Tag: dystopia

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Red Rising

Pierce Brown · 2014

Darrow, a Red miner on Mars, loses his wife and is remade as a Gold to infiltrate the Institute, where teens wage war for power and he plots revolution.

2,111-word summary · 9 min read

Legend

Marie Lu · 2011

Day and June collide in the Republic: he is wanted for murder, she hunts him, then learns the truth about Metias and the plague.

2,609-word summary · 12 min read

Ignite Me

Tahereh Mafi · 2014

Juliette must rebuild after Omega Point falls, face Anderson, and choose between Adam and Warner as war closes in.

2,253-word summary · 10 min read

Unravel Me

Tahereh Mafi · 2013

Juliette trains at Omega Point while Warner hunts her and Adam's touch starts to hurt them both.

2,262-word summary · 10 min read

Uglies

Scott Westerfeld · 2005

Tally can't wait to turn pretty at sixteen, until her friend Shay runs away to the Smoke.

1,915-word summary · 9 min read

The One

Kiera Cass · 2014

Four girls remain in the Selection and America must choose between Prince Maxon and Aspen, and her future.

2,019-word summary · 9 min read

The Elite

Kiera Cass · 2013

Six girls remain as America torn between Maxon and Aspen faces rebels.

2,021-word summary · 9 min read

Never Let Me Go

Kazuo Ishiguro · 2005

Kathy looks back on Hailsham, the English school where she and her friends were raised for an unspoken purpose.

2,102-word summary · 9 min read

Matched

Ally Condie · 2010

Cassia matched to Xander sees Ky's face flash and starts to doubt.

1,916-word summary · 9 min read

Fight Club

Chuck Palahniuk · 1996

An insomniac office worker and Tyler Durden build underground clubs that grow into Project Mayhem.

2,036-word summary · 9 min read

A Clockwork Orange

Anthony Burgess · 1962

Teenage Alex leads his droogs on ultraviolent nights until the state rewrites him with the Ludovico Technique.

1,923-word summary · 9 min read

The Road

Cormac McCarthy · 2006

A father and son walk through ash America with a cart and a pistol, repeating carry the fire.

3,243-word summary · 14 min read