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Post-Apocalyptic and
Dystopian Novels
for Teens
Enclave
Ann Aguirre
YA AGUIRRE
Deuce hunts while avoiding the
Freaks outside her enclave, but
when she is partnered with an
outsider, she begins to see that
the strict ways of her elders may
be horribly wrong.
Feed M. T. Anderson
YA ANDERSON
In a future where most people
have computer implants in
their heads to control their
environment, a boy meets an
unusual girl who is in
serious trouble.
Uglies
Scott Westerfeld
YA WESTERFELD
Just before their sixteenth birthdays,
when they will be transformed into
beauties whose only job is to have a
great time, Tally's best friend runs
away and Tally must find her and
turn her in, or never become
pretty at all.
The 5th Wave
Rick Yancey
YA YANCEY
After the 1st wave, only darkness
remained. After the 2nd, only the
lucky escaped. And after the 3rd,
only the unlucky survived. After
the 4th wave, only one rule
applies: trust no one.
Flawed
Cecelia Ahern
YA AHERN
In a future society where
“flawed” people who have
committed crimes are branded
with an F, Celestine North
takes a stand and fights back
against injustices.
Metaltown Kristen Simmons
YA SIMMONS
In harsh, futuristic and
factory-driven Metaltown, Ty
endures the hardships of working
on the factory line, while Lena is
being prepared to rule her family
factory ruthlessly, until both young
women meet a dreamer named
Colin, who changes everything.
Article 5 Kristen Simmons
YA SIMMONS
Ember Miller has perfected the art
of keeping a low profile in a future
society in which Moral Statutes
have replaced the Bill of Rights
and offenses carry stiff penalties,
but when Chase, the only boy she
has ever loved, arrests her
rebellious mother, Ember
must take action.
The Young World
Chris Weitz
YA WEITZ
Jefferson leads a tribe of teenagers
in New York City on a dangerous
quest to find an antidote for a
mysterious illness that wiped out
all adults and children.
Partials
Dan Wells
YA WELLS
In a post-apocalyptic eastern
seaboard ravaged by disease and
war with a manmade race of
people called Partials, the chance
at a future rests in the hands of
Kira Walker, a medic in training.
Red Queen Victoria Aveyard
YA AVEYARD
In a world divided between
commoners and super humans,
Mare is forced to assume the role
of a lost princess while using her
newfound abilities to help a
growing rebellion.
Firstlife Gena Showalter
YA SHOWALTER Locked in an asylum for her
refusal to let her parents
dictate her afterlife choices,
Ten Lockwood finds herself
caught in a violent power
struggle between the two leading
Everlife realms.
Unwind
Neal Shusterman
YA SHUSTERMAN
In a future world where those
between the ages of thirteen and
eighteen can have their lives
"unwound" and their body parts
harvested for use by others, three
teens go to extreme lengths to
uphold their beliefs.
10/16 CR
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Ink and Bone Rachel Caine
YA CAINE
In a world where the Great
Library of Alexandria governs
the flow of information to the
people, Jess discovers that those
who control the Library believe
that knowledge is more valuable
than human life after his friend
inadvertently commits heresy.
Pure Julianna Baggott
YA BAGGOTT
In a post-apocalyptic world,
Pressia, a sixteen-year-old
survivor with a doll's head fused
onto her left hand meets
Partridge, a "Pure" dome-
dweller who is searching for his
mother, sure that she has
survived the cataclysm.
Pawn Aimee Carter
YA CARTER
Escaping a life of
marginalization and misery,
Kitty joins the most powerful
family in the country, a choice
that requires her to assume the
identity of the Prime Minister’s
niece and stop a rebellion that
ended her predecessor’s life.
The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins
YA COLLINS
Katniss Everdeen has her
skills put to the test when she
voluntarily takes her younger
sister’s place in a televised
survival competition where
children and teenagers fight
to the death.
The Maze Runner James Dashner
YA DASHNER
Thomas wakes up with no
memory in the middle of a maze
and realizes he must work with
the community in which he finds
himself if he is to escape
with his life.
The Giver Lois Lowry
YA LOWRY (also +)
Given his lifetime assignment at
the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas
becomes the receiver of
memories shared by only one
other in his community and
discovers the terrible truth about
the society in which he lives.
Legend
Marie Lu
YA LU
In a dark future, when North
America has split into two
warring nations, Day, a famous
criminal, and prodigy June, the
brilliant soldier hired to capture
him, discover that they have a
common enemy.
Illuminae Amie Kaufman
YA KAUFMAN
The planet Kerenza is attacked,
and Kady and Ezra find
themselves on a space fleet
fleeing the enemy, while their
ship's artificial intelligence
system and a deadly plague
may be the end of them all.
Divergent
Veronica Roth
YA ROTH
In a future Chicago, Beatrice Prior
must choose among five
predetermined factions to
define her identity for the rest of
her life, a decision made more
difficult when she discovers that
she is an anomaly who does not fit
into any one group.
Under the Never Sky
Veronica Rossi
YA ROSSI
Aria and Perry, two teens from
radically different societies, one
highly advanced and the other
primitive, hate being dependent
on one another until they
overcome their prejudices and
fall in love, knowing they can't
stay together.
After the End Amy Plum
YA PLUM
World War III left the world
ravaged by nuclear radiation,
with a lucky few escaping to the
Alaskan wilderness. Survivor
Juneau returns to her clan after
a hunt, only to find that
everyone there has vanished.
Lotus and Thorn Sara Wilson Etienne
YA ETIENNE
Earth abandoned the planet
Gabriel five hundred years ago,
and the land has become a barren
wasteland. Leica, exiled from her
desert community and separated
from her sister, hopes to
uncover the truth behind a
deadly plague and find her
way home.