Diving Into Dystopian Reads

Today on the pod, the Nerds are offering up some Dystopian Reads to tickle your fancy. Whether you're brand new to the genre or you've already survived a Hunger Games (or two), there are picks here for everyone!

Titles Mentioned in this Episode:

Joe’s Titles: 

Wanderers by Chuck Wendig 

Flowers for the Sea by Zin E. Rocklyn 

Want by Cindy Pon 

Uglies by Scott Westerfeld 

Jill’s Titles:  

The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton 

The Giver by Lois Lowry 

The Grace Year by Kim Liggett 

Oryx & Crake by Margaret Atwood 

Emma’s Titles: 

The Selection series by Kiera Cass 

Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam   

Red Queen series by Victoria Aveyard  

Delirium by Lauren Oliver  

Here are some foundational/classic dystopian titles and twenty-tens heyday titles mentioned, but not discussed in this episode:

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

1984 by George Orwell

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

The Road by Cormac McCarthy

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

Legend by Marie Lu

Divergent by Veronica Roth

The Maze Runner by James Dashner

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