Best YA Dystopian/Utopian/Apocalyptic/Post-Apocalyptic

Vote for your favorite Utopia, Dystopia, Apocalyptic, and Post-Apocalyptic books.

Utopian fiction is the creation of an ideal world, or utopia. Dystopian fiction is creation of a nightmare world, or dystopia.
198

by
4.12 avg rating — 16 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
198

by
4.61 avg rating — 18 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
203

by
4.12 avg rating — 25,503 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
203

by
4.19 avg rating — 2,164 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
205

by
3.78 avg rating — 30,260 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
206

by
4.15 avg rating — 48 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
207

by
4.09 avg rating — 91 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
208

by
3.58 avg rating — 1,228 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
209

by
4.15 avg rating — 243 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
210

by
3.77 avg rating — 104 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
210

by
3.95 avg rating — 302 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
212

by
3.92 avg rating — 80 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
213

by
3.95 avg rating — 45,595 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
214

by
4.01 avg rating — 294,544 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
215

by
4.05 avg rating — 12,382 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
215

by
3.76 avg rating — 18,039 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
217

by
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 283,257 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
217

by
3.83 avg rating — 76,869 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
219

by
3.98 avg rating — 24,125 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
219

by
3.88 avg rating — 20,047 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
221

by
3.73 avg rating — 13,092 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
221

by
4.24 avg rating — 1,329,154 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
223

by
3.67 avg rating — 3,120 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
224

by
4.10 avg rating — 94,539 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
225

by
3.89 avg rating — 2,770,462 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
225

by
4.37 avg rating — 1,187,763 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
227

by
3.94 avg rating — 152,427 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
228

by
3.70 avg rating — 123 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
229

by
4.30 avg rating — 16,138 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
229

by
4.42 avg rating — 1,194,627 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
231

by
3.53 avg rating — 13,645 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
232

by
4.55 avg rating — 1,122,958 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
233

by
3.94 avg rating — 12,811 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
233

by
4.29 avg rating — 924,961 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
235

by
4.40 avg rating — 655,360 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
236

by
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2,027 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
236

by
4.57 avg rating — 472,330 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
238

by
4.40 avg rating — 455,661 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
239

by
4.11 avg rating — 408,213 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
240

by
4.16 avg rating — 305,039 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
241

by
3.77 avg rating — 617,944 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
241

by
4.14 avg rating — 141,607 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
243

by
4.14 avg rating — 107,703 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
244

by
3.28 avg rating — 535 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
245

by
4.14 avg rating — 175,701 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
245

by
4.03 avg rating — 80,202 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
247

by
3.78 avg rating — 1,034 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
248

by
3.86 avg rating — 141,974 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
249

by
3.87 avg rating — 139 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
249

by
4.83 avg rating — 23 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
249

by
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 36 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
249

by
4.20 avg rating — 69 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
249

by
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 9 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
249

by
4.18 avg rating — 91 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
249

by
3.84 avg rating — 653 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
249

by
3.89 avg rating — 18 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
249

by
3.83 avg rating — 148,261 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
249

by
4.40 avg rating — 87 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
249

by
4.08 avg rating — 85 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
249

by
4.52 avg rating — 29 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
249

by
3.88 avg rating — 17 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
249

by
3.71 avg rating — 1,874 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
249

by
4.78 avg rating — 41 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
249

by
4.58 avg rating — 98 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
265

by
4.08 avg rating — 91 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
265

by
4.23 avg rating — 70 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
265

by
4.06 avg rating — 73,226 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
265

by
4.13 avg rating — 381 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
265

by
4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
270

by
4.01 avg rating — 115,722 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
270

by
3.83 avg rating — 102 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
270

by
3.88 avg rating — 801 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
270

by
3.84 avg rating — 1,156 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
274

by
3.46 avg rating — 7,109 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
274

by
4.55 avg rating — 472,029 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
274

by
3.81 avg rating — 37,116 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
274

by
4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
278

by
4.44 avg rating — 162 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
278

by
3.61 avg rating — 659 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
280

by
4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
281

by
3.52 avg rating — 7,601 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
281

by
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 16 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
281

by
3.96 avg rating — 12,429 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
284

by
3.82 avg rating — 1,295 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
284

by
3.83 avg rating — 12 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
284

by
4.21 avg rating — 51,345 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
287

by
4.43 avg rating — 49 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
287

by
4.23 avg rating — 69,385 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
287

by
4.04 avg rating — 60,634 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
287

by
4.35 avg rating — 285,567 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
291

by
3.88 avg rating — 52 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
291

by
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9,375 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
293

by
4.02 avg rating — 21,483 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
293

by
3.84 avg rating — 44,226 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
293

by
4.24 avg rating — 51,384 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
296

by
3.67 avg rating — 29,029 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
296

by
3.93 avg rating — 716 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
298

by
3.12 avg rating — 13,126 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
299

by
3.77 avg rating — 15,479 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
299

by
3.85 avg rating — 73,695 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
783 books · 1,650 voters · list created February 22nd, 2012 by Tyler Black (votes) .
216 likes · 
Lists are re-scored approximately every 5 minutes.


Tyler 417 books
4 friends
Melody 530 books
7 friends
Paige 8496 books
1448 friends
Kimberly 947 books
33 friends
Brenden 380 books
8 friends
Sara 1122 books
7 friends
Jillian 6415 books
550 friends
Zola 126 books
24 friends

More voters…


Comments Showing 1-12 of 12 (12 new)

dateUp arrow    newest »

message 1: by Danna (new)

Danna Removed: City of Bones because it's not dystopian.


message 2: by Pamela (new)

Pamela Another great one is " Fire Country" by David Estes. It's one of the great ones :)


message 3: by Kyle (new)

Kyle Kesselring Touching Spirit Bear #261 is survival. It is definitely not dystopian.


message 4: by Nacho (new)

Nacho Buisan Hercina wrote: "Removed: City of Bones because it's not dystopian."
True, it is a YA book, yet it is not a dystopian book.


message 5: by Dawn (new)

Dawn A Tale of Two Cities? Great story but not for this list.


message 6: by Juju (new)

Juju Bateman Tremor by Ryan Mark - It's by a new author, but it definitely packs a punch when considering the big contenders in this genre. A great Dystopian novel, well worth checking out.


message 7: by Valerie (new)

Valerie WHY is Mario Puzo's "Godfather" on this list???


message 8: by Ash (new)

Ash Maximum Ride isn't dystopian either.


message 9: by Ash (new)

Ash Neither is Miss Peregrines.


message 10: by Sarah Marie (new)

Sarah Marie World War Z is fantastic but not YA.
Animal Farm is fantastic, a fable, and yes has talking animals, but also not YA.
Swan Song, about as YA adult as King's The Stand: so not - but very good.
MacAddam trilogy, excellent, but not YA.
Of Mice and Men and Catch 22 neither dystopian nor YA
And The Godfather, seriously?
Heinlein and Rand aren't YA either.
Brave New World, not YA
Need to make this list YA dystopian or just dystopian - and take out those weird oddballs.


message 11: by Konstantina (new)

Konstantina Kalimeri I think Metro 2033 should be on this list


message 12: by Ryan (new)

Ryan Carriere Assassin Rising: 2044 The Alien Gene Project launches monday the 17th. https://books2read.com/Assassin-Rising


back to top



Related News

Need another excuse to treat yourself to a new book this week? We've got you covered with the buzziest new releases of the day, according to early...

Anyone can add books to this list.