Dystopian Worlds: Teen Fantasy

Updated April 24, 2025
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Hearts still beating
Archer, Brooke
Paper Book
Gripping, romantic, and impossible to put down, this dark and immersive post-apocalyptic debut novel is about two teen girls who loved each other before the end of the world - and before one of them became infected with the virus that turned her into a monster. Perfect for...
Red queen
Aveyard, Victoria
Paper Book
* Lead feature in the HarperCollins Children's Books booth at major institutional conferences, including extensive ARC distribution * Winter 2015 New Voices Featured Title, program includes; Announcement Adversting, New Voices-branded Big Mouth ARC mailing, extensive ARC distribution at...
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...
Falling out of time
Haddix, Margaret Peterson
Paper Book
Big Mouth ARE mailing to a curated list of influential librarians and educators   Advertising in key school & library media, such as School Library Journal, The Horn Book and Booklist  Educators' Guide with RUNNING OUT OF TIME   Launch and...
The chaperone
Hendrix, M
Paper Book
"Hendrix's dystopian society is somewhat of a Handmaid's Tale for YA, and offers a dark world with a glimmer of hope."-- Booklist, STARRED review Like every young woman in New America, Stella knows the rules: Deflect attention. Abstain from sin. Navigate the world with...
Alebrijes
Higuera, Donna Barba
Paper Book
The sequel to the New York Times bestselling The LastCuentista series from Newbery medalist Donna Barba Higuera!  For 400 years, Earth has been a barren wasteland. The few humans that survive scrape together an existence in the cruel...
Legend
Lu, Marie
Paper Book
A New York Times bestseller! What was once the western United States is now home to the Republic, a nation perpetually at war with its neighbors. Born into an elite family in one of the Republic's wealthiest districts, fifteen-year-old June is a prodigy being groomed for success...
Shatter me
Mafi, Tahereh
Paper Book
The gripping first installment in New York Times bestselling author Tahereh Mafi's Shatter Me series. One touch is all it takes. One touch, and Juliette Ferrars can leave a fully grown man gasping for air. One touch, and she can kill. No one knows why Juliette has such incredible...
Cinder
Meyer, Marissa.
Paper Book
The first book in the #1New York Times-and USA Today-Bestselling Lunar Chronicles series by Marissa Meyer! See where the futuristic YA fairytale saga all began, with the tale of a teenage cyborg who must fight for Earth's survival against villains from outer space.
Divergent
Roth, Veronica.
Paper Book
Society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue, in the attempt to form a 'perfect society'. On her Choosing Day, Beatrice Prior renames herself Tris, rejects her family's Abnegation group, and chooses another faction.
Mister Impossible
Stiefvater, Maggie
Paper Book
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Raven Boys, a mesmerizing story of dreams and desires, death and destiny. Something is happening to the source of the dreamers' power. It is blocked. Diminished. Weak. If it goes away entirely, what will happen to the dreamers and...
Uglies
Westerfeld, Scott
Paper Book
Now a major motion picture streaming on Netflix! A young girl begins to question her picture-perfect world in this first installment of Scott Westerfeld's New York Times bestselling and award-winning Uglies series--a global phenomenon that started the dystopian trend.<...

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