Your Dystopian To-Read List

[Caitlin]

What apocalyptic, post-apocalyptic, or dystopian novels are on your to read list? Here are mine:
Away
Brave New World
Unwind
Bumped
XVI
The Book
The Compound
The Resistance
Exodus
Matched

[[deleted user]]

Anybody read any of these and can give feedback?

And Caitlin, only book of your to-reads I've read is Unwind but let me tell you it is so worth the read - it's a really quick read because you just can't put it down. I personally loved it.

[Caitlin]

That's good to know, and as I commented on the Giver thread Giver is worth the read. Two other books by Lois Lowry Gathering Blue and Messenger are some what related, but not as good.

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The problem is that I don't nearly have enough time to read all these, so my to-read list is gradually increasing and I'm going to end up with stacks of books I need to read over the summer!

[Caitlin]

My to read list is currently at 57, one which I have and one I'm getting.My problem being I need to figure out how to pay for all the books and how to get a hold of them. Besides Walmart and a horrible book store that only stocks Twilight and old, not good books, there is nothing around here so either driving a distance or ordering online. Sorry rant over.

But I agree this site gives me lots of books to read.

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Lately I've been getting some books on iBooks - because you can get free samples of the book, and if you like it, you can buy the whole thing for the price of a paperback book (really useful if the book is still in hardcover!) but I realize I'm starting to sound like an advertisement, haha, anyways yeah.

[Juli]

I'm at 50 something on my to-read list but I'm on break from school till April so hopefully I have time to get that list down, except I add more books everyday. I go to the library almost every other day for new books.

I really liked inside out by maria V snyder (I love her other books too), I would recommend that one.

The dead tossed waves waves was also really good, one of my favorites.

I haven't read Matched yet, but I'm on a huge waiting list for it at the library but hopefully I get to read it soon. It sounds really good!

[Caitlin]

Julianna did you hear they are going to have a sequel to Matched? It's called Crossed.

[Juli]

I hadn't heard that! I'll have to add that to my to-read list. have you read Matched?

[Caitlin]

Not yet but it's on my to-read list, I came across Crossed on a 2011 release list on here.

[Caitlin]

I just picked up a copy of Brave New World at Goodwill so that will be the next of this genre I read.

[Nicole]

Oh Geez, my TBR list is way to long to mention, and has more than post apopalyptic in it, but a few are:

[Nicole]

Caitlin wrote: "I just picked up a copy of Brave New World at Goodwill so that will be the next of this genre I read."

I have come across a number of special finds at Goodwill, they seem to have a few hidden treasure in the abundance of books their shelves hold.

Do either of you have an ereader?

[Caitlin]

Nicole wrote: "Caitlin wrote: "I just picked up a copy of Brave New World at Goodwill so that will be the next of this genre I read."

I have come across a number of special finds at Goodwill, they seem to have..."

Goodwill books are always worth looking at, you never know what your going to find. And no I don't have an e-reader.

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@ Nicole:
The Declaration is good - 4 or 5 stars, worth the read
Girl In The Arena is disappointing - 2 or 3 stars, focuses more on the social aspect of the gladiator environment and isn't really very dystopian at all, but don't let me stop you from reading it

[Charles D]

My dystopian science fiction novel,Strander, is available on Amazon and Barnes and Noble.

[Phelan]

The Unidentified was about a 3.5 in my opinion. Its really not a dystopia, but something you would be interested in. In the future, the government cant pay for schools so companies convert malls into schools(The Game) and make them fun while also being educational. You can lose the game and sponsers can also take an interest in you. Everybody in this group should definetly read it.

[Frostfire]

Matched was alright. Good idea, could have been better though. Looking forward to crossed- going to try and find a copy.

Anyone read the other side of the island?
The Roar?

[Damali]

I highly recommend Feed by M.T. Anderson.

Unwind is very disturbing and interesting.
The Compound, I listened to as an audiobook and I enjoyed it. It's only worth one read though, so I'd get it from the library.

[Rawrgrr]

Right now im making my list for the books im going to get over christmas time. I plan to get:
The Islander: A Romance of the Future
The sequal to Delrium (I can't remember the name)
and a couple of others that i can remember the names of off hand.

Oh yeah, Unwind is really rather disturbing me and my boyfriend read it and it made us cry at a lot of points. And Declariation is pretty good to, it really make you think about what you would give up to become "immortal" I'm hoping to get the last to books soon.