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The House of the Scorpion

The House of the Scorpion is a 2002 young adult science fiction novel by Nancy Farmer set in Opium, a narco-state carved...

Contemporary Biotech Cloning Farmer

8.4 Great

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Dark Age

Dark Age is the fifth novel in Pierce Brown's Red Rising Saga, published in 2019 and following the 2018 installment Iron...

Contemporary Dystopian War Brown

8.4 Great

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Monsters of Men

The final installment of Patrick Ness's Chaos Walking trilogy, published in 2010, following 'The Knife of Never Letting...

Contemporary War Ya Ness

8.3 Great

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The Ask and the Answer

"The Ask and the Answer" is a 2009 young adult dystopian novel by Patrick Ness, serving as the second installment in the...

Contemporary War Ya Ness

8.2 Great

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The Drowned Cities

The Drowned Cities is a young adult novel by Paolo Bacigalupi, published in 2012. Set in a future United States devastat...

Post Apocalyptic Contemporary Environmental War

7.8 Good

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The White Mountains

The White Mountains is the first novel in John Christopher's Tripods trilogy, published in 1967. The story follows a thi...

Classic Alien Ya Totalitarian

7.8 Good

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The City of Gold and Lead

The City of Gold and Lead is the second novel in John Christopher's Tripods trilogy, first published in 1967. The story...

Classic Alien Ya Totalitarian

7.8 Good

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The Mime Order

The Mime Order is a dystopian novel by Samantha Shannon, published in 2015 as the second book in The Bone Season series,...

Contemporary Rebellion Shannon Clairvoyant

7.4 Good

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The Mask Falling

"The Mask Falling" is a dystopian science fiction novel by Samantha Shannon, published in 2021. It is the fourth install...

Contemporary Dystopian Shannon Clairvoyant

7.4 Good

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Ignite Me

"Ignite Me" is a young adult dystopian novel written by Tahereh Mafi, published in 2014. It serves as the third and fina...

Contemporary Revolution Ya Totalitarian

7.2 Good

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The Bone Season

"The Bone Season" is a dystopian science fiction novel published in 2013 by Samantha Shannon. It follows Paige Mahoney,...

Contemporary Dystopian Shannon Clairvoyant

7.2 Good

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The Penultimate Truth

"The Penultimate Truth" is a science fiction novel by Philip K. Dick, originally published in 1964. The story is set in...

Classic Media War Dick

7.2 Good

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The Lord of Opium

"The Lord of Opium" is a 2013 young adult science fiction novel by Nancy Farmer, serving as the sequel to "The House of...

Contemporary Biotech Cloning Farmer

7.1 Good

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The Song Rising

"The Song Rising" is a 2017 dystopian fantasy novel by Samantha Shannon and the third book in "The Bone Season" series....

Contemporary Revolution Shannon Clairvoyant

7.1 Good

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Unravel Me

Unravel Me is a young-adult dystopian novel by Tahereh Mafi and the second main volume in the Shatter Me series, publish...

Contemporary Rebellion Ya Totalitarian

6.9 Fair

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Shatter Me

Shatter Me is a young-adult dystopian novel by Tahereh Mafi, first published in 2011. It follows Juliette Ferrars, a tee...

Contemporary Superpowers Ya Totalitarian

6.6 Fair

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Restore Me

Restore Me is a 2018 young adult dystopian fantasy novel by Tahereh Mafi and the fourth full-length book in the Shatter...

Contemporary Political Ya Totalitarian

6.2 Fair

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The Testing

The Testing is a 2013 young-adult dystopian novel by Joelle Charbonneau and the first book in her Testing trilogy. It fo...

Contemporary Competition Ya Totalitarian

6.2 Fair

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Independent Study

Independent Study is Joelle Charbonneau's 2014 YA novel, the second in The Testing trilogy, following the protagonist in...

Contemporary Survival Ya Totalitarian

5.9 Mediocre

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The Fever Code

The Fever Code is James Dashner's 2016 prequel to The Maze Runner series, revealing the origin of the maze trials and th...

Post Apocalyptic Contemporary Prequel Ya

5.7 Mediocre