Dystopian HQ

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
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