Category It’s The End Of The World As We Know It

The Guardian and the Thief 

The Guardian and the Thief Megha Majumdar In a near-future Kolkata, Ma, her two-year-old daughter, and her elderly father are just days from leaving the collapsing city behind to join Ma’s husband in Ann Arbor, Michigan. After procuring long-awaited visas…

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Red Rising Trilogy

Red Rising Trilogy Pierce Brown Dystopia Darrow is a Red, a member of the lowest caste in the color-coded society of the future. Like his fellow Reds, he works all day, believing that he and his people are making the…

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The Road

The Road Cormac McCarthy Dystopia  A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind. It is cold enough to crack stones, and when the snow falls it…

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Animal Farm

Animal Farm George Orwell Dystopia Animal Farm is an allegorical novella by George Orwell that satirizes the events of the Russian Revolution and the emergence of Stalinism. It is a story that unfolds on a farm where animals, led by…

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1984

1984 George Orwell Dystopia  George Orwell’s seminal work, *1984*, presents a chilling dystopia set in a totalitarian regime that surveils and controls every aspect of its citizens’ lives. Through the protagonist, Winston Smith, Orwell masterfully employs a crisp, clear narrative…

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The Road

The Road Cormac McCarthy Dystopia America is a barren landscape of smoldering ashes, devoid of life except for those people still struggling to scratch out some type of existence. Amidst this destruction, a father and his young son walk, always…

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Catching Fire

Catching Fire Suzanne Collins Dystopia  My name is Katniss Everdeen. Why am I not dead? I should be dead.  Katniss Everdeen, girl on fire, has survived, even though her home has been destroyed. Gale has escaped. Katniss’ family is safe.…

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Catching Fire

Catching Fire Suzanne Collins Dystopia Against all odds, Katniss has won the Hunger Games. She and fellow District 12 tribute Peeta Mellark are miraculously still alive. Katniss should be relieved, happy even. After all, she has returned to her family…

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The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins Dystopia In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. Long ago the districts waged war on the Capitol and…

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