By: curuinor
I hated YA fiction as a young kid, because I couldn't find deeper depths with every reading. Of course that isn't true for the best YA fiction, which has its own merits, but you might want to seriously...
View ArticleBy: sartre08
I'd recommend The Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler, Oryx and Crake and its sequel The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood, and also The Handmaids Tale by Margaret Atwood...I don't think any...
View ArticleBy: AmandaA
Nthng a lot of peolpe here, but definitely pick up The Giver, if you haven't already. It truly changed my life, and although it was my small, 4th grade life, I've still re-read it every year since....
View ArticleBy: ashirys
I'm not sure it exactly qualifies as YA, but much of what Robin McKinley writes is, so I'll suggest it anyway: Sunshine. It features vampires (and some other supernatural beasties), but it's pretty...
View ArticleBy: ninebelow
A few that I don't think have been mentioned:The Other Side Of The Island by Allegra GoodmanThe Declaration series by Gemma MalleyMomentum by Saci Lloyd
View ArticleBy: waterlily
It's been a couple decades since I read these so I can't remember a lot of detail but Monica Hughes (author of the previously mentioned Invitation to the Game) wrote a few like this. They may be aimed...
View ArticleBy: ridiculous
Lately all I seem to read is post apocalyptic/dystopian YA. I would second The Forest of Hands and Teeth, yes it is Zombies but it's much more than that, and Life as We Knew it. I started Scott...
View ArticleBy: tchemgrrl
Before the jump I was thinking Hunger Games, funny. The Uglies trilogy+ (Uglies, Pretties, Specials, Extras) is fun. Octavian Nothing is more of a historical dystopia (set around the time of the...
View ArticleBy: lockstitch
This is a great list! I'll keep checking back to see if any new books are added, but this is going to make my reading this quarter much better, I can tell already. Thanks!
View ArticleBy: purenitrous
The only one I have to add to the excellent list above is the Australian series Tomorrow When the War Began. Teenagers trying tO survive after Australia is invaded-not alien, but good semi-apocalyptic...
View ArticleBy: kerning
The Forest of Hands and Teeth series was a pretty decent read, even though it sort of deals with zombies. There are three books in the series, but I've only read the first so far. I know you said no...
View ArticleBy: Felicity Rilke
Rae Mariz's The Unidentified and The Maze Runner trilogy by James Dashner. I'm a bit frustrated by The Maze Runner, but I've only read the first book and I'm hoping the pieces come together a bit...
View ArticleBy: rainydayfilms
It's not super sci-fi, but it's a bit dystopian. It's also great if you like computer nerdiness: Cory Doctorow's Little Brother
View ArticleBy: Triplanetary
I second John Christopher's Tripod trilogy: + The White Mountains + The City of Gold and Lead + The Pool Of Fire Then you can read the prequel When the Tripods came. I read these together with my 8...
View ArticleBy: Logic Sheep
Lots of series by Bruce Coville are sci-fi or speculative fiction. They're fun, easy, and often quick to read and even those that aren't YA are usually really enjoyable. His characterization is so good...
View ArticleBy: PhoBWanKenobi
Just a note on Delirium and Matched--I considered recommending them, too, and they're both well-written (if a bit bland), but they also both have heavy Twilight-esque focus on romance, and, in the case...
View ArticleBy: 1901gunner
Knife of Never Letting Go/Chaos Walking trilogy is great, particularly for handling the issues it does as YADelirium by Lauren Oliver was an above-average read. I really liked her previous novel,...
View ArticleBy: Maximian
How about When the Tripods Came by John Christopher. Intense, and an extremely fast read. It's actually part of a trilogy, though I haven't read the sequels.
View ArticleBy: Sockpuppets 'R' Us
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins dystopian, vaguely decadent-Roman-Empire crossed with Soviet/1984-style setting in the ruins of the...
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