RIYL Dystopian (HS)

Cherry Heaven by Adlington, L.J.

The Diary of Pelly D by L.J. Adlington

FireUs trilogy by Jennifer Armstrong

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Feed by M. T. Anderson

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline

The Supernaturalist by Eoin Colfer

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

• The Hunger Games

• Catching Fire

• Mockingjay

Matched Series by Ally Conde

• Matched

• Crossed

• Reached

The Maze Runner Series by James Dashner

• The Maze Runner

• The Scorch Trials

• The The Death Cure

• The Fever Code

LITTLE BROTHER by Cory Doctorow

Dark Life and Rip Tide by Kat Falls

The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm by Nancy Farmer

The House of the Scorpion Series by Nancy Farmer

• The House of the Scorpion

• The Lord Of Opium

The Dirt Eaters by Dennis Foon

The Beach by Alex Garland

Gone Series by Michael Grant

Among the Hidden (Shadowchildren Series) by Margaret Haddix

The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera

The Rains and Last Chance by Gregg Hurwitz

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Kincaid, S. J.

• The Diabolic

• The Empress

• The Nemesis

This Side of Paradise by Steven L. Layne

The Cure by Sonia Levitin

The Grace Year by Kim Liggett

The Giver Quartet by Lois Lowry

• Giver

• Gathering Blue

• Messenger

• Son

Warcross and Wildcard by Marie Lu

Legend Series by Marie Lu

• Legend

• Prodigy

• Champion

• Rebel

The Secret Under My Skin by Janet McNaughton

"Tomorrow" Series by John Marsden

• Book 1: Tomorrow When the War Began

• Book 2: Dead of Night

• Book 3: A Killing Frost

• Book 4: Darkness Be My Friend

• Book 5: Burning for Revenge

• Book 6: Night is for Hunting

• Book 7: The Other Side of Dawn

SHADE’S CHILDREN by Garth Nix

Chaos Walking Series by Patrick Ness

• The Knife of Never Letting Go

• The Ask & the Answer

• Monsters of Men

Z for Zachariah by Robert O’Brien

1984 by George Orwell

ANIMAL FARM by George Orwell

THE ADORATION OF JENNA FOX by Mary Pearson

Last Book in the Universe by Rodman Philbrick

Divergent Series by Veronica Roth

• Divergent

• Insurgent

• Allegiant

• Four

Life as we Knew it by Susan Beth Pfeffer

• Life as we Knew it

• The Dead and the Gone

• This World we Live in

• The Shade of the Moon

Fever Crumb Series by Phillip Reeve

• Fever Crumb

• A Web of Air

• Scriviner's Moon

Hungry City Chronicles by Phillip Reeve

• MORTAL ENGINES

The forest of hands and teeth, by Carrie Ryan (plus sequels)

The House of Stairs by William Sleator

Unwind Dystology by Neal Shusterman

• Unwind

• UnWholly

• UnSouled

• UnDivided

• UnBound: Stories from the Unwind World

Scythe series by Neal Shusterman

• Scythe

• Thunderhead

• The Toll

“Virtual War” series by Gloria Skurzynski

Truesight by David Stahler

All these Monsters and All These Warriors by Amy Tintera

The Time Machine by H.G. Wells

War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells

THE BARCODE TATTOO series by Suzanne Weyn

• The barcode tattoo,

• The barcode rebellion

Uglies Series by Scott Westerfeld:

• Uglies

• Pretties

• Specials

• Extras

• Imposters

• Shatter City

• Mirror's Edge

Storm Thief by Chris Wooding

The Chrysalids by John Whyndam

ARMAGEDDON SUMMER by Jane Yolen and Bruce Coville

Bertagna, Julie Exodus

Blackman, Malorie The Naughts & Crosses Trilogy

Bloor, Edward Taken

Bodeen, S. A. The Compound

Bachorz, Pam Candor

Burgess, Anthony A clockwork Orange

Burgess, Melvin Sara's Face

DeVita, James The Silenced

Doctorow, Cory Little Brother

Dunkle, Clare B. The Sky Inside

Dunkle, Clare B. The Walls Have Eyes

Fukui, Isamu Truancy

Gilman, Charlotte Perkins Herland

Goodman, Allegra The Other Side of the Island

Hoover, H. M. Orvis

Hoover, H. M. This Time of Darkness

James, P.D. Children of Men

Keaney Hollow People

Kostick, Conor Epic (book 1) The Epic Trilogy

Levitin, Sonia The Goodness Gene

Lott, Tim Fearless

Mafi, Tahereh Shatter Me

Malley, G.R. The Declaration

Meyer, Stephanie The Host

Mieville, China Un Lun Dun

Moore, Alan V for Vendetta

More, Thomas Utopia

Nelson, O. T. The Girl Who Owned a City

O'Guilin, Peadar The Inferior

Rand, Ayn Anthem

Rosoff, Meg How I live now

Schade, Susan The Fog Mound series

Sleator, William Test

Singer, Nicky Gem X

Stahler, Jr., David Truesight (book 1) The Truesight Trilogy

Stephenson, Neal Snow Crash

Treggiari, Jo Ashes, Ashes

Wasserman, Robin Skinned and Crashed

Weaver, Will Memory Boy

Wyndham, John The Chrysalids

Truesight by David Stahler

The long walk, Richard Bachman

The Tripods series, John Christopher

Ender’s game, Orson Scott Card

The day of the Triffids, John Wyndham

The Water Wars Stracher

Seeker, Jango, Noman (Nicholson)

DELIRIUM by Lauren Oliver

THE DECLARATION by Gemma Malley

EVA by Peter Dickinson

THE GARDENER by S. A. Bodeen

THE ROAR by Emma Clayton

INCARCERON and Sapphique by Catherine Fisher

SHIP BREAKER by Paolo Bacigalupi

THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ISLAND by Allegra Goodman

SURVIVING ANTARCTICA / NO CHILD’S GAME: REALITY TV 2083 by Andrea White

GIRL IN THE ARENA by Lise Haines

THE CLONE CODES by Patricia McKissack

WITCH & WIZARD by James Patterson

SKINNED by Robin Wasserman

CHASED by Robin Wasserman

NATION by Terry Pratchett

Atherton Series by Patrick Carman

The Carbon Diaries, Saci Lloyd

Blood Red Road

Wither

Across the Universe by Beth Revis

Booktalks:

The Limit by Kristen Landon

The government puts a spending limit on each family. If you go over it, they take one of your children and put them in a "work house" where they must remain until Mom and Dad get spending under control.Can you actually get home again?

No Child's Game: Reality TV 2083 by Andrea White

Reality TV has taken a severe turn with Historical Survivor, a show that has contestants vying to survive a recreation of an historical event. A group of teens must try to survive Scott's failed Antarctic expedition, but they don't know that the producers are pulling strings to make their survival almost impossible.

I am number four / Pittacus Lore

In rural Ohio, friendships and a beautiful girl prove distracting to a fifteen-year-old who has hidden on Earth for ten years waiting to develop the Legacies, or powers, he will need to rejoin the other six surviving Garde members and fight the Mogadorians who destroyed their planet, Lorien.

Bunker 10 / J.A. Henderson

Something is going terribly wrong at the top secret Pinewood Military Installation, and the teenage geniuses who study and work there are about to discover a horrible truth as they lead a small military force trying to retrieve data and escape before the compound self-destructs.

The giver / Lois Lowry

Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives.

Life as we knew it / Susan Beth Pfeffer

When a meteor pushes the moon closer to the earth, setting into motion a series of destructive weather events that wipe out coasts, rock the continents, and block out the sun, Miranda and her family must find a way to survive in a desperate and unfamiliar world.

Unwind / Neal Shusterman

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.

The adoration of Jenna Fox / Mary E. Pearson

In the not-too-distant future, when biotechnological advances have made synthetic bodies and brains possible but illegal, a seventeen-year-old girl, recovering from a serious accident and suffering from memory lapses, learns a startling secret about her existence.

The Gardener / S.A. Bodeen

When high school sophomore Mason finds a beautiful but catatonic girl in the nursing home where his mother works, the discovery leads him to revelations about a series of disturbing human experiments that have a connection to his own life.

Trash / Andy Mulligan

Raphael is a dumpsite boy. He spends his days wading through mountains of steaming trash, sifting it, sorting it, breathing it, sleeping next to it. Then one unlucky-lucky day, Raphael's world turns upside down. A small leather bag falls into his hands. It's a bag of clues. It's a bag of hope. It's a bag that will change everything.

Among the hidden / Margaret Peterson Haddix

In a future where the Population Police enforce the law limiting a family to only two children, Luke has lived all his twelve years in isolation and fear on his family's farm, until another "third" convinces him that the government is wrong.

Little Brother / Cory Doctorow.

After being interrogated by the Department of Homeland Security after a terrorist attack on San Francisco, California, seventeen-year-old Marcus, released into what is now a police state, uses his expertise in computer hacking to set things right.

Gone by Michael Grant

When everyone over the age of fourteen suddenly disappears from a California town, a battle erupts between the remaining residents and the students from a local school, as well as those who have "The Power" and those who do not

Feed by MT Anderson

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.

Ship Breaker / by Paolo Bacigalupi.

In a futuristic world, teenaged Nailer scavenges copper wiring from grounded oil tankers for a living, but when he finds a beached clipper ship with a girl in the wreckage, he has to decide if he should strip the ship for its wealth or rescue the girl.

The Uglies by Westerfeld

Just before their sixteenth birthdays, when they will will be transformed into beauties whose only job is to have a great time, Tally's best friend runs away and Tally must find her and turn her in, or never become pretty at all.

Mortal Engines : a novel / by Philip Reeve

In the distant future, when cities move about and consume smaller towns, a fifteen-year-old apprentice is pushed out of London by the man he most admires and must seek answers in the perilous Out-Country, aided by one girl and the memory of another.

Xisle / by Steve Augarde.

Ever since the floods came and washed the world away, survivors have been desperate to win a place on X-Isle, the island where life is rumoured to be easier than on what's left of the mainland. Only young boys are in with a chance, the smaller and lighter the better. Baz and Ray are two of the lucky few to be chosen.

The Unidentified / Rae Mariz

Fifteen-year-old Katey (aka Kid) goes to school in the Game—a mall converted into a “school” run by corporate sponsors. As the students play their way through the levels, they are also creating products and being used for market research by the sponsors, who are watching them 24/7 on video cameras.

Exodus / Julie Bertagna.

In the year 2100, Mara discovers the existence of sky cities that are safe from storms and rising waters, and convinces her people to travel from their threatened island to one of these cities in order to save themselves.

Skinned / Robin Wasserman.

When Lia Kahn's wealthy parents pay to have her brain transplanted into a new, human-looking body that never ages, the life that Lia knew is forever changed as she faces prejudice from all sides because of what she has become.

The Maze Runner / James Dashner.

Sixteen-year-old Thomas wakes up with no memory in the middle of a maze and realizes he must work with the community in which he finds himself if he is to escape.

Matched / Ally Condie.

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.

Birthmarked / Caragh M. O'Brien.

When her midwife mother is forcibly taken away by the very people she serves, sixteen-year-old Gaia Stone starts to question the role of the Enclave and whether it deserves the loyalty her family has so faithfully given.

The Compound / S.A. Bodeen. **

After spending six years with his parents and his two sisters in an underground compound built by his father to protect them from a nuclear holocaust, Eli discovers that his father has perpetrated a monstrous hoax on them all.

Resources:

http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2216.YA_Dystopia_Novels

http://www.cpl.org/Teens/Readit/WorldGoneWrongDystopia.aspx

Dystopian List Larissa Hammond Librarian, Youth Services

lunanshee.blogspot.com. by Rebecca Denham

Article from Booklist Online (2009)