YA dystopia dystopias

Young-adult dystopias hand the broken world to the young. The genre pairs a rigid, sorting society with a protagonist on the edge of adulthood, and the arc from obedience to revolt doubles as a coming of age. These books made dystopia a mass readership and keep its warnings in circulation.

100 titles in this subgenre, earliest first.

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  Gulliver's TravelsJonathan Swift · 1726
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  The Time MachineH. G. Wells · 1895
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  The Machine StopsE. M. Forster · 1909
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  The Moon Is DownJohn Steinbeck · 1942
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  Fahrenheit 451Ray Bradbury · 1953
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  A Canticle for LeibowitzWalter M. Miller Jr · 1959
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  A Clockwork OrangeAnthony Burgess · 1962
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  The White MountainsJohn Christopher · 1967
• The Guardians
  The GuardiansJohn Christopher · 1970
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  The LoraxDr. Seuss · 1971
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  The Girl Who Owned a CityO. T. Nelson · 1975
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  The Dark TowerC. S. Lewis · 1977
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  The Eye of the HeronUrsula K. Le Guin · 1978
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  The Long WalkStephen King, Richard Bachman · 1979
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  Snow CrashNeal Stephenson · 1992
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  Parable of the SowerOctavia E. Butler · 1993
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  The GiverLois Lowry · 1993
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  Infinite JestDavid Foster Wallace · 1996
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  Shade's ChildrenGarth Nix · 1997
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  Among the HiddenMargaret Peterson Haddix · 1998
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  Battle RoyaleKoushun Takami · 1999
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  Gathering BlueLois Lowry · 2000
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  CheckmateMalorie Blackman · 2001
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  Mortal EnginesPhilip Reeve · 2001
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  Noughts and CrossesMalorie Blackman · 2001
• Among the Betrayed
  Among the BetrayedMargaret Peterson Haddix · 2002
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  FeedM. T. Anderson · 2002
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  The House of the ScorpionNancy Farmer · 2002
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  Among the BaronsMargaret Peterson Haddix · 2003
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  The City of EmberJeanne DuPrau · 2003
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  Among the BraveMargaret Peterson Haddix · 2004
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  MessengerLois Lowry · 2004
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  The People of SparksJeanne DuPrau · 2004
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  The Plot Against AmericaPhilip Roth · 2004
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  Among the EnemyMargaret Peterson Haddix · 2005
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  PrettiesScott Westerfeld · 2005
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  UgliesScott Westerfeld · 2005
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  Among the FreeMargaret Peterson Haddix · 2006
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  GenesisBernard Beckett · 2006
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  Life as We Knew ItSusan Beth Pfeffer · 2006
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  SpecialsScott Westerfeld · 2006
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  ExtrasScott Westerfeld · 2007
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  IncarceronCatherine Fisher · 2007
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  RantChuck Palahniuk · 2007
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  UnwindNeal Shusterman · 2007
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  GoneMichael Grant · 2008
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  SapphiqueCatherine Fisher · 2008
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  The Dead and the GoneSusan Beth Pfeffer · 2008
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  The DeclarationGemma Malley · 2008
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  The Diamond of DarkholdJeanne DuPrau · 2008
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  The HostStephenie Meyer · 2008
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  The Hunger GamesSuzanne Collins · 2008
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  The ResistanceGemma Malley · 2008
• Catching Fire
  Catching FireSuzanne Collins · 2009
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  The Forest of Hands and TeethCarrie Ryan · 2009
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  The Maze RunnerJames Dashner · 2009
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  MatchedAlly Condie · 2010
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  MockingjaySuzanne Collins · 2010
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  Monsters of MenPatrick Ness · 2010
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  The Scorch TrialsJames Dashner · 2010
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  Across The UniverseBeth Revis · 2011
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  CrossedAlly Condie · 2011
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  DeliriumLauren Oliver · 2011
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  DivergentVeronica Roth · 2011
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  LegendMarie Lu · 2011
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  Ready Player OneErnest Cline · 2011
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  Shatter MeTahereh Mafi · 2011
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  The Death CureJames Dashner · 2011
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  The UnwantedsLisa McMann · 2011
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  Unravel MeTahereh Mafi · 2011
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  WitherLauren DeStefano · 2011
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  Article 5Kristen Simmons · 2012
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  InsurgentVeronica Roth · 2012
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  PandemoniumLauren Oliver · 2012
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  ReachedAlly Condie · 2012
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  Revealing EdenVictoria Foyt · 2012
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  SonLois Lowry · 2012
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  The SelectionKiera Cass · 2012
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  Under the Never SkyVeronica Rossi · 2012
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  AllegiantVeronica Roth · 2013
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  ChampionMarie Lu · 2013
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  From the New WorldYusuke Kishi · 2013
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  ProdigyMarie Lu · 2013
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  RebootAmy Tintera · 2013
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  The 5th WaveRick Yancey · 2013
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  The EliteKiera Cass · 2013
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  Red RisingPierce Brown · 2014
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  The Girl with All the GiftsM. R. Carey · 2014
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  The Infinite SeaRick Yancey · 2014
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  Golden SonPierce Brown · 2015
• Red Queen (novel)
  Red Queen (novel)Victoria Aveyard · 2015
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  Morning StarPierce Brown · 2016
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  ScytheNeal Shusterman · 2016
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  The Last StarRick Yancey · 2016
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  Iron GoldPierce Brown · 2018
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  The TestamentsMargaret Atwood · 2019
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  Ready Player TwoErnest Cline · 2020
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  The Ballad of Songbirds and SnakesSuzanne Collins · 2020
• Sunrise on the Reaping
  Sunrise on the ReapingSuzanne Collins · 2025
• The Merge
  The MergeGrace Walker · 2025