Dystopia novel recommendations

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ElvenElf · 26/11/2024 00:22

Hoping for some help with dystopian and/apocalyptic novel recommendations for my DD15.
She has read and enjoyed the following (which I think fit this):
Hunger Games
Handmaid's Tale
The Road
1984
Brave New World

There will be more I am sure but those are the ones I can recount off the top of my head.
Argh just noticed error in thread title!

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BlueFairyBugsBooks · 26/11/2024 20:23

The Truth Sister Trilogy by Phil Gilvin. It like Handmaids Tale. But women are in charge. So the opposite really.

Guardup · 26/11/2024 20:27

This is my favourite genre (teen dystopia) and I highly recommend ‘The quiet at the end of the world’ by Lauren James

JuliaLivilla · 26/11/2024 20:36

A lot of 1950s/60s "hard" SF depicts a dystopian future - writers such as Philip K Dick, Kurt Vonnegut, Ray Bradbury, Robert Heinlein, etc.

BloominNora · 26/11/2024 20:36

Wool trilogy - Hugh Howey (currently being adapted by Apple TV as Silo)
Divergent trilogy
Maze Runner
I am Legend (way better than the film adaptations)
The Power - Naomi Alderman
The Passage Trilogy - Justin Cronin
The Host - Stephanie Meyer

Depending on how mature a reader she is:

Handmaids Tale and the Testaments
The Stand
The Bachman Books - Stephen King's novellas under the Richard Bachman pseudonym - particularly The Long Walk and if you can get old of an old copy Rage (Rage was removed from print after Columbine)
The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks

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ElvenElf · 26/11/2024 20:52

Wow thank you so much everyone. Going to work through all these suggestions and make a list to buy.
Will let you know what I decide on although I am sure I will come back to this list again in the future to get more.

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