Dystopias are often set in the future and involve technological innovations not accessible in actual present reality.’ You can read my reasoning here.Ĭlicking the book title will take you to The Book Depository and clicking on the series will take you to Goodreads.Īcross the Universe, A Million Suns and Shades of Earth (Across the Universe #1-3) by Beth Revis Dystopian societies feature different kinds of repressive social control systems and various forms of active and passive coercion, often imagined as police states, with unlimited power over the citizens.
I use this definition: ‘A dystopia is the idea of a society in a repressive and controlled state, often under the guise of being utopian, as characterised in books like Brave New World and 1984. Please note that I try not to include titles that are less dystopian and more post-apocalyptic or science fiction, although you’ll occasionally find some on this list. If you have a book that you think should be added to this list feel free to send me a message. I wanted to read even more after picking up The Hunger Games and Delirium and so created this list of young adult dystopian novels.
Dystopia is a thrilling and intelligent genre and, as a Sociology graduate, I love stories surrounding social control. I first came across young adult dystopia when I read Uglies by Scott Westerfeld over 7 years ago. (If you want to post this photo, please reblog it here).
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