YA Dystopia Novels
Teen books about dystopian societies.
1 The Hunger Games (The Hunge...
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4.44 of 5 stars 4.44 avg rating — 1,648,269 ratings
2 Catching Fire (The Hunger G...
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4.3 of 5 stars 4.30 avg rating — 954,518 ratings
3 Divergent (Divergent, #1)
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4.39 of 5 stars 4.39 avg rating — 318,523 ratings
4 Mockingjay (The Hunger Game...
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4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 868,288 ratings
5 Uglies (Uglies, #1)
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3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 196,299 ratings
6 Insurgent (Divergent, #2)
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4.31 of 5 stars 4.31 avg rating — 169,615 ratings
7 Delirium (Delirium, #1)
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4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 119,434 ratings
8 Matched (Matched, #1)
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3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 178,730 ratings
9 The Giver
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4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 547,214 ratings
10 The Maze Runner (Maze Runne...
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3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 93,798 ratings
11 Unwind (Unwind, #1)
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4.23 of 5 stars 4.23 avg rating — 54,421 ratings
12 Legend (Legend, #1)
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4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 50,326 ratings
13 Pretties (Uglies, #2)
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3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 107,032 ratings
14 Gone (Gone, #1)
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3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 57,676 ratings
15 Specials (Uglies, #3)
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3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 79,166 ratings
16 Wither (The Chemical Garden...
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3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 43,091 ratings
17 Pandemonium (Delirium, #2)
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4.21 of 5 stars 4.21 avg rating — 60,969 ratings
18 Across the Universe (Across...
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3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 42,224 ratings
19 The City of Ember (Book of ...
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3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 87,462 ratings
20 The Knife of Never Letting ...
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3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 39,108 ratings
21 Shatter Me (Shatter Me, #1)
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4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 36,450 ratings
22 Crossed (Matched, #2)
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3.55 of 5 stars 3.55 avg rating — 71,428 ratings
23 Extras (Uglies, #4)
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3.59 of 5 stars 3.59 avg rating — 50,177 ratings
24 Life As We Knew It (Last Su...
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3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 44,458 ratings
25 The Scorch Trials (Maze Run...
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4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 62,519 ratings
26 Under the Never Sky (Under ...
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4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 27,496 ratings
27 Blood Red Road (Dust Lands,...
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4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 21,676 ratings
28 Enclave (Razorland, #1)
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3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 22,779 ratings
29 Birthmarked (Birthmarked, #1)
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3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 19,249 ratings
30 Incarceron (Incarceron, #1)
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3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 29,125 ratings
31 Hunger (Gone, #2)
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4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 26,039 ratings
32 Among the Hidden (Shadow Ch...
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3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 41,286 ratings
33 Lies (Gone, #3)
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4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 20,027 ratings
34 Inside Out (Insider, #1)
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3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 11,178 ratings
35 The Ask and the Answer (Cha...
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4.23 of 5 stars 4.23 avg rating — 18,385 ratings
36 The Selection (The Selectio...
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4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 42,044 ratings
37 Monsters of Men (Chaos Walk...
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4.31 of 5 stars 4.31 avg rating — 15,561 ratings
38 Lord of the Flies
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3.59 of 5 stars 3.59 avg rating — 927,213 ratings
39 The Death Cure (Maze Runner...
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3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 39,843 ratings
40 The Adoration of Jenna Fox ...
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3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 20,480 ratings
41 Gathering Blue (The Giver, #2)
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3.78 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 46,419 ratings
42 The Host (The Host, #1)
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3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 366,429 ratings
43 Plague (Gone, #4)
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4.25 of 5 stars 4.25 avg rating — 15,018 ratings
44 Ender's Game (Ender's Saga,...
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4.28 of 5 stars 4.28 avg rating — 419,191 ratings
45 The House of the Scorpion (...
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4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 29,623 ratings
46 The Declaration (The Declar...
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3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 9,582 ratings
47 Cinder (Lunar Chronicles, #1)
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4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 48,455 ratings
48 Ship Breaker (Ship Breaker,...
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3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 16,084 ratings
49 The People of Sparks (Book ...
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3.59 of 5 stars 3.59 avg rating — 22,842 ratings
50 Feed
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3.57 of 5 stars 3.57 avg rating — 21,376 ratings
51 Free Four: Tobias Tells the...
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4.3 of 5 stars 4.30 avg rating — 24,082 ratings
52 Tomorrow, When the War Bega...
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4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 16,006 ratings
53 Angelfall (Penryn & the End...
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4.3 of 5 stars 4.30 avg rating — 19,573 ratings
54 V for Vendetta
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4.24 of 5 stars 4.24 avg rating — 89,002 ratings
55 Reached (Matched, #3)
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3.63 of 5 stars 3.63 avg rating — 34,319 ratings
56 Battle Royale
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4.22 of 5 stars 4.22 avg rating — 17,478 ratings
57 The Pledge (The Pledge, #1)
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3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 11,669 ratings
58 The Dead and the Gone (Last...
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3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 15,201 ratings
59 Awaken (Awaken, #1)
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3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 5,725 ratings
60 Outside In (Insider, #2)
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3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 5,740 ratings
61 The Diamond of Darkhold (Bo...
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3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 9,940 ratings
62 Numbers (Numbers, #1)
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3.42 of 5 stars 3.42 avg rating — 8,838 ratings
63 Sapphique (Incarceron, #2)
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3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 10,648 ratings
64 Partials (Partials, #1)
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3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 12,589 ratings
65 Little Brother
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3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 18,502 ratings
66 XVI (XVI, #1)
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3.45 of 5 stars 3.45 avg rating — 4,884 ratings
67 Bumped (Bumped, #1)
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3.1 of 5 stars 3.10 avg rating — 7,434 ratings
68 Messenger (The Giver, #3)
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3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 28,839 ratings
69 Running Out of Time
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3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 11,077 ratings
70 Allegiant (Divergent, #3)
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4.63 of 5 stars 4.63 avg rating — 2,068 ratings
71 Prized (Birthmarked, #2)
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4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 9,363 ratings
72 The Supernaturalist
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3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 13,424 ratings
73 How I Live Now
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3.61 of 5 stars 3.61 avg rating — 12,893 ratings
74 This World We Live In (Last...
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3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 11,956 ratings
75 Article 5 (Article 5, #1)
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3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 8,946 ratings
76 The Bar Code Tattoo (Bar Co...
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3.6 of 5 stars 3.60 avg rating — 6,162 ratings
77 Among the Impostors (Shadow...
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4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 13,135 ratings
78 Among the Betrayed (Shadow ...
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4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 11,545 ratings
79 Witch & Wizard (Witch and W...
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3.51 of 5 stars 3.51 avg rating — 23,874 ratings
80 The Supremacy
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4.76 of 5 stars 4.76 avg rating — 41 ratings
81 Pure (Pure, #1)
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3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 8,735 ratings
82 Ashfall (Ashfall, #1)
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3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 6,244 ratings
83 The Prophet of Yonwood (Boo...
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3.18 of 5 stars 3.18 avg rating — 12,748 ratings
84 Genesis
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3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 4,295 ratings
85 Among the Barons (Shadow Ch...
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4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 10,133 ratings
86 Lockdown (Escape From Furna...
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4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 5,985 ratings
87 Dark Inside (Dark Inside, #1)
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3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 3,222 ratings
88 Among the Enemy (Shadow Chi...
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4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 8,179 ratings
89 Anthem
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3.59 of 5 stars 3.59 avg rating — 57,475 ratings
90 Obernewtyn (Obernewtyn Chro...
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3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 4,663 ratings
91 Among the Brave (Shadow Chi...
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4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 9,384 ratings
92 Among the Free (Shadow Chil...
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4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 7,258 ratings
93 Starters (Starters and Ende...
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3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 10,778 ratings
94 Girl in the Arena
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3.01 of 5 stars 3.01 avg rating — 3,183 ratings
95 The Resistance (The Declara...
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3.78 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 3,156 ratings
96 The Other Side of the Island
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3.66 of 5 stars 3.66 avg rating — 2,264 ratings
97 Shade's Children
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3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 5,912 ratings
98 The Last Book in the Universe
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3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 3,602 ratings
99 The Annihilation of Forever...
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3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 436 ratings
100 The Moon Dwellers (The Dwel...
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4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 586 ratings
525 books · 4,610 voters · list created June 11th, 2009 by Laura (The Zealous Reader) (votes) .
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message 1: by Tess (new)

Tess Awesome list.


message 2: by Erin (new)

Erin I love YA dystopia books. They are my favorite kind. I think people should right more of them. Unwind and The Hunger Games trilogy are definitely my favorites.


message 3: by Julie (new)

Julie S. I quite enjoy this list. :)


message 4: by Janaleefish (new)

Janaleefish "The Alliance" by Gerald N. Lund is an aswome dystopian novel without a whole lot of graphic violence and language. Perfect for teens and pre-teens, harder to find, but worth it!


message 5: by Rosa (new)

Rosa Wonderful list. :)


message 6: by Tara (new)

Tara Erin wrote: "I love YA dystopia books. They are my favorite kind. I think people should right more of them. Unwind and The Hunger Games trilogy are definitely my favorites."

IKR! They are best types of books, but Mockingjay was pretty bad.


message 7: by Tara (new)

Tara Tess wrote: "Awesome list."

Absolutely.


message 8: by Hp (new)

Hp Tan Love the Hunger Games series, Chaos Walking series, and The Chrysalids is also an awesome Dystopia novel!


message 9: by Shyrill (new)

Shyrill Silversong Tara wrote: "Erin wrote: "I love YA dystopia books. They are my favorite kind. I think people should right more of them. Unwind and The Hunger Games trilogy are definitely my favorites."

IKR! They are best typ..."


the ending's a big fail for me.


message 10: by Lady Eilonwy (new)

Lady Eilonwy Most of these are awesome and totally right, but...Coraline? Dystopia? HOW?!


message 11: by [deleted user] (new)

loved this list. i ve read few but I LOVE this genre so im checking out the rest.


message 12: by Abii (new)

Abii Curtis Shyrill wrote: "Tara wrote: "Erin wrote: "I love YA dystopia books. They are my favorite kind. I think people should right more of them. Unwind and The Hunger Games trilogy are definitely my favorites."

IKR! They..."


It wasnt as good as the other 2, but she always said it was going to be a book about the effects of war and loss, and I do understand why she did what she did with the book. It wasnt just about Katniss/peter/gale....


message 13: by Madeline (new)

Madeline Love this list as well. Glad I finnaly know what my favorite genre is! Absolutely love all of the Hunger Games trilogy, the Uglies series, The Last Book in the Universe, and The Giver trilogy (The Giver, Gathering Blue, and The Messenger).


message 14: by Nikki (new)

Nikki Downs Erin wrote: "I love YA dystopia books. They are my favorite kind. I think people should right more of them. Unwind and The Hunger Games trilogy are definitely my favorites."

I have to agree with you. The hunger games and Unwind are also my favorites. Have you read the Mazerunner yet? if not, you really should it's amazing!!


message 15: by Nikki (new)

Nikki Downs Madeline wrote: "Love this list as well. Glad I finnaly know what my favorite genre is! Absolutely love all of the Hunger Games trilogy, the Uglies series, The Last Book in the Universe, and The Giver trilogy (The ..."

The Giver's A Trilogy??


message 16: by Isabelle (new)

Isabelle Antolin i love the hunger games and the ugles series!!


message 17: by Beth (new)

Beth Knappenberger Question: So I have been hearing a lot of buzz about Blood Red Road and about how its such a great book. But people have been mentioning the weird writing style. So what is the writing of that book that is so peculiar to everyone? Blood Red Road (Dustlands, #1)


message 18: by Creator (last edited Dec 24, 2011 12:22am) (new)

Creator (of epicness) GONE,HUNGER,LIES and PLAGUE and The Declaration, The Resistence and Hunger Games, Cathching Fire, and Mocking Bird are the spark to the fire of YA dystopan novels . With controversy , action and much more ...


message 19: by Maija (new)

Maija Beth wrote: "Question: So I have been hearing a lot of buzz about Blood Red Road and about how its such a great book. But people have been mentioning the weird writing style. So what is the writing of that book..."
It`s written as the lead character doesn`t really know english or she`s lived in forest all her life.
I didn`t read it, but I tried to. The writing style was too disturbing for me to read it.


message 20: by Taylor (new)

Taylor All the books I'm interested in!


message 21: by Allie (new)

Allie I really love all these books. The only books I haven't voted for are the ones I want to read.


message 22: by [deleted user] (new)

Nikki wrote: "Madeline wrote: "Love this list as well. Glad I finnaly know what my favorite genre is! Absolutely love all of the Hunger Games trilogy, the Uglies series, The Last Book in the Universe, and The Gi..."

It absolutely is! That cliffhanger ending in the first isn't really so blurred after all. The other two are not quite as amazing as the first, but still great!


message 23: by Tyler (new)

Tyler Black There are some other good reads on this list check it out if your looking for some other good books to read:

http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/16...


message 24: by Kathy (new)

Kathy Dystopian novels are probably my favourite genre of books! Most of the books on this list I've read and LOVED. Forest of Hands and Teeth, Hunger Games and Divergent etc... All favourites!


message 25: by Holly (last edited Mar 08, 2012 06:00pm) (new)

Holly  {Currently dating 1 irish and 4 british boys} Kathy wrote: "Dystopian novels are probably my favourite genre of books! Most of the books on this list I've read and LOVED. Forest of Hands and Teeth, Hunger Games and Divergent etc... All favourites!"

Yes, Kathy, I totes agree. OMGOMGOMG gotta listen to one direction music!!! (I'm random)


message 26: by ♥ Marlene♥ (last edited Mar 11, 2012 10:07am) (new)

♥ Marlene♥ I have just started with the YA dystopian books. Okay I did read The Hunger Games series years ago but lately I've read a lot more:
Uglies series. Okay
The Giver Very good
Declaration very good
Birthmarked very good
Jenna Fox okay
Chaos Walking book 1 and 2 are great.
Delirium. Very good
Matched. did not like book 2

Now I am going to give Unwind a try. This list does help.
I tried Branded and Incarceron but not really getting in to them. Maybe I should give them another try? I guess I prefer the books that have a world a bit singular as us with different rules. (Like love is not allowed or lets say children are not wanted) ;)


message 27: by Enza (new)

Enza I loved divergent! I can not wait until insurgent comes out.


message 28: by ♥ Marlene♥ (last edited Mar 19, 2012 04:45am) (new)

♥ Marlene♥ Just an update. Thanks for recommending me Unwind. Loved it. it is my number 1 book now.


message 29: by Hernani (new)

Hernani satisfaction guaranteed..


message 30: by Enza (new)

Enza Does anyone have any other good YA Dystopia books they recommend?


message 31: by Rayana (new)

Rayana I seriously wanna marry this list right now! Dystopia Society books are the best!


message 32: by Nic (new)

Nic Ummmmm some of the books on here aren't dystopia


♥ Marlene♥ True and some are not for teens. (The Host for one, which I loved) Oh well I still like that I can get recommendations.


message 34: by Riim (new)

Riim BLOOD RED ROAD IS AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


message 35: by Kezia (new)

Kezia Maybe we're not new anymore to dystopian world but Divergent is incredible.
I'm gonna read Hunger Games trilogy next.
Hope it's good


message 36: by Bri (new)

Bri kezia wrote: Maybe we're not new anymore to dystopian world but Divergent is incredible.
I'm gonna read Hunger Games trilogy next.
Hope it's good

i totally agree, divergent was the bets book I've ever read. and the hunger games is amazing too


CrushingonGuysFromBooks Honestly I think the only reason the Hunger Games books are fist is because it's advertised a lot and people read them because of it. I've seen plenty of other books in the list that deserve a higher and better rating. Not that I'm not a Hunger Games fan because I am except for MockingJay I really disliked that book.


message 38: by Kezia (new)

Kezia CrushingonGuysFromBooks wrote: "Honestly I think the only reason the Hunger Games books are fist is because it's advertised a lot and people read them because of it. I've seen plenty of other books in the list that deserve a high..."

Yeah... Mockingjay was kinda disappointing


message 39: by Toni (last edited Aug 04, 2012 02:56am) (new)

Toni you all want to read the uglies series it is amazing cant put it down! read all the hunger games love them !!!!


message 40: by Nic (new)

Nic CrushingonGuysFromBooks wrote: "Honestly I think the only reason the Hunger Games books are fist is because it's advertised a lot and people read them because of it. I've seen plenty of other books in the list that deserve a high..."

I really agree with you there...


message 41: by Toni (new)

Toni just read matched and crossed loved them too reading comments on a lot of the boos ive read i think i might be easily pleased hahahaha


message 42: by Nic (new)

Nic Hush Hush dystopia?


message 43: by Tammie (new)

Tammie It would be nice if some people knew what dystopian meant. There are several books on this list that are not dystopian, but rather sci-fi, fantasy, urban fantasy, paranormal.


message 44: by Amanda (new)

Amanda Richards Wow! I think I just added every single one of those to my TBR list... :)Great list!


message 45: by Clare (new)

Clare shrestha my goal is to finish all the books on this list so far the ones I have finished have been amazing love the twist on a future realitys with fantasy and romance thrown in for good measure again AWESOME!!


message 46: by Maryrosepadilla (new)

Maryrosepadilla good list!!!!...i hope to read most of it before this year ends!


message 47: by Jam (new)

Jam Yay! i love dystopina books so much :)


message 48: by Hannah (new)

Hannah Great List! But I'm pretty sure that Kristen Cashore books are not dystopian


message 49: by Jillie (new)

Jillie Gretzinger There's some pretty good books on there.


message 50: by Marnie (new)

Marnie Pineapples WHY ISNT THE ASK AND THE ANSWER #1!!!!!!


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