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.

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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.