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

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

The Immortalists Chloe Benjamin Fantasy It’s 1969 in New York City’s Lower East Side, and word has spread of the arrival of a mystical woman, a traveling psychic who claims to be able to tell anyone the day they will…

The Handmaid’s Tale Margaret Atwood Dystopia In Margaret Atwood’s dystopian future, environmental disasters and declining birthrates have led to a Second American Civil War. The result is the rise of the Republic of Gilead, a totalitarian regime that enforces rigid…

Leave The World Behind Rumaan Alam Dystopia Amanda and Clay head out to a remote corner of Long Island expecting a vacation: a quiet reprieve from life in New York City, quality time with their teenage son and daughter, and a…