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Dystopia Done Right
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items I love dystopian books! There are so many different futures that people create and it's both exciting and frightening to imagine any of them becoming true. This is a list of the best dystopian books I've read, and as much as I love movies, the books ...
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Complete Book Series
First Books of Series
Complete Book Series
Short summary of the first book: The Maze Runner is about Thomas, a teenage boy who wakes up in a community of other boys with no memory of his past. The Glade, as they call their home, is surrounded by a dangerous, ever-changing maze that is home to...
The Maze Runner Series
Short summary of the first book: Divergent is about a society that is divided into five factions based on personality traits: Abnegation, Amity, Candor, Dauntless, and Erudite. The story follows Beatrice "Tris" Prior, a sixteen-year-old who is discov...
Divergent Series
Short summary of the first book: Set in the nation of Panem, where each year the Capitol forces twelve districts to send two young "tributes" to fight to the death in a televised event. The story follows Katniss Everdeen, who volunteers to take her y...
The Hunger Games Series
Short summary of the first book: The Testing is about sixteen-year-old Cia Vale who is selected for a brutal government program that offers a chance at higher education for the future leaders of the United Commonwealth. The program, which involves ps...
The Testing Trilogy
Short summary of the first book: Set in the post-apocalyptic wasteland of Silverlake, where a young woman named Saba's life is upended when her twin brother, Lugh, is kidnapped by mysterious horsemen. Driven by a fierce determination to find him, Sab...
Dust Lands Trilogy
Short summary of the first book: Matched is a dystopian novel where the protagonist, Cassia, is matched with her best friend, Xander, but a glitch on her screen reveals the face of another boy, Ky Markham. This forbidden glimpse into a different poss...
Matched Trilogy
Short summary of the first book: Two teens from opposite worlds—the sheltered Dweller Aria and the Outsider Perry—who must rely on each other to survive in a desolate, post-apocalyptic world. Exiled from her technologically advanced but fragile socie...
Under the Never Sky Trilogy
Short summary: The Chaos Walking trilogy follows Todd Hewitt, a boy living on a planet where a germ causes men's thoughts to be broadcasted as a constant "noise". He discovers a mysterious, silent girl named Viola, who is unaffected by the noise, and...
Chaos Walking Trilogy
Short summary of the first book: Love is considered a dangerous disease, or "deliria," and the government mandates a surgical "Cure" for all 18-year-olds. The story follows Lena Haloway, who is counting down the days to her own cure, until she falls ...
Delirium Trilogy
First Books of Series
First book of the series: The Maze Runner
The Maze Runner (Book 1)
First book of the series: Divergent
Divergent (Book 1)
First book of the series: The Hunger Games
The Hunger Games (Book 1)
First book of the series: The Testing
The Testing (Book 1)
First book of the series: Dustlands
Blood Red Road (Book 1)
First book of the series: Matched
Matched (Book 1)
First book of the series: Under The Never Sky
Under the Never Sky (Book 1)
First book of the series: Chaos Walking
The Knife of Never Letting Go (Book 1)
First book of the series: Delirium
Delirium (Book 1)