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Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
dystopian and post-apocalyptic fiction, both YA and adult novels.
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Shadow Over Avalon
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The Silence Dividend: Science Fiction Dystopian
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Izzy Bond (Goodreads Author)
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Animal Farm
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Diver Creed Station
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Oliver Phipps (Goodreads Author)
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Before The Silence: Prequel to The Silence Dividend
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Izzy Bond (Goodreads Author)
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1984
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Empty Cradle: The Untimely Death of Corey Sanderson
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Emmy Jackson (Goodreads Author)
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The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
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Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author)
4.15 avg rating — 2,346,476 ratings
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Empty Cradle: Shiloh in the Circle (Empty Cradle, #2)
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Emmy Jackson (Goodreads Author)
4.64 avg rating — 28 ratings
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The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
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Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
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Insurgent (Divergent, #2)
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Veronica Roth (Goodreads Author)
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Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
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Divergent (Divergent, #1)
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Veronica Roth (Goodreads Author)
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The Maze Runner (The Maze Runner, #1)
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James Dashner (Goodreads Author)
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The Dark and Hollow Places (The Forest of Hands and Teeth, #3)
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Carrie Ryan (Goodreads Author)
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The Dead-Tossed Waves (The Forest of Hands and Teeth, #2)
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Carrie Ryan (Goodreads Author)
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Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
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The Zoo: An Allegorical Adventure
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Stephen Black (Goodreads Author)
3.05 avg rating — 156 ratings
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Above the Sky (Above the Sky, #1)
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J.W. Lynne (Goodreads Author)
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Jagannath
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Kerry Alan Denney (Goodreads Author)
4.09 avg rating — 98 ratings
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The Unknown (The Unknown, #1)
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J.W. Lynne (Goodreads Author)
3.84 avg rating — 1,156 ratings
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Allegiant (Divergent, #3)
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Veronica Roth (Goodreads Author)
3.60 avg rating — 1,127,201 ratings
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Return to the Sky (Above the Sky, #2)
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Jenny Lynne (Goodreads Author)
4.11 avg rating — 532 ratings
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Part of the Sky (Above the Sky, #3, Part 1 of 2)
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J.W. Lynne (Goodreads Author)
4.02 avg rating — 398 ratings
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Above the Sky Trilogy (Above the Sky, #1-3)
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J.W. Lynne (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 848 ratings
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The Hunt
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Brad Stevens (Goodreads Author)
3.60 avg rating — 43 ratings
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Beyond the Sky (Above the Sky, #3, Part 2 of 2)
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J.W. Lynne (Goodreads Author)
4.01 avg rating — 318 ratings
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Blood Red Road (Dust Lands, #1)
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Moira Young (Goodreads Author)
3.91 avg rating — 62,178 ratings
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Dust & Decay (Rot & Ruin, #2)
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Jonathan Maberry (Goodreads Author)
4.28 avg rating — 18,741 ratings
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The Forest of Hands and Teeth (The Forest of Hands and Teeth, #1)
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Carrie Ryan (Goodreads Author)
3.60 avg rating — 87,131 ratings
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V for Vendetta
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Alan Moore (Goodreads Author)
4.26 avg rating — 321,854 ratings
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Dining Out Around the Solar System (Dining Out Around The Solar System, #1)
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Clare O'Beara (Goodreads Author)
4.14 avg rating — 77 ratings
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The Ark
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Annabel Smith (Goodreads Author)
3.90 avg rating — 71 ratings
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The Marian (The Marian #1)
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Taylor Hohulin (Goodreads Author)
3.86 avg rating — 29 ratings
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Billy and the Cloneasaurus
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Stephen Kozeniewski (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 241 ratings
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They Who Fell (They Who Fell, #1)
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Kevin Kneupper (Goodreads Author)
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Sinnabar
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Richard Wolkomir (Goodreads Author)
4.34 avg rating — 32 ratings
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Mad Heroes
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Kevin Garland (Goodreads Author)
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No Place For Us
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Rachel Christensen (Goodreads Author)
3.53 avg rating — 30 ratings
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Against Her Other Love (Against the Matriarchy #1)
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Alan Stroe (Goodreads Author)
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The Departure (On the Edge of Now, #1)
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Brian Alexander McCullough (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 28 ratings
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Alice in No-Man's-Land
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James Knapp (Goodreads Author)
3.66 avg rating — 80 ratings
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The Fourth Generation
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Chris von Halle (Goodreads Author)
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Into the Outside
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Lynda Engler (Goodreads Author)
3.99 avg rating — 77 ratings
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Under Dark Sky Law
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Tamara Boyens (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 86 ratings
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Culmination
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Holly Smith (Goodreads Author)
3.74 avg rating — 27 ratings
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A Mighty Rolling Thunder
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Kerry Alan Denney (Goodreads Author)
4.65 avg rating — 31 ratings
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Becoming (The Gaia Series Book 1)
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Chris Ord (Goodreads Author)
3.73 avg rating — 81 ratings
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Republic's Chosen
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Rori I. (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 40 ratings
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Rat City (Rat City, #1)
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Tyffani Clark Kemp (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 25 ratings
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The Glare (The Glare, #1)
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Anissa Stringer (Goodreads Author)
4.15 avg rating — 172 ratings
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The Gilded Harvest
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Richard Myerscough (Goodreads Author)
4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings
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When The Moon Shines By Day
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Breakout
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A.M. Rose (Goodreads Author)
3.71 avg rating — 96 ratings
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Allison's Secret (Post Apocalyptic Woman #1)
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D. Stalter (Goodreads Author)
4.27 avg rating — 845 ratings
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Ceres
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Tony Del Degan (Goodreads Author)
4.86 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Lick the Razor
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3.79 avg rating — 56 ratings
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Wil Deft
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4.22 avg rating — 58 ratings
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Against Her Gentle Sword: Fighting for Love and Freedom in a Woman's World
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Alan Stroe (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 24 ratings
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The Glare Continues (The Glare, #2)
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Anissa Stringer (Goodreads Author)
4.43 avg rating — 58 ratings
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This Perfect Day
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The Glare Ends (The Glare, #3)
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4.60 avg rating — 43 ratings
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Anthem
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Before the Glare
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4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings
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The City of Ember (Book of Ember, #1)
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Matched (Matched, #1)
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3.62 avg rating — 810,854 ratings
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The Giver (The Giver, #1)
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Lois Lowry (Goodreads Author)
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Since the Glare: Susan's Journal
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4.55 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Among the Hidden (Shadow Children, #1)
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Brave New World
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Son (The Giver, #4)
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Messenger (The Giver, #3)
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Lois Lowry (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 146,702 ratings
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Gathering Blue (The Giver, #2)
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Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse (Wastelands #1)
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Partials (Partials Sequence, #1)
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Dan Wells (Goodreads Author)
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Horde (Razorland, #3)
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Ann Aguirre (Goodreads Author)
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Foundation (Razorland, #0.5)
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Ann Aguirre (Goodreads Author)
3.63 avg rating — 2,586 ratings
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Endurance (Razorland, #1.5)
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Ann Aguirre (Goodreads Author)
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Outpost (Razorland, #2)
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Ann Aguirre (Goodreads Author)
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Enclave (Razorland, #1)
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Ann Aguirre (Goodreads Author)
3.91 avg rating — 70,602 ratings
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Hare Moon (The Forest of Hands and Teeth, #0.1)
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Carrie Ryan (Goodreads Author)
3.71 avg rating — 2,328 ratings
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The House of the Scorpion (Matteo Alacran, #1)
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Nancy Farmer (Goodreads Author)
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Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1)
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Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author)
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The Bar Code Tattoo (Bar Code, #1)
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Uglies (Uglies, #1)
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Pretties (Uglies, #2)
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Specials (Uglies, #3)
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Extras (Uglies, #4)
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The Road
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The Passage (The Passage, #1)
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The Twelve (The Passage, #2)
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The Running Man
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