What's the Name of That Book??? discussion

I am a huge fan of all things dystopian. I have read a bunch so far but I am looking for some recs for good unique ideas. With the market being so flooded with them lately it can be hard to find a great one. So what are your favorites with a unique premise? Or heck even a not so unique premise as long as its a great book lol. Any age group is fine with me.

I am reading this series right now. based on the other books I have read I am finding the story unique and it keeps my attention. Might be worth looking into.

The hybrid chronicles
By Zat Zhang
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Thank you so much!

We by Yevgeny Zamyatin
20th Century Boys, Volume 1: Friends by Naoki Urasawa
The War With The Newts by Karel Čapek

classic dystopia list

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7...

Not a totally unique premise, but I loved Mira Grant's Newsflesh trilogy, which starts with Feed . Interesting commentary on journalism and government corruption.

For two excellent, different takes on dystopian vampire takes, check out Robin McKinley's Sunshine and Holly Black's The Coldest Girl in Coldtown .

I recommend these 5-star dystopias:
Amped by Daniel H. Wilson and When She Woke by Hillary Jordan

Eclipse of the Sun by Michael D. O'Brien is one of my favorites books in this particular genre.

Thank you guys! These all look really good. Can't way for my winter break from college now!

Partials, by Dan Wells. It's not very well known, but it is very well written and definitely unique! I loved it.

I second partials I was just thinking of reading them again :)

Forgot to say the whole series is already out I get irritated when I start reading a 1/2 finished series:)

Good to know! Thank you both for the rec!

How about the Wool series? I thought it was fantastic.

No one has suggested the Kate Daniels series yet. It's not quite finished (I think that there are 2 more books to go, but am not totally positive.) Still at 5 books for the series, plus one "in the world of" and several short stories, it will keep you busy for a bit.

a YA standalone is Invitation to the Game by Monica Hughes.

The Hallowed Ones is so good!

thank you all I reall appreciate the recs

There are a LOT of dystopias out there, but if you specifically want some that are different or unusual, try these:

House of Stairs
Running Wild
The Hauntings of Playing God
It Can't Happen Here
Unicorns in the Rain
Genesis
The Testament of Jessie Lamb
Gibbon's Decline and Fall

I really loved Katie Kacvinsky's Awaken, it was an amazing book and I think you will really enjoy it.

Awaken for the clickamajig

Try this one: The ScavengersIt's aimed at a younger audience but I'm 26 and I enjoyed it.

This might be good to read The Darkest Minds By Alexandra Bracken...

Parable of the Sower

Terry Goodkind, Wizard's First Rule series

, Shannara series

Kit Rocha, Beyond Shame series, very adult

This one gave me nightmares as a kid (it's YA):

Z for Zachariah

I'm really not sure what a unique dystopia means, but here are some books that I would suggest looking into:
The Gate to Women's Country; The World Inside; The Handmaid's Tale; Mockingbird

I must also recommend Partials by Dan Wells. Also, Dualed by Elsie Chapman, The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau, Taken by Erin Bowman, and Legend by Marie Lu. There's a series called Gone by Michael Grant which isn't dystopia but is kinda sci-fi and has the dangerous survival situations that dystopian usually deals with.

How about Simone Pond's The City Center, The New Agenda, and The Mainframe? They are unique because there is a spiritual side to them. Not heavy spiritual, but it is there if you are looking for it. I have enjoyed them all.

The Lunar Chronicles is a really good one. It's also a sci-fi dystopian retelling of fairy tales.

Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler and the sequel are wonderful. I will second "We" and Ellie [The Empress]'s suggestions. I would add One by David Karp and Far North by Marcel Theroux.

I recommend Anthem by Ayn Rand. I find it unique because the future society is quite primitive, unlike most dystopian books.

The Flame Alphabet is unique, perhaps even experimental.

I liked Found by June Oldham; it might not be dystopian...but it has a vibe that it takes place in a another time.

Below the Root
And All Between
Until the Celebration

This 1975-77 series by Zilpha Keatley Snyder is a extremely subtle dystopia. It launches you into the overwhelming beauty of an idyllic society in a lush world of giant trees, blessed with flowers and abundant rain, but you gradually realize that the society is coming apart from the heart -- its children -- and rotting to death from the top. Salvation comes from the unlikeliest sources.

This was Snyder's only complete fantasy. Most of her other books are magic realism before it was called that. This was written decades before The Giver, but is often compared with it.

It also has the distinction of being the first book to be made into a video game. Below the Root, created by Dr. Snyder with Dale Disharoon (DeSharone) and Bill Groetzinger, involved lush colorful graphics, music by Dr. Snyder's husband Larry, intricate play with many surprises, and character choices allowing you to be male or female, either of two races, child or adult. It was created to solve what Dr. Snyder came to believe was a terrible mistake in the engineering of the resolution in the last book. She'd been flooded with mail but didn't know how to change things. The video game format let her present an alternative option.

The book was optioned early on by (I think) Disney, with no intention of actually making a film -- just so nobody else could get their hands on it. A few years before she died, Dr. Snyder was asked by a game developer if he could create a new and more detailed version of the Below The Root game for the modern PC. She wanted to allow it, but because the rights were optioned she could not give legal permission.

This is a great series. One of the best. Highly recommended.
Bluejay

See a playthrough here with humorous commentary.

Astraea wrote: "Below the Root
And All Between
Until the Celebration

This 1975-77 series by Zilpha Keatley Snyder is a extremely subtle dystopia. It launches y..."

Fascinating story about these books. I've read other things by her but not this -- clearly I've missed out!

False Dawn

The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin is one of my recent dystopian reads. It's dark and definitely for an adult audience. The setting is unique and has compelling characters. Give it a go :)

Lindig wrote: "False Dawn"

ooh, chelsea quinn. I love her St. Germain books.

On Wings of Song

Logan's Run
This Perfect Day

I haven't seen this mentioned, but I really liked Renegade (first book of a series) by J.A. Souders