What Does Dystopian Mean?

Looking for a dystopian read?

Check out one of these books/series!

1. Feed by MT Anderson

2. The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, Mockingjay)

3. The Maze Runner Series by James Dashner (The Maze Runner, The Scorch Trials)

4. Little Brother by Cory Doctorow

5. The Ember Series by Jeanne Duprau (The City of Embers, The People of Sparks, The Prophet of Yonwood, The Diamond of Darkhold)

6. Gone Series by Michael Grant (Gone, Hunger, Lies)

7. The Shadow Children Sequence by Margaret Peterson Haddix (Among the Hidden, Among the Imposters, Among the Betrayed, Among the Barons, Among the Brave, Among the Enemy, Among the Free)

8. Girl in the Arena by Lise Haines

9. The Giver, Gathering Blue, and Messenger by Lois Lowry

10. The Chaos Walking Series by Patrick Ness (The Knife of Never Letting Go, The Ask and the Answer, Monsters of Men)

11. The Moon Crash Trilogy/Last Survivors by Susan Beth Pfeffer (Life As We Knew It, The Dead and the Gone, This World We Live In)

12. The Mortal Engines Quartet / Hungry City Chronicles by Phillip Reeve (Mortal Engines, Predator’s Gold, Infernal Devices, A Darkling Plain)

13. How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff

14. The Forest of Hands and Teeth Series by Carrie Ryan (The Forest of Hands and Teeth, The Dead Tossed Waves, The Dark and Hollow Places)

15. The Uglies Series by Scott Westerfeld (Uglies, Pretties, Specials, Extras)

Not Sure What Dystopian Means?

According To Websters Online Dictionary:

"dystopia: An imaginary place where people lead dehumanized and often fearful lives; an imaginary place or state where everything is as bad as it possibly can be: or a description of such a place."

Usually a dystopian universe represents a dark version of a possible future. These types of novels are often written as warnings showing how current trends in society can develop into a nightmarish future.

EXAMPLES:

The Hunger Games is a dystopian novel where future America is ruled by a vicious Capitol. Each year children are forced to fight to the death in the Hunger Games to prove their District's loyalty to the Capitol.

Feed is a dystopian novel where in the future people no longer need to learn anything. Everything is downloaded into their heads via computer chip. But what happens when someone hacks into that computer system?