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book rec's for the Dystopia newbie
Cinder by Marissa Meyer, Scarlet by Marissa Meyer, and Cress by Marissa Meyer. Fahrenheit 451 is also a good one.
Here's an off-the-wall rec. WE, by Yvegeny Zamyatin. It was written in the 1920's by some guy Stalin exiled.
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Yes!! That's an excellent one.
Other favorites of mine: Anthem, The Children of Men, The Handmaid's Tale, The Circle, The Hunger Games trilogy, The Testament of Jessie Lamb, Genesis, Gibbon's Decline and Fall, House of Stairs.
For a specifically American dystopia, try It Can't Happen Here or The Iron Heel.
I think this is in the wrong folder Abdullah. there's a different folder for promotions and free stuff.
Ok I now see you've posted this in almost every available topic, lol. I think this is spamming which is against the group policy, but I'm not the moderator.
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Yes he had spammed us, my apologies again for the late reaction as I was not around.
I love Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
The Gone Series by Michael Grant
Bumped by Megan McCafferty
The Shadow Children Series by Margaret Peterson Haddix
The Giver by Lois Lowry
I'd also love it if you'd take a look at Counteract
Another vote for a few classics:- 1984 (Orwell)
- Brave New World (Huxley)
- We (Zamyatin)
- A Clockwork Orange (Burgess)
- Atwood (The Handmaid's Tale or the Maddaddam series)
Finished reading The Woodlands series by Lauren Nicole Taylor. Love it's!!! Great read.
I'll add my vote to 1984 (Orwell) too.Others I've read and enjoyed recently are The Wool Trilogy - I know others have mentioned it but the first book especially really is that good.
Othello (arcadian heights 1) by Therin Knite - is a great read and has an interesting take on how humanity faces the challenge of over-population and climate change
The Book I'm reading at the moment, The Whisper of Stars by Nick Jones is another great near future novel. I've yet to finish it but the first 30% is excellent.
I'll recommend 1984, Brave New World, Brave New World Revisited, Animal Farm, We and The Trial as well as The Handmaid's Tale. I think The Hunger Games Trilogy Boxset also good.Edit: I agree that Ready Player One is not a dystopian. Post-apocalypse will be more correct.
I'd recommend all of Nenda's minus "The Trial" (as I don't consider it dystopian) and " Brave New World Revisited" which I haven't read. I'd add Oryx and Crake to the list.
I loved:Wool trilogy
Chaos Walking: A Trilogy
The Testing trilogy
and though it was more post-apocalypse I really enjoyed the Writing on the Wall trilogy by Tracey Ward. Self published, low cost, and quite the page turner.
Wonderful suggestions here - I know you guys all love dystopia so I'm wondering if I can tell you about my dystopian sci-fi series. I won't link it unless you're okay with me doing so.
I absolutely loved the unwind series. I found it disturbing.
I'm currently reading The Testing Trilogy. Book one is The Testing. Book 2 is Independent Study. Book 3 is Graduation Day.It's a really good series. I'm reading it on my Kindle Fire.
Kimberly wrote: "I absolutely loved the unwind series. I found it disturbing."I loved that series also. :)
I am currently reading "Golden Son" by Pierce Brown. This second book of his series has many battle scenes that do not interest me, but I enjoy the story line.
Harry Harrison - Make Room! Make Room! ... beautiful book!
deleted user wrote: "Here's an off-the-wall rec. WE, by Yvegeny Zamyatin. It was written in the 1920's by some guy Stalin exiled."Yvegeny was the inspiration for many of the classic distopian stories such as 1984, Brave New World and Player Piano.
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Diane wrote: "I just finished Ready Player One by Earnest Cline. What a great ride!"Enjoyed that one too
I liked Divergent the hunger games, the legend trilogy, the chemical gardens
Just read The Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi. Edgy, good read. It paints a pretty bleak picture of the near future that you can see happening today. Good stuff.
An old favourite of mine is The Dispossessed. All of the novels in this universe can be read as standalone.
My two all-time favorites that I've always said should be ready back-to-back because they have the same theme but attack from opposite points of view are:Anthem
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1984
New book Station Eleven is a good read for the new to dystopia reader.
Not a common suggestion but I'd throw in The Long Walk by Stephen King.
Louis wrote: "Not a common suggestion but I'd throw in The Long Walk by Stephen King."That is a great start. Excellent story.
It's definitely an underrated King novel. The fact that it's on the shorter makes it better I feel. He's able to pack so much in it.
Definitely recommend these! My favorites!Unwind Series
Under The Never Sky Series
Birthmarked Series
The Darkest Minds Series
Michele wrote: "Lots of good ones mentioned already. Here are a few more that I'd suggest for a newbie to the genre:Anthem
Lord of the World
The Testament of Jessie Lamb..."
Thank you! That's something to add to my literary New Year resolutions
The Sheep Look Up is an absolute must-read. It is without a doubt the most wonderfully depressing book I have ever read.
Briefly: I am Legend, 1984- Orwell, books of Jeff Noon, books of J.G. Ballard...
I loved uglies, The Rehab by Michel louge-Provost is wonderful too!
Stephanie wrote: "I loved uglies, The Rehab by Michel louge-Provost is wonderful too!"I am a newbie and I am reading Uglies now! I am on the 2nd book and really like it!
My first dystopian was Hunger Games and then Divergent and now Uglies....I am hooked on the genre now!
The GiverThe Handmaid's Tale
1984
Brave New World
The Hungar Games
Ellie [The Empress] wrote: "There are some little known books. This one was amazing read. 
Chris? Which old movie? I've seen the one from few years ago. It was only TWO parts.
I really DI..."
Ooh not heard of this one and have just bought it for kindle at £1.49 :)
I just started writing this series:thenewsocialworld.net
One book that can partly serve as a good introduction to dystopias in general is Futuropolis, first published in 1978. It is basically a history of fictional cities in literature, philosophy and art, stretching from Plato's Republic through to the SF dystopias of the 1970's. It contains lots of quotes, pictures and, most importantly, a wealth of ideas. Doubt it's still in print but there's bound to be a few old second-hand copies out there.
G. X. wrote: "You can't go wrong with the classics:Brave New World
1984
Fahrenheit 451"
Currently on number 2 of 3! :)
Wendy wrote: "G. X. wrote: "You can't go wrong with the classics:Brave New World
1984
Fahrenheit 451"
Currently on number 2 of 3! :)"
I agree. Can't go wrong with "The big three"
Ellie [The Empress] wrote: "Hope you enjoy it Mandy. Another one I really loved is Mockingbird"One of my all time favorites.
The 5th Wave
Legend
The Darkest Minds
Three great ideas for your next book besides the obvious main ones like The Hunger Games or Divergent :-)
Legend
The Darkest Minds
Three great ideas for your next book besides the obvious main ones like The Hunger Games or Divergent :-)
Patrick wrote: "Has anyone here read We by Yevgeny Zamyatin? Must be one of the grandfathers of the genre, since it was published even before Brave New World. What's kept me from taking the plunge, as it were, is ..."I ran across a great review of "We" in Salon.com:
http://www.salon.com/2006/09/01/zamya...
Worth the read for those interested in the "Mad Russian."
Drowned World by J.G Ballard. It's probably more Post-apocalyptic, but what's more dystopian than PA?
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I recently finished it as well. A great book, but I am not sure I would classify it as a dystopian, but you can share your opinion in the discussion topic here.