A New Reading List

2011
02.09

My New Reading List: YA Dystopian Literature
Brought to you by the fact that my brain is too dead to concentrate on heavy
literature or research reading after spending the day in the trenches

The Atherton Series: Patrick Carman

  • The House of Power
  • Rivers of Fire
  • The Dark Planet

The Chaos Walking Series: Patrick Ness

  • The Knife of Never Letting Go
  • The Ask and the Answer
  • Monsters of Men

The Ember Series: Jeanne Duprau

  • The City of Ember
  • The People of Sparks
  • The Prophet of Yonwood
  • The Diamond of Darkhold

The Giver and Others: Lois Lowry

  • The Giver
  • Gathering Blue
  • Messenger

The Gone Trilogy: Michael Grant

  • Gone
  • Hunger
  • Lies

The Hunger Games Trilogy: Suzanne Collins

  • The Hunger Games
  • Catching Fire
  • Mockingjay

The Maze Runner Series: James Dashner

  • The Maze Runner
  • The Scorch Trials

The Moon Crash Triology: Susan Beth Pfeffer

  • Life as We Knew It
  • The Dead and the Gone
  • This World We Live In

The Mortal Engines Quartet: Philip Reeve

  • Mortal Engines
  • Predator’s Gold
  • Infernal Devices
  • A Darkling Plain
  • Fever Crumb

The Obernewtyn Chronicles: Isobelle Carmody

  • Obernewtyn
  • The Farseekers
  • Ashling
  • The Keeping Place
  • The Stone Key

A Resurrection of Magic Series: Kathleen Duey

  • Skin Hunger
  • Sacred Scars

The Shadow Children Sequence: Margaret Peterson Haddix

  • Among the Hidden
  • Among the Imposters
  • Among the Betrayed
  • Among the Barons
  • Among the Brave
  • Among the Enemy
  • Among the Free

The Uglies Trilogy +1: Scott Westerfeld

  • Uglies
  • Pretties
  • Specials
  • Extras

Book Duo: Gema Malley

  • The Declaration
  • The Resistance

Book Duo: Carrie Ryan

  • The Forest of Hands and Teeth*
  • The Dead Tossed Waves

Book Duo: Julie Bertanga

  • Exodus
  • Zenith

Stand Alone Books

  • How I Live Now: Meg Rosoff
  • The Secret Under My Skin: Janet McNaughton
  • The Sky Inside: Clare B. Dunkle
  • Unwind: Neal Shusterman*
  • The Other Side of the Island: Allegra Goodman
  • Feed: MT Anderson*
  • Floodland: Marcus Sedgwick
  • Flux: Beth Gooble
  • Genesis: Bernard Beckett*
  • Girl in the Arena: Lise Haines
  • Little Brother: Cory Doctorow*

Additions from my Mentee:

  • Matched: Ally Condie
  • The Adoration of Jenna Fox: Mary Pearson

This list courtsey of Bart’s Bookshelf, a blog out of the United Kingdom.

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3 Responses to “A New Reading List”

  1. koko says:

    YA books are so much more fun than adult books.

  2. MT says:

    You should read along with me! Right now, I’m reading “Feed” which was recommended by my English professor friend who teaches YA lit. It’s actually kinda’ cool.

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