Tale. Girls at 16 are sent to live their Grace Year together in the wild - they are cut off from all society and must survive together. They are sent there to get rid of their 'magic' and return to become subservient wives. They believe their very skin emits a powerful aphrodisiac, the potent essence of youth, of a girl on the edge of womanhood. While they are there, something happens to them - their magic envelopes them and they become almost savage. Poachers are after them because it is thought their skin and limbs hold magical healing properties. Tierny tries to get the girls organized and working together to make their lives at the camp a bit easier, but crazy Kiersten is the one everyone follows, and she banishes Tierny out into the wild. It's a society where men have all the power and women have none - they are beaten, burned at the stake, can't congregate, don't work, nothing.
Dystopian
Read this if you liked: The Handmaid's Tale, The Giver, Delirium, Unwind, Matched, The Selection
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
FIC ATW
Set about 15 years after the end of The Handmaid's Tale, it is the story of what happens to Gilead in the future. The story is told from multiple POVs - Aunt Lydia who tells how she was brought to Gilead and her role in its creation; Agnes, a 14 year old girl who has grown up in Gilead and is preparing for marriage; and Daisy, a young woman living in Canada who ends up infiltrating Gilead.
Dystopian
Read this if you liked: The Handmaid's Tale, Delirium, The Uglies, Matched
The Last Voyage of Poe Blythe by Ally Condie
FIC CON
Poe Blythe is the young captain of her failing city's last mining ship, travelling the Serpentine River and dredging up gold. But it isn't gold on her mind. Two years ago, river raiders robbed Poe of everything. And she wants revenge. As she navigates the treacherous waters and realises there's a traitor among her crew, Poe is forced to confront the dangerous truth about why she has been sent on this journey - and reckon with who she has become.
Dystopian
Read this if you liked: Seafire, Six of Crows, Carve the Mark, Incarceron, Aurora Rising
FIC DAL
The ultra conservative have taken over and has decided that a woman's place is in the home and she should be seen and not heard. Women are no longer allowed to work, read, write, vote, or talk. They wear word counter bracelets and are limited to 100 words a day. Little girls in school are rewarded with ice cream when they don't speak at all. When Dr. Jean McClellan is offered the opportunity to take off her device and help cure the President's brother, she reluctantly takes it, but decides to use this time to save herself, her daughter, and to reverse the injustices happening to all women.
Dystopian
Read this if you liked: The Handmaid's Tale, Only Ever Yours, Delirium, Matched, The Giver, Unwind
The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken
FIC BRA
When Ruby turned 10, she woke up to discover she had the power to read minds and to take away memories. Something is happening to the children, and the government has set up camps to rehabilitate them. But years later, there has been no rehabilitation and much pain and death. Ruby escapes, but even that isn't what it seems. She escapes her 'rescuers' and meets up with other kids who have been in camps. She travels with Liam, and they go looking for a secret haven for kids like them with special powers. When they get there, it's feeling less like a refuge and more like the camps they just came from.
Dystopian
Read this if you liked: All Our Yesterdays, Delirium, The Program, Enclave, For Darkness Shows the Stars
Dry by Neal and Jarrod Shusterman
FIC SHU
In the not too distant future, California runs out of water. The 'Tap Out' causes chaos - people are fighting each other for water and anything liquid suddenly becomes priceless. When Alyssa's parents go in search of water but never come back, she, her brother, and neighbor Kelton, go first searching for them, then go off in search of water. They meet up with two other teens and each slowly changes into people who they no longer recognize.
Dystopian
Read this if you liked: The Fifth Wave, Not a Drop to Drink, All Our Yesterdays, Orleans
FIC Oh
When Jaewon is recruited into the most lucrative weapons development division in Neo Seoul, he is eager to claim his best shot at military glory. But the mission becomes more complicated when he meets Tera, a test subject in the government’s supersoldier project. Tera was trained for one purpose: to pilot one of the lethal God Machines, massive robots for a never-ending war. - goodreads
Dystopian
Read this if you liked: Want, Tool of War, Warcross, Proxy, Zeros
They Both Die At The End by Adam Silvera
FIC SIL
Well, the title certainly gives the ending away. Death Cast makes call at midnight every night to let people know they are dying at some point in the next 24 hours. Mateo and Rufus get their calls, and find each other through Last Friend, an app that helps 'Deckers' find someone to spend their last day with. Mateo is a timid, scared boy, who rarely leaves the house. Rufus is a foster child who has made some bad choices. Both boys want to live their last day overcoming their fears and shortcomings. In one day, they help each other become the people that they wanted to be if they had more time in life. A bittersweet story of friendship, love, and loss.
LGBTQ, Dystopian
Read this if you liked: The Sun is Also a Star, Scythe, The Inexplicable Logic of My Life, Whatever
Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman
FIC SHU
After the events of the first book, Citra, now known as Scythe Anastasia, works with Scythe Curie to clean up the corruption in the Scythedom. However, the new order scythes make it difficult with each step, and suddenly, there’s an unknown enemy out to kill both Scythe Curie and Anastasia. Meanwhile, Rowan’s making a name for himself by cleaning up the corruption of the Scythedom, but in a much different, more unsavory way. - Reviewed by Sam Fellman
Genre Science Fiction, Dystopian
Read this if you liked: Children of Blood and Bone, Renegades, Illuminae, War Cross, The Cruel Prince
FIC SHU
Death is no longer an issue and people can live forever, but with the lack of death, the population still needs to be controlled. There are people who are called scythes they choose who and how many people are to be “gleaned” each year. A scythe, however cannot be gleaned and many people want to have the opportunity to become a scythe. There is one requirement to first be considered: One must not wish to become a scythe. This story follows two teenagers, Citra and Rowan, who are chosen to compete against each other to become a scythe, but the first job of the winner will be to glean the loser. Reviewed by Corrine Rasmussen
Genre: Sci Fi, Dystopian
Read this if you liked: Unwind, The Diabolic, Unearthed, Dream Fall
FIC AHE
In Celestine’s society, perfection is required; those found Flawed in some way are ostracized from society. Celestine has never had any problems with the way things are run. She is a rule follower and dating the son of the most powerful judge in the city. But a moment of compassion has dire consequences, and Celestine soon finds herself on trial before the whole city, accused of Flaws that will change her life forever. -booklist
Dystopian
Read this if you liked: Uglies, Delirium, Pandemonium, The Giver, Unwind, Darkest Minds
FIC CAI
Personal ownership of books is forbidden. Jess and his family are book smugglers but then his family sends him to study for the great Library they hope he will become their spy to boost their business. But Jess finds a home at the Library and wants to succeed, until he finds that the Library may not be the benevolent entity he thought they were and they value knowledge over human life.
Dystopian
Read this if you liked: Rook, The Lie Tree, Incarceron, Court of Fives
FIC LON
Privileged teenager Sid has a proxy, Knox, who receives punishment for Syd's wrong doings, when Syd kills one of his friends in a car crash, it is Knox who is sentenced to death. When the two boys realize they must work together to beat the system they flee looking for answers.
Adventure, Science Fiction, Dystopian
Read this if you liked: Coda, Feed, Legend, I Am Number Four, Legend
FIC CAM
In the Sunken City that was once Paris, all who oppose the new revolution are being put to the blade. Except for those who disappear from their prison cells, a red-tipped rook feather left in their place. Is the mysterious Red Rook a savior of the innocent or a criminal? Meanwhile, across the sea in the Commonwealth, Sophia Bellamy’s arranged marriage to the wealthy René Hasard is the last chance to save her family from ruin. But when the search for the Red Rook comes straight to her doorstep, Sophia discovers that her fiancé is not all he seems. Which is only fair, because neither is she.
Dystopian Fiction
Read this if you liked: Life as We Knew it, After the Red Rain, Ember in the Ashes
FIC BRO
A tale set in a bleak future society torn by class divisions follows the experiences of secret revolutionary Darrow, who after witnessing his wife's execution by an oppressive government joins a revolutionary cell and attempts to infiltrate an elite military academy. Reminded me of Hogwarts, Hunger Games, and Game of Thrones all in one.
Dystopian, Sci Fi
Read this if you liked: Red Queen, Steelheart, Avalon, Lock In, Unbound, Proxy, Wolf by Wolf
After the Red Rain by Barry Lyga, Peter Facinelli, Robert DeFranco
FIC LYG
In the distant future, on the ruined planet Earth, Deedra lives a hard life working and barely getting by. But one day she comes across a beautiful boy named Rose who has a secretive past and special abilities, but who has a much different outlook than anyone Deedra knows. They are drawn to each other and fall in love. They discover there are people who are trying to destroy their already bleak existence, and fight together to save what they have
Science Fiction, Dystopian, Romance
Read it if you liked Prodigy, Hunger Games, Shipbreaker, The Giver
The Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
FIC AVE
The world is divided by blood - red or silver. The Reds are commoners and ruled by the Silver elite who have god-like superpowers. Mare Barrow, a Red, is working in the Silver Palace. Here, surrounded by the people she hates the most, Mare discovers that, despite her red blood, she possesses a deadly power of her own. One that threatens to destroy the balance of power. Fearful of Mare’s potential, the Silvers hide her in plain view,but she works to help the Red Guard to bring down the Silver regime.
Dystopian, Fantasy
Read this if you liked: Divergent, Hunger Games, Selection, Red Rising, The Young Elites
FIC AND
In a future where most people have computer implants in their heads to control their environment, a boy meets an unusual girl who is in serious trouble.
Dystopian, Sci Fi
Read this if you liked: Proxy, Icons, Blue Screen, iBoy
Matched by Allie Condie
FIC CON
Cassia has always trusted the Society to make the right choices for her, so when Xander appears on-screen at her Matching ceremony, Cassia knows he is her ideal mate--until Ky Markham's face appears for an instant before the screen fades to black.
Dystopian
Read this if you liked: Uglies, The Giver, The Program, Across the Universe, Divergent
FIC ROT
In a future Chicago, sixteen-year-old Beatrice Prior must choose among five predetermined factions to define her identity for the rest of her life, a decision made more difficult when she discovers that she is an anomaly who does not fit into any one group, and that the society she lives in is not perfect after all.
Dystopian
Read this if you liked: The Testing, Starters, Enclave, The Selection, Incarceron
FIC LU
In a dark future, when North America has split into two warring nations, fifteen-year-olds Day, a famous criminal, and prodigy June, the brilliant soldier hired to capture him, discover that they have a common enemy.
Dystopian
Read this if you liked: Delirium, Drowned Cities, Proxy, Blue Screen, Divergent, Hunger Games
FIC CAS
Sixteen-year-old America Singer is living in the caste-divided nation of Illea, which formed after the war that destroyed the United States. America is chosen to compete in the Selection--a contest to see which girl can win the heart of Illea's prince--but all she really wants is a chance for a future with her secret love, Aspen, who is a caste below her--. Novelist
Dystopian
Read this if you liked: Matched, Crewel, Red Queen, Across the Universe
FIC YAN
After the 1st wave, only darkness remains. After the 2nd, only the lucky escape. And after the 3rd, only the unlucky survive. After the 4th wave, only one rule applies: trust no one. Cassie, a survivor of an alien invasion, must rescue her younger brother with only the help of a boy who may be one of them.
Dystopian, Sci Fi, Adventure
Read this if you liked: All Our Yesterdays, Scan, The Knife of Never Letting Go, Game, Across the Universe
FIC SHU
In a future world where those between the ages of thirteen and eighteen can have their lives "unwound" and their body parts harvested for use by others, three teens go to extreme lengths to uphold their beliefs--and, perhaps, save their own lives. - Novelist
Science Fiction, Dystopian
Read this if you liked: The Adoration of Jenna Fox, The MARTians, Everlost, Feed, The 5th Wave
