If You've Read Any Of These Young Adult Novels/Series, You're Probably Ready For The Apocalypse
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Vote up the best dystopian works.
Young adult books about the apocalypse are incredibly popular. Indeed, the science fiction novelists responsible for these works of fantasy and survival found ways to combine the gravitas of traditional apocalyptic material with the occasional brevity of YA literature. However, reading enthusiasts of all ages tend to love the results. Sometimes, after completing the final pages, they even feel capable of surviving a Hunger Games sort of landscape.
These books will plunge you so far into the fictional realm, you'll never even notice if the world around you descends into chaos.
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- 1Suzanne Collins
- First Published: 2008-09-14
- Genres (Book): Speculative fiction, Utopian and dystopian fiction, Alternate history, Young adult literature, Adventure fiction
- Original Language: English Language
The Hunger Games is a 2008 science fiction novel by the American writer Suzanne Collins. It is written in the voice of 16-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives in the dystopian, post-apocalyptic ...more - 2James Dashner
- First Published: 2009-10-06
- Genres (Book): Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, Dystopia, Young adult literature, Science Fiction
- Original Language: English Language
The Maze Runner is the first book in a young-adult post-apocalyptic dystopian science fiction trilogy of the same name by James Dashner. The novel was published on October 6, 2009, by Delacorte ...more - 3Veronica Roth
- First Published: 2011-04-25
- Genres (Book): Utopian and dystopian fiction, Dystopia, Young adult literature, Science Fiction
Divergent is the debut novel of American novelist Veronica Roth, published by HarperCollins Children's Books in 2011. The novel is the first of the Divergent trilogy, a series of young-adult ...more - 4Lois Lowry
- First Published: 1993
- Subjects: Ethics, Literature, Young adult, Classics, Children's literature
- Genres (Book): Social science, Speculative fiction, Soft science fiction, Utopian and dystopian fiction, Children's literature
- Original Language: English Language
The Giver is a 1993 American social science fiction children's novel by Lois Lowry. It is set in a society which is at first presented as a utopian society but then has the reader question whether ...more - 5Orson Scott Card
- First Published: 1985
- Genres (Book): Speculative fiction, Fiction, Science Fiction
- Original Language: English Language
Ender's Game is a 1985 military science fiction novel by American author Orson Scott Card. Set in Earth's future, the novel presents an imperiled mankind after two conflicts with the "buggers", an ...more - 6Ray Bradbury
- First Published: 1953
- Subjects: Bibliophilia, American science fiction, Literature, Book burning, Classics
- Genres (Book): Speculative fiction, Utopian and dystopian fiction, Children's literature, Dystopia, Fiction
- Original Language: English Language
Fahrenheit 451 is a dystopian novel by Ray Bradbury published in 1953. It is regarded as one of his best works. The novel presents a future American society where books are outlawed and "firemen" ...more
