Since I'm loving dystopian lately, I decided to list and categorize all the books in the genre that I've read. I don't know what purpose this serves, really, so just go with it, 'kay?
This is, of course, a work in progress. Oh, and books/series can fit into more than one category.
Barricaded Dystopians: In which a barrier of some sort (a fence, a wall, a force field, etc.) stands between the dystopian society and the rest of the world, whether it is also dystopian or not
Delirium by Lauren Oliver
Divergent by Veronica Roth
The Gone series by Michael Grant
Gone
Hunger
Lies
The Line by Teri Hall
Dystopians that Defy Description: In which different aspects of the genre are mixed, or, general dystopians that don't really fit into any of my nifty categories
Birthmarked by Caragh M. O'Brien
The Chaos Walking Trilogy by Patrick Ness
The Kinfe of Never Letting Go
Monsters of Men
The Ask and the Answer
The Gone series by Michael Grant
Gone
Hunger
Lies
"Realistic" Dystopians: In which humans are wiped out via things that could really happen (i.e. asteroids hitting the Earth or widespread destruction via natural disaster, plagues/pandemics, nuclear warfare, etc) and deal with it in realistic ways
Empty by Suzanne Weyn
The Last Survivors series by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Life As We Knew It
The Dead and the Gone
The Way We Live Now
"Romantic" Dystopians: In which the future of the world rests on the production of children, forcing couples to ... ahem ... couple, or in which marriage plays a large part
Delirium by Lauren Oliver
Matched by Ally Condie
Wither by Lauren DeStefano
Survivor-Style Dystopians: In which people are forced to participate in cruel experiments/competitions/tests or undergo operations/procedures in order to stay alive/be accepted in society
Divergent by Veronica Roth
The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins
The Hunger Games
Catching Fire
Mockingjay
The Maze Runner Trilogy by James Dashner
The Maze Runner
The Scorch Trials
The Death Cure
Uglies series by Scott Westerfield
Uglies
Pretties
Specials
Extras
Underground Dystopians: In which humans have been forced to live underground in order to survive
Enclave by Ann Aguirre
The Incarceron series by Catherine Fisher
Incarceron
Sapphique
Watery Dystopians: In which the world is covered in water due to massive flooding, forcing survivors to crowd onto thin wisps of remaining land
Dark Life series by Kat Falls
Dark Life
Rip Tide
Exodus by Julie Bertagna (Review)
Shipbreaker by Paolo Bacigalupi
X-Isle by Steve Aguarde (Review)
Zombie Dystopians: In which zombies - of one kind or another - take over the world
Ashes by Ilsa J. Bick
I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
Rot and Ruin by Jonathan Maberry
The Enemy by Charlie Higson
The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan
The Passage by Justin Cronin






