Filled with everything from classic love stories and tales of heroism to contemporary criticisms on changes in society and dystopian tales – there is a wealth of exciting and nail-biting stories to read out there. One of the most difficult decisions can be to decide which ones to read! Be...
pulling from multiple titles I had recently read. Finally setting aside some time, I decided to look into these books a bit more, and then I fell down a rabbit hole. Suddenly, I’m not seeing dystopian books a-la Hunger Games and Divergent anymore. Now, books ...
Brave New Worldisrequired readingfor many high schools and colleges, and for good reason. It’s one of the most fascinating explorations of the dangers of technology, showing us how we can literally create our own dark, dystopian society through over-reliance on and unchecked exploration of tech...
She lives in Chicago, somewhere in a dystopian society. The society is split into five different parts – each of them with the aim to promote a specific virtue. You have the selfless, the brave, the intelligent, the honest and the peaceful. Those who turn 16 years old must decide ...
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The story follows a street-sweeper who illegally pursues an interest in science, which leads him to discover the fallen state of his society. Like most dystopian political commentary, the scenarios are somewhat contrived, but it had some interesting features like the coded names, the prohibition ...
We kicked off our dystopian book clubs this week and the students are pretty excited. This genre of books is my favorite, and the favorites of many students, and yet there are also some who have never experienced it. For the past month, we have been actively searching for the titles we...
It got me thinking a lot about cliffhangers myself. In fact, one cliffhanger that has left me on the edge of my seat for almost an entire year is how the Paramount+ show Star Trek: Strange New Worlds wrapped up Season 2 last year, with an epic cliffhanger that I can’t wait to se...
(and blow off some steam), dystopian and post-apocalyptic books offer us a way to escape the constant cultural need to deny the underlying problems of our society. (Quick aside — I’ve been learning to speak out on some of these big issues that are easier to deny, and it’s been a...
The summer between graduating from high school and heading off tocollegecan be a great time to relax with a good book before starting the next chapter. In fact, some colleges ask incoming students to do exactly that, assigning the same book across the entire university or within individual maj...