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Sherlocked wrote: ""Haha. I've read all of those already.
My YA Novel Discarded Faces has a little bit of romance but concerns a rebellion in an urban environment against an oppressive dictator. The romance is a girl/girl relationship, which is VERY illegal in their society, Available only as an ebook.
Slated by Teri Terry has a little action, some romance however it isn't the whole story line, and a very good and complicated storyline. I dont know if you've read it but its one of my favourites.
Ooh this is hard, all dystopian book have romance. I suggest these
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V, I've read all of those! Funnily enough.
Oh my gawd Wren, what books haven't you read! :D
Ok how about these
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Um...adult. New adult. Middle grade. Romance. Contemporary. (But I've read '13 Reasons Why' and the Stephanie Perkins books.) I've read a lot of popular books in dystopian. 'The 5th Wave'. 'The Hunger Games'. I've read TMI and TID. I've read TMR. The first Giver.
They all have a bit of romance, but I didn't feel like it was the main focus in any of them.
Enclave is really good and the young world as well!
Monument 14PODs
Steelheart
Unwind
All have a little romance, but it didn't distract from the plot/setting/other characters :)
I tried to pick some of the lesser known ones because it seems like you've read a lot of the popular ones.
Unwind was my fave. I also really liked steelheart...mainly because I love dystopians where the characters have their own vernacular.
Jessica. You have brought to the table books I haven't read.V, see? I haven't read everything! I've read The Testing and Enclave, though. I have Not a Drop to Drink. Right now. I have it. I'm not on it yet. I've considered In the After. Didn't like the idea. Nor did I really like the idea of The Young People...
Mmm.. I also intend to read All Our Yesterdays...
I've read Unwind. The whole series. I finished Undivided YESTERDAY. And finished the whole series of Monument 14!
And I will read Steelheart.
The darkest minds! Two books out with one novella and book 3 is coming out on the 28th! Awesome series!
Thanks for the suggestions. Though...it seems like most are on my TBR list or I've read them! Which is really funny. But it makes me feel like I can say dystopian is my genre.
I read External Forces recently and I Loved it! Not quite dystopian but it was great!
Ooh. I've read the Darkest Minds. Can't wait for In the Afterlight!
I'm currently reading
and then
by E.R. Arroyo and I'm loving it!
Andrea Abbott, The Darkest Minds series has two novellas: In Time (1.5) and Sparks Rise (2.5). Just thought you'd want to know in case you want to read the other before the Third novel is released on Tuesday.
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You can try the following books:
(like the Giver)
the pure trilogy by Julianna Baggott;wool by hugh howey;
dominatus & tumultuous series by dw ulsterman;
reboot by amy tintera;
The Girl With All the Gifts;
Flowertown by sg redling
The Unwind series were so bloody good! There is another being released in December this year!... I only discovered them in August so read the lot of them in a week while on holiday. This thread has been helpful deciding what to read next
Wren wrote: "Hello.It's Wren here. I was wondering if anyone had any good dystopian books to read.
There has to be a few things:
-Action
-Little to no romance (Exception: A fantastic whirlwind romance.)
-A few..."
I may have just the book for you - it has action, little to no romance, a few badass characters and, while there is a slight bit of family drama, it is a much more complicated story than that. It's also not-so-known - in fact, I just added it to Goodreads today and it will be available in a few weeks on Amazon. And BELIEVE IT OR NOT, wrens actually play a part in the story!
Check it out:
Have you read the Shatter Me series?? My most favorite :)
I didn't take all the time to read all of the suggestions, so I apologize if I'm repeating any, but a few I've read are:The Legend Series by Marie Lu.
The Maze Runner Series by James Dashner.
Starters/Enders by Lissa Price.
Also, stand alone novels (that are slightly connected, but can be read individually) are these books by Jessica Khoury:
Origin
Vitro
Kalahari (Haven't read this one yet, but it is connect to the others as well, I believe.)
With the exception of The Maze Runner I can't really promise Romance isn't involved in any of these. And it is in The Maze Runner, just not at all the driving force of the story. but romance in a YA is nearly impossible to avoid. But I never felt the romance in these ones are "annoying" or in your face.
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It's Wren here. I was wondering if anyone had any good dystopian books to read.
There has to be a few things:
-Action
-Little to no romance (Exception: A fantastic whirlwind romance.)
-A few badass characters
I would prefer a complicated story with little romance or family drama. (Those annoy me.) I would love to get not-so-known books if you get what I mean. I would also love it if no one mentioned 'The Hunger Games' or 'Divergent' or 'The 5th Wave'. (Read those already.)
So....
HELP!