Best dystopian book you've read?

[Bárbara]

Hunger Games, Brave New World and 1984!

[Kelly]

Love Hunger Games. Reading Divergent right now.

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Delirium

[Simon]

My TEOTWAKI Top 5
(The end of the world as we know it)

5. Childhood's End
4. The Road
3. Day of The Triffids
2. Earth Abides
1. Death of Grass

Really difficult to choose between my number 2 & 3 but Death of Grass is superb and is the all out winner for me. In my full top 10 there are is more from John Christopher and John Wyndham as they rule the post apoc. roost together IMO.

[Simon]

Oops, I have put a EOTW list where the topic is Dystopian. Apologies. But hope some find it useful anyway.

[Cory]

1. 1984
2. Oryx & Crake
3. Brave New World
4. Handmaid's Tale
5. Jennifer Government

[Jed]

Oh, good. A Jennifer Government admirer. I laughed so hard I almost wet myself. I bought a copy for all my friends.


Cory wrote: "1. 1984
2. Oryx & Crake
3. Brave New World
4. Handmaid's Tale
5. Jennifer Government"

[Jed]

The Course of Empire which I just finished is set on a conquered by aliens dystopian environment. I thought it was really good and it's FREE for Kindle right now. This is a serious book by a highly skilled author I never heard of but grabbed this freebie and I already bought the second book (not FREE) because it's very, very good.

[Cory]

I liked Jennifer Government because of how the author painted a picture of corporations gone wild. How they are involved in everyday life and practically control each individual.

Much like how ridiculous they already are and could easily become.

[Rens]

UNWIND, if you haven't read that book you're missing something

[Joseph]

Oryx and Crake, hands down.

[Jayne]

Raquel wrote: "I'd say The Handmaid's Tale, Oryx and Crake, The Year of the Flood (yes, I'm a Margaret Atwood's fan) and 1984."


My favourites too.

[Jed]

Unwind is a great book but I didn't enjoy Unwholly as much, gave up part way through, because of the similarity.

Also, I'm burning out on the YA category. I'm definitely not a YA (I'm about to be the big seven-oh). I'm still open-minded about this because THG, Uglies, Everlost, Drowned Cities/Windup Girl, Maze Runner (except that awful prequel) and a couple of others are all time favorites. I think it's the endless non-sexual romance that's getting on my nerves. Not that I'm a fan of graphic sex, I'm not. But when you're trying to "suspend disbelief" that the complete absence doesn't help matters much.






Rens wrote: "UNWIND, if you haven't read that book you're missing something"

[Timothy]

Just read and reviewed vN by Madeline Ashby and really liked the setting of A.I. robots that are supposed to be programmed to help humans, but one somehow breaks the failsafe and... okay, I guess that's not a completely original idea, but I liked her execution and the consistency to her robot pov becoming more advanced and dangerous. There is a little YA to it since the robot is a five year old that suddenly grows into an adult body, but toward the end it addresses adult questions of finding a partner, protecting your children, and loving someone when a tragic event has changed you permenantly. The second book, iD, comes out later this month and I can't wait to see how things escalate.

[Sonia]

The Year of the Flood is probably my favorite.

[Christian]

The Hunger Games and 1984 were the best!
Reading other comments below, I want to give Eden a try!

[Athena Ivashkova ~♥~]

The Hunger Games...all the way <3

[Kayla]

The Giver series is definitely my favorite. Sadly, I haven't read Messenger or Son yet! D: But both The Giver and Gathering Blue are so powerful.
I also like The Hunger Games, The Maze Runner, The Forest of Hands and Teeth, Alas Babylon, Uglies, Unwind, Skychasers, The City of Ember, etc.

[Ellie]

Hunger games

[Zoey]

The Divergent trilogy... And the Gone series

[Denise]

Jayne and Raquel wrote: "I'd say The Handmaid's Tale, Oryx and Crake, The Year of the Flood (yes, I'm a Margaret Atwood's fan) and 1984."

Ditto!

[Liesel]

I'm really liking Dan Wells' Partial Sequence series. He doesn't get much recognition but its fabulous! ;)

[Simone]

@Denise - I'm obsessed with Ms. Atwood. Almost finished with Oryx and Crake. Getting Year of the Flood next. She's a HUGE inspiration for my writing.

[Denise]

@Simone - For me too. And by the way, Don't miss the third novel in the trilogy: MaddAdam due out Sept. 3!

[Chanda]

Loved The Long Walk and Hunger Games! Seems I need to be reading Divergent!

[Donna]

Maze Runner, Divergent, Legends, Gone, Enclave.

[Kelli]

By far my #1 favorite book of all time is The Giver

I reread this book every year, and have for nearly 10 yrs now. I always get something new from the reads. This was my introduction to dystopia, and will forever be my first love.

[Timothy]

Another great book is Fiend by Peter Stenson. I didn't know what to think about the meth addict aspect, but it's a twist on survival horror with some great character arcs and intense pacing right to the end.

[Donna]

I have to say 1984 was probably the first dystopian book I read, even before The Stand. And Brave New World.

[Anna]

Definitely the Divergent trilogy!

[Rainier]

Oryx and Crake
Brave New World

[Jodi]

so far Hunger Games
Edenre-released as The Bane
The Human

[Donna]

Because someone here said they had read I got it from the library. So far I am not sure I can continue reading about one lone guy. I hope he meets someone because I am already feeling lonely here in Seattle all by myself since my son moved his family with my grands to California. I will move soon but until then I am feeling mighty lonely. Does this guy meet anyone?

[Vince]

Hunger Games Trilogy! Hands down! Still waiting on a book that could beat it. If ya'll know any book that could match it, pls do tell me. Thx!

[Kayla]

I'm reading Divergent right now and I CANNOT PUT IT DOWN. Not sure if it will become a favorite though...depends on how the story grows as I read.

[Donna]

Divergent, Enclave and Legend are all good in my opinion.

[Elizabeth]

The Survivors Series by Susan Beth Pfeffer

[Michelle]

This is difficult because I feel a lot of dystopian novels are very similar to each other. I'd have to say Divergent and Legend.

[Taylor]

The Knife of Never Letting Go

[Nathan]

I think the best dystopian book I have ever read is Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. I love the story of finding the egg and all the refrences to old school gaming. (I am now hooked on Joust even though it is so hard to beat.)I think everybody should read this book.

[Foxes and Books]

I would say my favorites are: , where the second one is like a quite new title but a really awesome one ;)

[Kimberly]

Divergent and Hunger Games. I really loved Tris's Mom.

[Sydney]

Since I have heard so many good things about the Divergent Series, that is going to be my next reading series. But overall so far the Hunger Games Series was great and it was integrated into my Humanities English Course, which made it even better to read it with more of my peers.

[Lauren]

is my pick for 2013!

[Kimberly]

Nathan wrote: "I think the best dystopian book I have ever read is Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. I love the story of finding the egg and all the refrences to old school gaming. (I am now hooked on Joust even ..."

By old school gaming, how many years ago are you talking? Just wondering. It if video games then I have no interest but real go out and play games, then that might be interesting.

[Nicki S]

The Divergent series and The Hunger Games.

only one week until Allegient comes out!

[Kimberly]

Nicki wrote: "The Divergent series and The Hunger Games.

only one week until Allegient comes out!"

I'm so looking forward to Allegient. Hunger Games movie will have to be redbox.

[Harlee]

I have to say the Hunger Games! The whole trilogy is just incredible!

[Philip]

Nathan wrote: "I think the best dystopian book I have ever read is Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. I love the story of finding the egg and all the refrences to old school gaming. (I am now hooked on Joust even ..."

I enjoyed that one to.

I haven't read Hunger Games or Divergent and every time I read the descriptions I'm put off again. I appreciate that I may be a minority on those books, so at some time I'll have to try and read them just to see what the fuss is about. As I'm not into zombies or vampires and not particularly into super powers is there something in these stories I'm missing.

Again not a criticism of those that love these subjects but I'm also not a great fan of YA fiction I don't really understand the separation. I've even blogged about this.

I am trying to expand my reading list genres especially as I am reading quite a bit at the moment, so any recommendations?

[Roger]

Mine hands down has to be the Uglies Saga by Scott Westerfeld, I can see myself re-reading it a million times