2020 DCL Reading Challenge: Dystopian Fiction

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Accept the challenge! Read any of the titles on this list and you'll be one step closer to finishing our 2020 Reading Challenge—and winning a prize. Accept the challenge! Read any of the titles on this list and you'll be one step closer to finishing our 2020 Reading Challenge—and winning a prize. Show less

Divergent

by Roth, Veronica

eBook - 2011

Are you brave? Kind or intelligent? Or are you selfless or honest? Take the test! Explore, along with these future citizens of Chicago, how you fit into society. Are you brave? Kind or intelligent? Or are you selfless or honest? Take the test! Explore, along with these future citizens of Chicago, how you fit into society. Show less

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Brave New World

by Huxley, Aldous

Book - 2006

This tale of technological dystopia was written in 1932 about a society run by benevolent dictators through brainwashing and groupthink. This tale of technological dystopia was written in 1932 about a society run by benevolent dictators through brainwashing and groupthink. Show less

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Renegades

by Meyer, Marissa

Book - 2017

In a society now run by prodigies, divided between Renegades and Anarchists, the lines between good and evil become blurred. In a society now run by prodigies, divided between Renegades and Anarchists, the lines between good and evil become blurred. Show less

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One Second After

by Forstchen, William R.

eBook - 2011

A community works together to create bonds and a "new normal" after an EMP strike. A community works together to create bonds and a "new normal" after an EMP strike. Show less

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The 5th Wave

by Yancey, Richard

eBook - 2013

For fans of movies like "A Quiet Place" and "I Am Legend," this first book of a trilogy explores survival in the midst of devastation....Show more For fans of movies like "A Quiet Place" and "I Am Legend," this first book of a trilogy explores survival in the midst of devastation. Follow Cassie as she runs from the aliens that attacked her world as well as the military power she was taught to trust. Show less

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Feed

by Anderson, M. T.

eBook - 2010

In a not-so-distant future, technology has become such an integral part of society that humans are given a computer implant in their brains that allows th...Show more In a not-so-distant future, technology has become such an integral part of society that humans are given a computer implant in their brains that allows them all the access to the internet they may ever need. But what happens when you reject the technology and begin to question the Feed? Show less

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After the Flood

A Novel

by Montag, Kassandra

eBook - 2019

A mother and daughter’s journey to find community after the world has flooded. What is really important when you’ve lost everything? A mother and daughter’s journey to find community after the world has flooded. What is really important when you’ve lost everything? Show less

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Agenda 21

by Beck, Glenn

Downloadable Audiobook - 2013

Fast-paced and suspenseful, this is a "Brave New World" for the 21st century. Fast-paced and suspenseful, this is a "Brave New World" for the 21st century. Show less

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The Selection

by Cass, Kiera

eBook - 2012

Most girls would jump at the chance to better their lives for glamour and glitter as well as a happily ever after except for a girl called America. She isn’t buying into the whole charade ... at first. Most girls would jump at the chance to better their lives for glamour and glitter as well as a happily ever after except for a girl called America. She isn’t buying into the whole charade ... at first. Show less

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The Man in the High Castle

by Dick, Philip K.

eBook - 2011

What would the world be like if Nazi Germany and Japan had won WWII? What would the world be like if Nazi Germany and Japan had won WWII? Show less

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For Darkness Shows the Stars

by Peterfreund, Diana

eBook - 2012

What do you get when you cross Jane Austen’s "Persuasion" with a dystopian landscape in the wake of a devastating genetic experiment gone wrong? You get a beautiful romance that proves that life goes on among terrible circumstances. What do you get when you cross Jane Austen’s "Persuasion" with a dystopian landscape in the wake of a devastating genetic experiment gone wrong? You get a beautiful romance that proves that life goes on among terrible circumstances. Show less

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Scythe

by Shusterman, Neal

eBook - 2016

No death, no war, no disease. But wait, there's a catch! Scythes are individuals commanded to take certain lives. Commanded by whom? It's more by what—an ...Show more No death, no war, no disease. But wait, there's a catch! Scythes are individuals commanded to take certain lives. Commanded by whom? It's more by what—an AI referred to as the Thunderhead. The characters in this YA book are compelling and the social commentary is timely. Show less

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