Reading: Dystopia

The World Controllers have finally created the ideal society. From the Alpha-Plus mandarin class to the Epsilon-Minus Semi-Morons, designed to perform menial tasks, man is bred and educated to be blissfully content with his pre-destined role. Fiction. 340 pages.

In a dystopian alternate United States, people incarcerated in an expansive private prison system have the option to fight for their freedom in gladiator-style death matches. Fiction 363 pages. Available as ebook and audiobook

Lena looks forward to receiving the government-mandated cure that prevents the delirium of love and leads to a safe, predictable, and happy life, until ninety-five days before her eighteenth birthday and her treatment, she falls in love. Young Adult Fiction. 441 pages. Available as ebook and audiobook

A 16-year old must choose among 5 factions to define her identity for life, a decision made more difficult when she discovers that she is an anomaly who does not fit into any one group, and that the society she lives in is not perfect after all. Young Adult Fiction. 487 pages. Available as ebook and audiobook

A veteran of years of simulated war games, Ender believes he is engaged in one more computer war game when in truth he is commanding the last fleet of Earth against an alien race seeking the complete destruction of Earth. Fiction. 324 pages. Available as ebook

Guy Montag, a fire-fighter and book-burner for the State, discovers that in order to remain human he must preserve the books that attest to his humanity. Fiction. 179 pages. Available as ebook

This epic, award winning fantasy novel begins with the great red rift across the heart of the world's sole continent, spewing ash that blots out the sun. Fiction. 486 pages. Available as ebook

PCC English instructor Thea Prieto is the author of this award-winning novella, which follows four characters struggling to survive in a ruined world, and highlights the role of story in sustaining hope.Fiction. 137 pages. Available as ebook

Set in the late twentieth century, Jonas lives in a peaceful community that knows of no pain, war, or poverty, but in society's quest for sameness they have also lost the meaning of love and family. Follow Jonas and other outcasts who question this life. Young Adult Fiction. 179 pages. Available as ebook

Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead, serving in the household of the enigmatic Commander and his bitter wife. A gripping vision of our society radically overturned by a theocratic revolution. Fiction. 350 pages.

This action thriller is set In a future North America, where the rulers of Panem maintain control through an annual televised survival competition pitting youth against one another. First part of a trilogy that includes Catching Fire and Mockingjay. Young Adult Fiction. 374 pages. Available as ebook Catching Fire and Mockingjay also available as ebooks.

It's America in 1962. Slavery is legal once again. In San Francisco, the I Ching is as common as the Yellow Pages. All because some twenty years earlier the United States lost a war-and is now occupied by Nazi Germany and Japan. Fiction. 274 pages.

In a future world ravaged by global warming, most people have lost the ability to dream, and this dreamlessness has led to widespread madness. The only people still able to dream are North America's Indigenous population-- and it is their marrow that holds the cure for the rest of the world. Young adult fiction. 234 pages.Available as ebook and audiobook

All her life, Cassia has never had a choice. The Society dictates when and how to play, where to work, where to live, what to eat and wear, and whom to marry. But if she is Matched to Xander, why is she thinking about Ky? Young Adult Fiction. 369 pages. Available as ebook

Sixteen-year-old Thomas wakes up with no memory in the middle of a maze and realizes he must work with the community in which he finds himself if he is to escape. Young Adult Fiction. 375 pages. Available as ebook and audiobook

Case, a nerve-damaged data thief, is recruited by a new employer for a last-chance run against a powerful artificial intelligence. Fiction. 276 pages.

The students of Hailsham, an elite school in the English countryside, are so special that visitors shun them, and only by rumor and the occasional fleeting remark by a teacher do they discover their unconventional origins and strange destiny. Fiction. 288 pages. Available as ebook

In a chaotic 2025 California, a young African American woman flees northward from her small community and its desperate savages. This flight for survival leads to a startling vision of human destiny and the birth of a new faith. Fiction. 345 pages. Available as ebook

It’s the year 2044, and the real world is an ugly place. In the virtual utopia called Oasis, gamers must navigate clever puzzles and outwit enemies in the virtual world to save the real one. Described by reviewers as “completely fricking awesome. Fiction. 374 pages. Available as ebook and audiobook

A thrilling sci-fi novel set in a dystopian society on Mars, where Darrow infiltrates the ruling class to bring about a revolution. Fiction. 344 pages.

"This post-apocalyptic tale of a traveling theater troop is beautifully written and very hard to set down." (Summary from Multcolib). Fiction. 333 pages.

"More than fifteen years after the events of The Handmaid's Tale, the theocratic regime of the Republic of Gilead maintains its grip on power, but there are signs it is beginning to rot from within." Fiction. 419 pages.