Dystopian fiction

  • Unravel me

    Creator

    Mafi, Tahereh

    Abstract

    The thrilling second installment in New York Times bestselling author Tahereh Mafi's Shatter Me series. It should have taken Juliette a single touch to kill Warner. But his mysterious immunity to her deadly power has left her shaken, wondering why her ultimate defense mechanism failed against the person she most needs protection from. She and Adam were able to escape Warner's clutches and join up with a group of rebels, many of whom have powers of their own. Juliette will finally be able to actively fight against The Reestablishment and try to fix her broken world.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    HarperCollins

    Not specified
  • Catching fire : The hunger games, book 2

    Creator

    Collins, Suzanne

    Abstract

    The second book in Suzanne Collins's phenomenal and worldwide bestselling 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 rules. Katniss and Peeta should be happy. After all, they have just won for themselves and their families a life of safety and plenty. But there are rumors of rebellion among the subjects, and Katniss and Peeta, to their horror, are the faces of that rebellion. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Scholastic Press

    Not specified
  • Mockingjay : The hunger games, book 3

    Creator

    Collins, Suzanne

    Abstract

    The greatly anticipated final book in the New York Times bestselling Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins. 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 racing, pages turning, and everyone talking about one of the biggest and most talked-about books and authors in recent publishing history!

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Scholastic Press

    Not specified
  • Woman world

    Creator

    Dhaliwal, Aminder

    Abstract

    THE HILARIOUS AND WILDLY POPULAR INSTAGRAM COMIC ABOUT A WORLD WITH NO MEN. With her startling humor, it's no surprise that Aminder Dhaliwal's web comic Woman World has a devoted audience of over 120,000 readers, updated biweekly with each installment earning an average of 25,000 likes. Now, readers everywhere will delight in the print edition as Dhaliwal seamlessly incorporates feminist philosophical concerns into a series of perfectly-paced strips that skewer perceived notions of femininity and contemporary cultural icons.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Montreal

    Drawn & Quarterly

    Not specified
  • The Erik Blair diaries : Battlefield of the dead

    Creator

    Whitehead, John W.

    Abstract

    Welcome to 2084. Be warned: utopia does not await us. The dystopian future that George Orwell predicted for 1984 has finally arrived, one hundred years late and ten times as brutal. To save all that he loves, Orwell will have to travel between his future self—Erik Blair, Orwell's descendant and unwitting heir to his legacy—and the past. As for Erik Blair, his life plan isn't overly complicated: Avoid trouble. Avoid pain.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Ashland

    Waterside Productions, Inc.

    Not specified
  • The future

    Creator

    Leroux, Catherine

    Abstract

    A woman seeking justice in an imagined Detroit discovers resilience and resistance where she least expects they will be found. Looking for answers, and her missing granddaughters, Gloria moves into the house where her daughter was murdered. A stranger in a Fort-Detroit neighborhood coping with the ongoing effects of racial and economic injustice, she finds herself surrounded by poverty, pollution, violence--as well as the resilience of the residents, in whose stubborn generosity and carefully tended gardens she finds hope.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    LaVergne

    Biblioasis

    Not specified
  • Chain-gang all-stars

    Creator

    Adjei-Brenyah, Nana Kwame

    Abstract

    Two top women gladiators fight for their freedom within a depraved private prison system not so far-removed from America's own in this explosive, hotly-anticipated debut novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Friday Black"Like Orwell's 1984 and Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale, Adjei-Brenyah's book presents a dystopian vision so ... illuminating that it should permanently shift our understanding of who we are and what we're capable of doing."--The Washington Post "This book will change you! ...

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Books on Tape

    Not specified
  • The book that wouldn't burn

    Creator

    Lawrence, Mark

    Abstract

    Two strangers find themselves connected by a vast and mysterious library containing many wonders and still more secrets, in this powerfully moving first book in a new series from the international bestselling author of Red Sister and Prince of Thorns. The boy has lived his whole life trapped within a book-choked chamber older than empires and larger than cities. The girl has been plucked from the outskirts of civilization to be trained as a librarian, studying the mysteries of the great library at the heart of her kingdom. They were never supposed to meet. But in the library, they did.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Books on Tape

    Not specified
  • The marrow thieves

    Creator

    Dimaline, Cherie

    Abstract

    In a future world ravaged by global warming, people have lost the ability to dream, and the dreamlessness has led to widespread madness. The only people still able to dream are North America's indigenous population-- and it is their marrow that holds the cure for the rest of the world. But getting the marrow-- and dreams-- means death for the unwilling donors. Driven to flight, a 15-year-old and his companions struggle for survival, attempt to reunite with loved ones, and take refuge from the "recruiters" who seek them out to bring them to the marrow-stealing 'factories.'

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    DCB, an imprint of Cormorant Books Inc.

    Not specified
  • Transferral

    Creator

    Blair, Kate

    Abstract

    London, England, present day. This is the world as we know it, but with one key difference: medical science has found a way to remove diseases from the sick. The catch? They can only transfer the diseases into other living humans. The government now uses the technology to cure the innocent by infecting criminals.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto, Ontario

    Dancing Cat Books, an imprint of Cormorant Books Inc.

    Not specified