Tag: dystopian

7 books with this tag.

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Often combined with: science fiction (5) · young adult (4)

The Trial

Franz Kafka · 1925

Josef K. is arrested one morning on an unknown charge and pulled into an endless court he can never leave.

2,318-word summary · 10 min read

Scythe

Neal Shusterman · 2016

Citra and Rowan become apprentice scythes who must glean one another.

2,574-word summary · 11 min read

Klara and the Sun

Kazuo Ishiguro · 2021

Solar robot Klara loves Josie and bargains with the Sun to save her.

2,251-word summary · 10 min read

Glass Sword

Victoria Aveyard · 2016

Mare Barrow hunts newbloods with Cal while Maven hunts her after the palace betrayal.

2,268-word summary · 10 min read

Cress

Marissa Meyer · 2014

Imprisoned hacker Cress joins Cinder Scarlet Wolf Thorne to stop Levana's wedding to Kai.

2,534-word summary · 11 min read

Scarlet

Marissa Meyer · 2013

Scarlet searches for her grandmother with Wolf while escaped Cinder fights Levana in the Lunar Chronicles sequel.

2,756-word summary · 12 min read

Cat's Cradle

Kurt Vonnegut Jr. · 1963

Jonah researches the atom bomb and finds ice-nine and Bokononism on San Lorenzo.

2,583-word summary · 11 min read