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Why young adult dystopia?
I first came across the young adult dystopian genre when I read Uglies by Scott Westerfeld over 6 years ago. I find it an especially thrilling and intelligent genre and, as a Sociology graduate, I’m interested in ideas surrounding social control. I wanted to read even more of this genre after picking up The Hunger Games and Delirium and so created this list of upcoming and already published titles. If you have a book that you think should be added to this list feel free to send me a message. Please note that I try not to include titles that are less dystopian and more post-apocalyptic or science fiction, although you’ll occasionally find some on this list. Clicking the book title will take you to The Book Depository and clicking on the series will take you to Goodreads.

What is dystopia?
I use this definition: ‘A dystopia is the idea of a society in a repressive and controlled state, often under the guise of being utopian, as characterized in books like Brave New World and Nineteen Eighty-Four. Dystopian societies feature different kinds of repressive social control systems and various forms of active and passive coercion, often imagined as police states, with unlimited power over the citizens. Fictional dystopias are often set in the future and involve technological innovations not accessible in actual present reality.’ You can read my reasoning here.

You may also like to check out:
Monthly YA dystopia/post-apocalyptic release posts
Reviews of dystopian novels I have read

• UPCOMING YOUNG ADULT DYSTOPIAN TITLES
  _{Last updated: 18th May 2013}

May 2013
Coda by Emma Trevayne

June 2013
The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau

July 2013
Masked (Masked #1) by Aimee Carter
Vortex (Insignia #2) by S.J. Kincaid

September 2013
In Days of Death and Chocolate (Birthright #3) by Gabrielle Zevin
Once We Were (The Hybrid Chronicles #2) by Kat Zhang

October 2013
Across the Star-Swept Sea (For Darkness Shows the Stars #2) by Diana Peterfreund
Horde (Razorland #3) by Ann Aquirre
Once We Were (The Hybrid Chronicles #2) by Kat Zhang
Unsouled (Unwind #3) by Neal Shusterman

November 2013
Champion (Legend #3) by Marie Lu

December 2013
Control (Control #1) by Lydia Kang

• PUBLISHED TITLES
  

A
Above by Leah Bobet
Across the Universe, A Million Suns and Shades of Earth (Across the Universe #1-3) by Beth Revis
The Adoration of Jenna Fox, The Fox Inheritance and Fox Forever (Jenna Fox Chronicles #1-3) by Mary E. Pearson
All These Things I’ve Done and Because It Is My Blood (Birthright #1-2) by Gabrielle Zevin
Among the Hidden (Shadow Children #1-7) by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Angelfall (Penryn & the End of Days #1) by Susan Ee
Article 5 and Breaking Point (Article 5 #1-2) by Kristen Simmons
Ashes and Shadows (Ashes #1-2) by Ilsa Bick
Ashes of Twilight by Kassy Tayler
Ashfall and Ashen Winter (Ashfall #1-2) by Mike Mullin
Ashes, Ashes by Jo Treggiari
Awaken and Middle Ground (Awaken #1-2) by Katie Kacvinsky 

B
The Bar Code Tattoo and Bar Code Rebellion (Bar Code #1-2) by Suzanne Weyn
Behind the Gates, Run for Cover, With the Enemy and Set Me Free (Tomorrow Girls #1-4) by Eva Gray
Birthmarked, Prized and Promised (Birthmarked #1-3) by Caragh M. O’Brien
The Blending Time and The Fires of New Sun (The Blending Time #1-2) by Michael Kinch
Blood Red Road and Rebel Heart (Dustlands #1) by Moira Young
Breathe (Breathe #1) by Sarah Crossan
Bumped and Thumped (Bumped #1-2) by Megan McCafferty

C
Candor by Pam Bachorz
The City of Ember, The People of Sparks, The Prophet of Yonwood and The Diamond of Darkhold (The Books of Ember #1-4) by Jeanne DuPrau
The Compound by S.A. Bodeen

D
Dark Inside and Rage Within (Dark Inside #1-2) by Jeyn Roberts
Dark Life and Rip Tide (Dark Life #1-2) by Kat Falls
The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken
Dark Parties by Sara Grant
The Declaration, The Resistance and The Legacy (The Declaration #1-3) by Gemma Malley
Defiance (Defiance #1) by C.J. Redwine
Delirium, Pandemonium and Requiem (Delirium #1-3) by Lauren Oliver
The Different Girl by Gordon Dahlquist
The Disappeared by C.J. Harper
Divergent and Insurgent (Divergent #1-2) by Veronica Roth
Drought by Pam Bachorz
Dry Souls (Dry Souls #1) by Denise Getson

E
Elemental by Antony John
The Eleventh Plague by Jeff Hirsch
Empty by Suzanne Weyn
Enclave and Outpost (Razorland #1-2) by Ann Aquirre
Eve, Once and Rise (Eve #1-3) by Anna Carey
Exodus, Zenith and Aurora (Exodus #1-3) by Julie Bertagna

F
Feed by M.T. Anderson
For Darkness Shows The Stars by Diana Peterfreund
The Forest of Hands and Teeth, The Dead-Tossed Waves, The Dark and Hollow Places (The Forest of Hands and Teeth #1-3) by Carrie Ryan
The Forsaken (The Forsaken #1) by Lisa M. Stasse

G
Genesis by Bernard Beckett
Girl in the Arena by Lise Haines
The Giver, Gathering Blue, Messenger and Son (The Giver #1-4) by Lois Lowry
The Glimpse by Claire Merle
Glitch and Override (Glitch #1-2) by Heather Anastasiu
Glow and Spark (Sky Chasers #1-2) by Amy Kathleen Ryan
Gone, Hunger, Lies, Plague, Fear and Light (Gone #1-6) by Michael Grant
Grace by Elizabeth Scott

H
The Host (The Host #1) by Stephenie Meyer
The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
The Hunger Games, Catching Fire and Mockingjay (The Hunger Games #1-3) by Suzanne Collins

I
Incarceron and Sapphique (Incarceron #1-2) by Catherine Fisher
Inside Out and Outside In (Insider #1-2) by Maria V. Snyder
Insignia by S.J. Kincaid

K
The Killables and The Disappearances (The Killables #1-2) by Gemma Malley
The Knife of Never Letting Go, The Ask and Answer, Monsters of Men, and The New World (Chaos Walking #1-3) by Patrick Ness

L
Legend and Prodigy (Legend #1-2) by Marie Lu
Life As We Knew It, The Dead and Gone and This World We Live In (Last Survivors #1-3) by Susan Beth Pfeffer
The Line and Away (The Line #1-2) by Teri Hall
Little Brother and Homeland (Little Brother #1-2) by Cory Doctorow
Lockdown (Escape From Furnace #1-5) by Alexander Gordon Smith
Lord of the Flies by William Golding

M
Matched, Crossed and Reached (Matched #1-2) by Ally Condie
The Maze Runner, The Scorch Trails, The Death Cure and The Kill Order (Maze Runner #0.5-3) by James Dashner
Memento Nora  and The Forgetting Curve (Memento #1-2) by Angie Smibert
The Memory of After (The Memory Chronicles #1) by Lenore Appelhans

O
The Other Life and The Life Beyond (The Other Life #1-2) by Susanne Winnacker
The Other Side of the Island by Allegra Goodman

P
The Pledge and The Essence (The Pledge #1-2) by Kimberly Derting
Possession and Surrender (Possession #1-2) by Elana Johnson
The Predicteds by Christine Seifert
The Program (The Program #1) by Suzanne Young
Pure and Fuse (Pure #1-2) by Julianna Baggott

R
Renegade by J.A. Souders
Restoring Harmony by Joëlle Anthony
The Returners by Gemma Malley

S
Salt, Gool and The Limping Man (Salt #1-3) by Maurice Gee
Scored by Lauren McLaughlin
The Selection and The Elite (The Selection #1-2) by Kiera Cass
Shatter Me and Unravel Me (Shatter Me #1-2) by Tahereh Mafi
Ship Breaker and The Drowned Cities (Ship Breaker #1-2) by Paolo Bacigalupi
Skinned, Crashed and Wired (Gripping #1-3) by Robin Wasserman
Slated and Fractured (Slated #1-2) by Teri Terry
Starters (Starters #1) by Lissa Price
Struck (Struck #1) by Jennifer Bosworth

T
Taken (Taken #1) by Erin Bowman
Tankborn and Awakening (Tankborn #1-2) by Karen Sandler
The Way We Fall and The Lives We Lost (Fallen World #1-2) by Megan Crewe
Those That Wake by Jesse Karp

U
Uglies, Pretties, Specials and Extras (Uglies #1-4) by Scott Westerfeld
Under the Never Sky and
Through the Ever Night (Under the Never Sky #1-2) by Veronica Rossi
The Unidentified by Rae Mariz
The Unwanteds and Island of Silence (Unwanteds #1-2) by Lisa McMann
Unwind and Unwholly (Unwind #1-2) by Neal Shusterman

V
Variant and Feedback (Variant #1-2) by Robinson Wells

W
The Ward (The Ward #1) by Jordana Frankel
The Water Wars by Cameron Stracher
The Way We Fall and The Lives We Lost (Fallen World #1-2) by Megan Crewe
What’s Left of Me (The Hybrid Chronicles #1) by Kat Zhang
When She Woke by Hillary Jordan
When We Wake by Karen Healey
Winter’s End by Jean-Claude Mourlevat
Wither, Fever and Sever (The Chemical Garden #1-3) by Lauren DeStefano

X
XVI and Truth (XVI #1-2) by Julia Karr

Y
Yesterday by C.K. Kelly Martin

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