Can’t seem to get enough of dystopian books for teens? Find out which captivating ya dystopian novels are worth a read.
After compiling a list of dystopian books for adults, I thought it would be fun to look into the best dystopian books for teens.
Although my expertise heavily falls in adult literature, I have a soft spot for young adult fiction. I don’t read it as much as I used to, but when I do, I tend to gravitate toward teen dystopian fiction.
There is something enthralling about the action inherent in YA literature. Since they rely so heavily on plot and emotional drama, it’s easy to be swept away into romance and adventure.
If you are looking to discover the best YA dystopian novels, here are the titles that I’ve loved or am interested in reading.
Rare Standalone Dystopian Books for Teens
The Grace Year
Kim Liggett
Dry
Neal and Jarrod Shusterman
Ready Player One
Ernest Cline
Addicting Dystopian Trilogies
The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins
Divergent
Veronica Roth
The Fifth Wave
Rick Yancey
The Knife of Never Letting Go
Patrick Ness
Scythe
Neal Shusterman
Matched
Ally Condie
Delirium
Lauren Oliver
The Host
Stephenie Meyer
Must-Read YA Dystopian Book Series
Red Queen
Victoria Aveyard
The Maze Runner
James Dashner
Shatter Me
Tahereh Mafi
Uglies
Scott Westerfeld
Legend
Marie Lu
Cinder
Marissa Meyer
The Selection
Kiera Cass
Classic Dystopian Fiction for Teens
The Giver
Lois Lowry
Ender’s Game
Orson Scott Card
Animal Farm
George Orwell
Brave New World
Aldous Huxley
Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury
A few Dystopian Books for Kids
City of Ember
Jeanne DuPrau
A Wrinkle in Time
Madeleine L’Engle
What dystopian books for teens do you recommend?
Wow!! For once I’ve actually read almost all of the books on your book list!! Amazing recommendations – I don’t have any to add! I was a huge fan of Ready Player One but its definitely been more of a recommendation for the guys in my life. I just finished The Grace Year recently and was very impressed. The Selection series is a major guilty pleasure that I may reread soon 🙂
Loved the Matched series …just devoured the 3 books in a week !!
Did I hear you say The Maze Runner is poorly written? I say ouch and strongly disagree on account of all my fellow die hard maze runner fans.
I agree with you, Maze runner is awesome
Great list for young adult dystopian books. I have read 15 out of the 25 of these and all have been wonderful. I’m definitely not a young adult/teenager (mid 30’s) but enjoy these books. They have become one of my favorite genre since the hunger games movie came out. I just finished The grace year which was very well written. It does remind you of The Lord of Flies meets Handmaid Tales. Came here in search for a new book to start ready. I’m always up to hearing about new books.
Maze runner is AMAZING!!!!…. other than that I agree with the rest and thanks for recommending some great ones