Dystopian Fiction

Updated December 15, 2025
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1984
Orwell, George
Ebook
75th ANNIVERSARY EDITION "Orwell saw, to his credit, that the act of falsifying reality is only secondarily a way of changing perceptions. It is, above all, a way of asserting power."--The New Yorker In 1984, London is a grim city in the totalitarian state of Oceania where Big...
Allegiant
Roth, Veronica
Paper Book
* Launch and lead promotion in HarperCollins Children's Books booth at national school & library conferences, including ALA, IRA, NCTE, and TLA * Author appearance/signing at ALA Annual (June 2013, Chicago) * Extensive school & library advertising * Advance distribution of Roth...
The ballad of songbirds and snakes
Collins, Suzanne
Paper Book
Ambition will fuel him. Competition will drive him. But power has its price. It is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the tenth annual Hunger Games. In the Capitol, eighteen-year-old Coriolanus Snow is preparing for his one shot at glory as a...
Battle royale : the novel
Takami, K?shun
Paper Book
Koushun Takami's notorious high-octane thriller envisions a nightmare scenario: a class of junior high school students is taken to a deserted island where, as part of a ruthless authoritarian program, they are provided arms and forced to kill until only one survivor is left standing. A Lord of the...
Catching fire
Collins, Suzanne
Paper Book
Suzanne Collins continues the amazing story of Katniss Everdeen in the phenomenal Hunger Games trilogy. Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has won the annual Hunger Games with fellow district tribute Peeta Mellark. But it was a victory won by defiance of the Capitol and their harsh...
Conform a novel
Sullivan, Ariel
Ebook
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * THE MUST-READ FIRST NOVEL FROM JENNA BUSH HAGER'S NEW VENTURE, THOUSAND VOICES In the far future, one young woman finds herself torn between two loves--and two sides of a rebellion boiling under the surface--in the "luminous" (People) first novel...
Dark age Red Rising Series, Book 5
Brown, Pierce.
Ebook
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The bestselling author of Morning Star returns to the Red Rising universe with the thrilling sequel to Iron Gold.   "Brown's plots are like a depth charge of nitromethane dropped in a bucket of gasoline. His pacing is 100%...
The death cure the Maze Runner series, book 3
Dashner, James
Ebook
THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING MAZE RUNNER SERIES * "[A] mysterious survival saga that passionate fans describe as a fusion of Lord of the Flies [and] The Hunger Games" (Entertainment Weekly) WICKED has taken everything from Thomas: his...
The Fog diver
Ross, Joel N.
Paper Book
* Extensive galley distribution at national teacher and librarian conferences and preview events
Four : a Divergent collection
Roth, Veronica
Paper Book
Fans of the Divergent trilogy by #1 New York Times bestselling author Veronica Roth will be thrilled by Four: A Divergent Collection, a companion volume that includes four pre-Divergent stories plus three additional scenes from Divergent, all told from Tobias's point of view.  This...
The giver
Lowry, Lois
Paper Book
The Giver, the 1994 Newbery Medal winner, has become one of the most influential novels of our time. The haunting story centers on twelve-year-old Jonas, who lives in a seemingly ideal, if colorless, world of conformity and contentment. Not until he is given his life assignment as the...
Golden son Book II of The Red Rising Trilogy
Brown, Pierce
Ebook
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Red Rising hit the ground running and wasted no time becoming a sensation. Golden Son continues the stunning saga of Darrow, a rebel forged by tragedy, battling to lead his oppressed people to freedom. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST...
The handmaid's tale
Atwood, Margaret
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * An instant classic and eerily prescient cultural phenomenon, from "the patron saint of feminist dystopian fiction" (The New York Times) * The sixth and final season of the award-winning Hulu series starring Elisabeth Moss is now streaming ...
The Hunger Games
Collins, Suzanne
Paper Book
The first novel in the worldwide bestselling series by Suzanne Collins! Winning means fame and fortune. Losing means certain death. The Hunger Games have begun. . . . In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve...
The hunt
Fukuda, Andrew Xia
Paper Book
Don't Sweat. Don't Laugh. Don't draw attention to yourself. And most of all, whatever you do, do not fall in love with one of them. Gene is different from everyone else around him. He can't run with lightning speed, sunlight doesn't hurt him and he doesn't have an unquenchable lust...
Insurgent
Roth, Veronica
Paper Book
* Author appearance and signing at NCTE/ALAN 2011 (November, Chicago) and TLA 2012 (April, Houston) * Lead promotion at ALA Midwinter 2012 (1/20 - 1/24, Dallas) including booth blow-up * Discussion Guide
Iron gold Red Rising Series, Book 4
Brown, Pierce.
Ebook
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * In the epic next chapter of the Red Rising Saga, the #1 bestselling author of Morning Star pushes the boundaries of one of the boldest series in fiction. "Mature science fiction existing within the frame of blazing space...
ISAN : International Sensory Assassin Network
Ting, Mary
Paper Book
THE WORLD HAS CHANGED. SCIENTISTS WARNED IT WOULD HAPPEN. Meteors devastated the Earth. World Governments developed plans to help surviving citizens. The United States disbanded and salvageable land was divided into four quadrants--North, South, East, and West-- governed by The...
The kill order
Dashner, James
Paper Book
Book four in the blockbuster Maze Runner series that spawned a movie franchise and ushered in a worldwide phenomenon! And don't miss The Fever Code, the highly-anticipated series conclusion that finally reveals the story of how the maze was built!    ...
The last cuentista
Higuera, Donna Barba
Paper Book
Winner of the Newbery Medal--a brilliant journey through the stars, to the very heart of what makes us human. "Gripping in its twists and turns, and moving in its themes -- truly a beautiful cuento."--New York Times Había una vez . . .  ...
The last murder at the end of the world A novel
Turton, Stuart.
Ebook
Light bringer A red rising novel.
Brown, Pierce.
Ebook
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Darrow returns as Pierce Brown's New York Times bestselling Red Rising series continues in the thrilling sequel to Dark Age. The Reaper is a legend, more myth than man: the savior of worlds, the leader of the Rising, the breaker of...
The maze runner
Dashner, James
Paper Book
THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING MAZE RUNNER SERIES * A teenager with no memory must navigate a deadly maze to survive in book one of this post-apocalyptic phenomenon. "[A] mysterious survival saga that passionate fans describe as a fusion of Lord of...
Mockingjay
Collins, Suzanne
Paper Book
The greatly anticipated final book in the New York Times bestselling Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins.The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge. Who do they think should pay for the unrest?Katniss Everdeen.The final book in The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins will have hearts...
Morning star Red Rising Series, Book 3
Brown, Pierce
Ebook
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Red Rising thrilled readers and announced the presence of a talented new author. Golden Son changed the game and took the story of Darrow to the next level. Now comes the exhilarating next chapter in the Red Rising Saga: Morning Star....
Parable of the sower
Butler, Octavia E.
Paper Book
This acclaimed post-apocalyptic novel of hope and terror from an award-winning author "pairs well with 1984 or The Handmaid's Tale" and includes a foreword by N. K. Jemisin (John Green, New York Times). When global climate change and economic crises lead to...
Red rising Book I of The Red Rising Trilogy
Brown, Pierce
Ebook
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Pierce Brown's relentlessly entertaining debut channels the excitement of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. "Red Rising ascends above a crowded dys­topian field."--USA Today<...
The school for good mothers a novel
Chan, Jessamine.
Ebook
Longlisted for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel and the Carnegie Medal for Excellence | Shortlisted for The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize | Selected as One of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of the Year! In this New York Times...
The scorch trials Maze Runner Series, Book 2
Dashner, James.
Ebook
Book two in the blockbuster Maze Runner series that spawned a movie franchise and ushered in a worldwide phenomenon! This special movie tie-in edition includes an eight-page full-color insert with photos from the film. And don't miss The Fever Code, the highly-anticipated series...
Service model
Tchaikovsky, Adrian
Paper Book
Murderbot meets Redshirts in a delightfully humorous tale of robotic murder from the Hugo-nominated author of Elder Race and Children of Time. To fix the world they must first break it, further. Humanity is a dying breed, utterly...
Shadrach in the furnace
Silverberg, Robert.
Paper Book
Skyship Academy : the Pearl Wars
James, Nick
Paper Book
A devastated Earth's last hope is found in Pearls: small, mysterious orbs that fall from space and are capable of supplying enough energy to power entire cities. Battling to control the Pearls are the Skyship dwellers--political dissidents who live in massive ships in the Earth's stratosphere--and...
Sunrise on the reaping
Collins, Suzanne
Paper Book
The unforgettable fifth book in the Hunger Games series: Haymitch's story. Feature film scheduled for November 2026. #1 USA Today Bestseller * #1 New York Times Bestseller * #1 Indie Bestseller * #1 Publishers Weekly Bestseller * A New York Times Editors'...
Surviving Antarctica : reality TV 2083
White, Andrea
Paper Book
It's 50 degrees below zero. The wind and snow blow so hard, you can't see your hand in front of your face. Your heating fuel is nearly gone, and so is your food. How do you survive? Five fourteen–year–olds face this desperate situation on a deadly journey in Antarctica. It is 2083. They...
Tender is the flesh : a novel
Bazterrica, Agustina María
Paper Book
THE RUNAWAY NATIONAL BESTSELLER AND INTERNATIONAL SENSATION Working at the local processing plant, Marcos is in the business of slaughtering humans--though no one calls them that anymore. His wife has left him, his father is sinking into dementia, and Marcos tries...
The water knife
Bacigalupi, Paolo.
Ebook
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * A "fresh, genre-bending thriller" (Los Angeles Times) set in the near future when water is scarce and a spy, a hardened journalist and a young Texas migrant find themselves pawns in a corrupt game. "Think Chinatown meets Mad Max."...
Wilder girls
Power, Rory
Paper Book
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! "The perfect kind of story for our current era."--Hypable Featured in Vulture's "11 Books to Read If You Already Miss Yellowjackets"! From the author of Burn Our...

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