Best Young Adult Dystopian Novels - April 2024

Configured: Book #1 in the Configured Trilogy

Fans of Divergent, Hunger Games and the Maze Runner will crave this world of dark secrets, intrigue, and thirst for a better tomorrow. Winner of the best indie book of 2016 at ReadFreely and a top Young Adult Dystopian book on Amazon. Praise for Configured: "Can I rate it 7 stars? This book is awesome!" "Better than Hunger Games and Divergent" "Hooked from the first chapter!"There will come a day... when love will mark you as a traitor.In a society where emotions are nothing and function is everything, Avlyn Lark is just trying to blend in.She's lucky to be alive, unlike her twin brother Ben... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01M0XHNFX
• ASIN: B01M0XHNFX
• Manufacturer: Torment Publishing

The Amber Project: A Dystopian Sci-fi Novel (The Variant Saga Book 1)

200 years after the world ends, their future begins.In 2157, a mysterious gas known as Variant spreads across the globe, killing or mutating most organic life. The surviving humans take refuge in an underground city, determined to return home. But after generations of failures and botched attempts, hope is beginning to dwindle. That is, until a young scientist makes a unique discovery--and everything changes. Suddenly, there's reason to hope again, and it rests within a group of genetically engineered children that are both human and Variant.Terry is one of these children, modified and trained... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00W2AQ1KO
• ASIN: B00W2AQ1KO
• Manufacturer: Variant Publications

Numbers Game (Numbers Game Saga Book 1)

A citizen girl someone's trying to kill.A hot military slave with a mysterious past.A dangerous game that changes everything. In futuristic America, everyone wears a number. Treena's prepared for Rating Day her entire life--she's a top contender in Level Three school with a highly-rated boyfriend. But when her number is announced, it shocks everyone. To get her life and boyfriend back, Treena must go undercover and expose a military spy. Except that someone wants her dead. And then there's Vance, the mysterious soldier with a haunted past and gorgeous brown eyes. Together they discover a da... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00UKDWTPG
• ASIN: B00UKDWTPG
• Manufacturer: Diamond Patch Press

Above the Sky: A Post-Apocalyptic Dystopian Tale of Survival and Forbidden Love (The Sky Series, Book 1)

"5 Stars!!!!!! Unputdownable!! ... My new favorite book ... If YOU love a good dystopian + romance ... Then you need this book in your life." --Megan, i fall in love book blog ★★★★★HER FIRST EIGHTEEN YEARS WERE FILLED WITH LIES.SHE IS ABOUT TO DISCOVER THE TRUTH.Eighteen-year-old Seven and her best friend, Ten, live where all is peaceful ... except for the violent war raging above the sky. Lifelike humanoid robots and self-operated drones tend to everyone's needs, leaving people free to spend their time stimulating their minds and enjoying life's pleasures. But there are strict rules... [Read More]

• ASIN: B011CH9I48
• ASIN: B011CH9I48

The Gender Game

For fans of The Hunger Games and Divergentcomes a story like no other...A toxic river divides nineteen-year-old Violet Bates's world by gender.Women rule the East. Men rule the West.Welcome to the lands of Matrus and Patrus.Ever since the disappearance of her beloved younger brother, Violet's life has been consumed by an anger she struggles to control. Already a prisoner to her own nation, now she has been sentenced to death for her crimes.But one decision could save her life.To enter the kingdom of Patrus, where men rule and women submit.Everything about the patriarchy is dangerous for a ... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01I77SNR4
• ASIN: B01I77SNR4
• Brand: Unknown
• Manufacturer: Nightlight

CyberStorm (Cyber Series Book 1)

The incredibly realistic story of one family's struggle to survive the destruction of New York in a massive terror attack. Million-copy bestseller now in development for film by 20th Century Fox."I couldn't put it down...shows how dangerous our transition to an interconnected infrastructure has become." Karic Allega, Joint Military Cyber Command, US NAVYNEW YORK GOES DARK IN THE DEAD OF WINTER...A TERRIFYING MYSTERY BEGINS...BUT WHO IS THE ENEMY? AND WILL THEY STRIKE AGAIN?Mike Mitchell is an average New Yorker struggling just to keep his family together when a string of disasters shreds the b... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00BT4QRHG
• ASIN: B00BT4QRHG
• Brand: Matthew Mather ULC
• Manufacturer: Matthew Mather ULC

The Culling: Book 1 (The Culling Series)

150 years after a virus wipes out most of the world’s population, Reagan Scott finds herself chosen for the State of the Union's fifth Culling. She will compete against 49 of the country's brightest girls. And then, of course, there are the 50 boys. She’ll have to pair up with one for her shot at becoming the next Presidential Couple. Though the government truly means well, not everything is as it seems. She will be tested to the fullest extent while an evil storm brews.With eliminations happening frequently, how far can she make it? And if she makes it far enough to meet the boys, how can... [Read More]

• ASIN: B0765QMCLR
• ASIN: B0765QMCLR

The Darkest Minds Series Boxed Set [4-Book Paperback Boxed Set] (A Darkest Minds Novel)

All four novels in the New York Times best-selling Darkest Minds series--The Darkest Minds, Never Fade, In the Afterlight, and Through the Dark--are now available in one thrilling paperback boxed set. With gorgeous, fresh designs and exclusive bonus short stories from the perspectives of fan-favorite characters Liam, Vida, and Clancy, this collection will delight loyal fans and new readers alike, just in time for the major motion picture starring Amandla Stenberg and Mandy Moore.Praise for the Darkest Minds series:"Meet your next dystopian obsession."--Entertainment Weekly"Haunting... Bracken ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1368023371
• ASIN: 1368023371
• ISBN: 1368023371
• Manufacturer: Disney-Hyperion

The Program

In this “gripping tale for lovers of dystopian romance” (Kirkus Reviews), true feelings are forbidden, teen suicide is an epidemic, and the only solution is The Program.Sloane knows better than to cry in front of anyone. With suicide now an international epidemic, one outburst could land her in The Program, the only proven course of treatment. Sloane’s parents have already lost one child; Sloane knows they’ll do anything to keep her alive. She also knows that everyone who’s been through The Program returns as a blank slate. Because their depression is gone—but so are their memories... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1442445815
• ASIN: 1442445815
• ISBN: 1442445815
• Brand: Simon Pulse
• Manufacturer: Simon Pulse

Mind Plague

A MIND IS A TERRIBLE THING TO LOSE...Imagine a world in which nearly everyone has lost their ability to think. That’s exactly the world Franklin Strock wakes up into one morning. His wife and his neighbors .... and seemingly everyone else, appears afflicted by a total inability to remember who they are and worse, how to do even the simplest things. He soon realizes that something has erased the minds of most everyone except he and a small handful of others. The mind plague struck America just before dawn eastern standard time when most everyone across the country was asleep. When those af... [Read More]

• ASIN: B07RNGQSTR
• ASIN: B07RNGQSTR
• Manufacturer: Digital Science Fiction, an imprint of Digital Fiction Publishing Corp.

Rippler (Ripple Series Book 1)

Samantha struggles to hide her genetic trait for invisibility. When she gets help from her crush Will, the two begin a mad race to outwit the geneticist who murdered Sam's mom, but soon Sam will have to choose what she'll keep safe: Will or her secrets.Suspenseful and romantic, Rippler and its sequels capture the collision of the beautiful with the dark. Two further sequels form a complete trilogy. Additional book in series for those who fall in love with the Ripple world and want even more!RIPPLER is the free first book in a teen and young adult paranormal fantasy series set in a contemporary... [Read More]

• ASIN: B0052ZLUQQ
• ASIN: B0052ZLUQQ
• Manufacturer: Williams Press

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• ASIN: B003JTHWKU
• ASIN: B003JTHWKU
• Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Fahrenheit 451

Ray Bradbury’s internationally acclaimed novel Fahrenheit 451 is a masterwork of twentieth-century literature set in a bleak, dystopian future.Guy Montag is a fireman. In his world, where television rules and literature is on the brink of extinction, firemen start fires rather than put them out. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along with the houses in which they are hidden.Montag never questions the destruction and ruin his actions produce, returning each day to his bland life and wife, Mildred, who spends all day with her television “family.” But... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1451673310
• UPC: 642688055004
• ASIN: 1451673310
• ISBN: 9781451673319
• Brand: Ray Bradbury
• Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

The Selection

• ASIN: B006564VQC
• ASIN: B006564VQC
• Manufacturer: HarperTeen

Lord of the Flies

Golding’s iconic 1954 novel, now with a new foreword by Lois Lowry, remains one of the greatest books ever written for young adults and an unforgettable classic for readers of any age.   This edition includes a new Suggestions for Further Reading by Jennifer Buehler.At the dawn of the next world war, a plane crashes on an uncharted island, stranding a group of schoolboys. At first, with no adult supervision, their freedom is something to celebrate. This far from civilization they can do anything they want. Anything. But as order collapses, as strange howls echo in the night, as terror begin... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0399501487
• ASIN: 0399501487
• ISBN: 0399501487
• Brand: Golding, William/ Epstein, E. L. (CON)
• Manufacturer: Penguin Books

What We Left Behind : An Emotional Young Adult Novel

From the critically acclaimed author of Lies We Tell Ourselves comes an emotional, empowering story of what happens when love may not be enough to conquer all Toni and Gretchen are the couple everyone envied

• UPC: 52705562
• Rating: 3.0

The Last Man (Dystopian Novel) - eBook

This eBook has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. The Last Man is a post-apocalyptic novel which tells of a future world that has been ravaged by

• UPC: 188872887
• Rating: 2.75

The Best Young Adult Books Contest : A Simulation for the Language Arts Classroom

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• UPC: 29511577
• Rating: 3.571

Soaring Through Stars : A Contemporary Young Adult Novel

Praise for the Swimming Through Clouds Trilogy "It is the rare author who can end an emotionally compelling trilogy with the same resounding truth from which it was formed, but turned inside out. In Soaring

• UPC: 53440038
• Rating: 5.0

Transient : (The Transient Trilogy, Book #1) (Teen Dystopian Time Travel)

Seventeen-year-old Roxy Eisen has been told her entire life she is the only hope left for her people. But she's just a normal teenager, except without parents ... or freedom. In 2074 New York City,

• UPC: 53419822

Human Again: A Dystopian Sci-Fi Novel

Human Again: A Dystopian Sci-Fi

• UPC: 686918038
• Rating: 4.0

Seventh Dimension - The Castle : A Young Adult Fantasy

Falsely accused of murder, 17-year-old Daniel becomes trapped in Jerusalem in 33 A.D. during

• UPC: 53442358

Seventh Dimension - The City : A Young Adult Fantasy

Shale and Daniel are transported to a spiritual reality where time is an

• UPC: 53442360

Realms of Edenocht : A Young Adult Fantasy Action Adventure Novel

A long time ago, four relics were created to have immense power. The Shadow sought after the power that could make it immortal. The relics were hidden to keep them safe, but no one could

• UPC: 738940709

Prometheus Rising : A Dystopian Novel

What if the life you're leading is nothing but a lie? PROMETHEUS RISING is the first book in a dystopian series with deep characters, epic settings, historical battles and a mixture of sci-fi and archaic

• UPC: 380110405