What is your favorite DYSTOPIAN novel/why?

[spelling88]

heyyy so i need to read a book that focuses on a dystopian government, and i can't read something that has a movie made of it (so no hunger games/ maze runner/etc) and so far i really am interested in Cinder and Forecast, any suggestions? what's your favorite dystopian book and why

 

[kassie]

I read The Darkest Minds awhile ago and loved it. Still need to finish the other two books but I can imagine they'll be good as well. Here's the plot summary:

When Ruby woke up on her tenth birthday, something about her had changed. Something alarming enough to make her parents lock her in the garage and call the police. Something that gets her sent to Thurmond, a brutal government "rehabilitation camp." She might have survived the mysterious disease that's killed most of America's children, but she and the others have emerged with something far worse: frightening abilities they cannot control.

Now sixteen, Ruby is one of the dangerous ones.

 

[hulaburger]

heyyy so i need to read a book that focuses on a dystopian government, and i can't read something that has a movie made of it (so no hunger games/ maze runner/etc) and so far i really am interested in Cinder and Forecast, any suggestions? what's your favorite dystopian book and why

The Long Walk by Stephen King. It's similar in premise to the hunger game. 100 teenagers in a govt sponsored contest to the death. It's one of those books that will stay with you after you read it and make you think.

http://www.amazon.com/Long-Walk-Ste...093445&sr=8-1&keywords=long+walk+stephen+king

Ray Garraty--along with 99 other teen boys--has entered the Long Walk, a grueling march at four miles per hour that continues until only one person is standing. The losers receive bullets to the head. As the march progresses, the numbers dwindle, the challenges of continued marching increase, and the senselessness wears on the participants' state of mind. King (writing as his alter ego, Richard Bachman) delivers another psychologically dark tale with commentary on society, teenage life, and cultural entertainment that is still poignant decades after its original publication. Kirby Heyborne's skills shine in the narrative passages, which he executes with a good mixture of rhythm and emphasis. A Signet paperback.

 

[Ichigo.]

YES to Cinder. I've read all of the books (minus Fairest, which is actually sitting on my desk right now) and I'm waiting for the last one to come out. I thought the plot sounded quite odd, but I fell in love with it pretty quickly. I also have to say that I think the books get better as they go on. Cress, the latest one, was by far the best.

You said you only have to read one, but you might end up reading the whole series. It's a great series to read if you want to escape on a little adventure.

 

[Chris]

Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell.

It's my favourite book of all time. It does have a film adaptation, but that shouldn't stop anyone when it comes to a classic. No matter what I read nothing has ever been able to top Orwell's book for me (and I wouldn't even claim to be a fan of his work, because this is the only book by him I've ever read). I had to read it in high school at age 16 and then again in college at 18, so I've read it countless times by now for academic reasons as well as leisure and I'm still not bored. The story involves a society that lives under constant government surveillance that abolishes individualism and independent thought.

 

[Murray]

Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell.

It's my favourite book of all time. It does have a film adaptation, but that shouldn't stop anyone when it comes to a classic. No matter what I read nothing has ever been able to top Orwell's book for me (and I wouldn't even claim to be a fan of his work, because this is the only book by him I've ever read). I had to read it in high school at age 16 and then again in college at 18, so I've read it countless times by now for academic reasons as well as leisure and I'm still not bored. The story involves a society that lives under constant government surveillance that abolishes individualism and independent thought.

and best of all it's pretty short!!
But 1984 is great is like the standard when I think of dystopian books, and the movie is a pretty good visual representation.

@Tina have you not even read animal farm??

 

[tumut]

I just started uglies and it's pretty good so far.

 

[MishMeesh]

Does the Chaos Walking trilogy count? It's like a mix between actual post-apocalyptic and dystopian without being firmly either one.

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley was the one that freaked me out the most. Really interesting to read, but I'm not sure I'd voluntarily read it again for fun.

 

[cannedcommunism]

Most of them are pretty much the same. I'd have to go with Shade's children. It's really riveting and interesting, and it's more original.

 

[toxapex]

I'm not sure if it counts as dystopian (I kinda forget some of the story) but there was this book I read a few years ago called The Unidentified by Rae Mariz.

 

[fup10k]

I liked Anthem by Ayn Rand? (I could not get through any of her other books though, ugh.)

Figured i'd put it out there since no one's mentioned it.

my favorite "dystopian" novel isn't technically a dystopian society (more of a really ****ed up sci-fi dystopian situation) but i liked Ender's game a lot.

 

[Brackets]

Has anyone read 'Uglies' by Scott Westerfield? It's about a society where they do an operation on everyone at a certain age to make them really pretty and all the same. Really good.

I also love 1984, already mentioned on this thread.

Also The Knife of Never Letting Go is AMAZING - it's about a world where there's only men, and they can all hear each other's thoughts (including the dog's). It's totally weird, but great.

 

[Jarrad]

Probably the hunger games and the walking dead

I've gotten into this really amazing book lately, it's called "The Passage" by Justin Cronin and it's about a little girl's journey through a dystopian future brought about by a virus that turns people into strange vampire-like creatures (like zombies, only a lot more lethal. Sort of like the things in the I Am Legend movie)

It starts off really amazing, but halfway through the book (It's a big book) there's a massive time-skip with a new group of people. That's probably my only concern with the book, having to grow towards these unique characters in the first half and then having to forget about them all and try to recognise each individual new character in the latter half.

I'd strongly recommend this book to people that are fans of the post-apocalyptic/collapse of civilisation/dystopian-future genre. I guess if I could compare this book to anything in terms of similarity it would probably be close to The Last of us.

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heyyy so i need to read a book that focuses on a dystopian government, and i can't read something that has a movie made of it (so no hunger games/ maze runner/etc) and so far i really am interested in Cinder and Forecast, any suggestions? what's your favorite dystopian book and why

Can I ask why you have to read one of those particular books?
Is it for an English assignment? Do you have to write an essay?

can we help

 

[Gusmanak]

There's this book I read called "Legend", it's based in a world where the U.S and split in half and is Waring, but with modern times.

 

[Yoshisaur]

I just started uglies and it's pretty good so far.

My favorite by far. The entire series is very good.

 

[abby534534]

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley is good dystopian novel for school reports. 1984 works well too.

Good luck!

Personally I love the Hunger games... but mostly the movies, which kind of defeats the purpose of this thread XD

 

[eggs]

i really love battle royale and the giver. when the movie for the giver came out, i was immensely disappointed.