In this #1 national bestseller, "master storyteller" (Houston Chronicle) Stephen King, writing as Richard Bachman, tells the tale of the contestants of a grueling walking competition where there can only be one winner--the one that...
Dystopian fiction
- Author:King, StephenSummary:
- Author:Shriver, LionelSummary:
In 2029, the United States is engaged in a bloodless world war. Overnight, the "almighty dollar" plummets in value. The Mandibles have been counting on a sizable fortune, but once the inheritance turns to ash, each family member must...
- Author:Dimaline, CherieSummary:
In a future world ravaged by global warming, people have lost the ability to dream, and the dreamlessness has led to widespread madness. The only people still able to dream are North America's indigenous population-- and it is their...
- Author:Ogawa, YōkoSummary:
A haunting Orwellian novel about the terrors of state surveillance, from the acclaimed author of The Housekeeper and the Professor. On an unnamed island off an unnamed coast, objects are disappearing: first hats, then ribbons, birds,...
- Author:Alderman, NaomiSummary:
Shortlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction. What would happen if women suddenly possessed a fierce new power? In The Power, the world is a recognizable place: there's a rich Nigerian boy who lounges around the...
- Author:Trinetti, Paul A.Summary:
The fate of a future America. In The Preservation Plan, the final book of the Vexton series, an election brings tensions across the country to a head as Peace-Bringer nominee Nicole Kratz and Militant Alliance leader Gerald Levin...
- Author:Bell, AldenSummary:
Temple can't remember a time before the zombies, but she does remember the tragedy that sent her on her personal journey toward redemption. Wandering the blighted land, she must decide where to make a home and find the salvation she...
- Author:Makansi, K.Summary:
Remy Alexander wants justice. After narrowly escaping death at the hands of the Sector only to watch her world burn around her, she will defy everyone to find her revenge. Valerian Orlean wants truth. After learning what evils the...
- Author:Makansi, K.Summary:
Remy Alexander wants justice. After narrowly escaping death at the hands of the Sector only to watch her world burn around her, she will defy everyone to find her revenge. Valerian Orlean wants truth. After learning what evils the...
- Author:Powell, DanielSummary:
A young man with a terrible secret buried deep in his chest staggers through what remains of the American South. The destruction is total — the landscape scrubbed bare by the fires of the Reset. The sun rarely penetrates the daily ash...
- Author:Ness, PatrickSummary:
What if you aren't the Chosen One? The one who's supposed to fight the zombies, or the soul-eating ghosts, or whatever the heck this new thing is, with the blue lights and the death? What if you're like Mikey? Who just...
- Author:Lawless, J.R.H.Summary:
If only fools think they can change the world, then a fool is the only one who can. Life doesn't pick winners and losers. That's for the corporations to decide. And they picked Liam Argyle for a carefree life of fame and fortune as host...
- Author:Walters, EricSummary:
"A teen's suburban neighborhood bands together for its own survival in a world stricken by a catastrophic blackout"--
- Author:Walters, EricSummary:
In a world gone dark, life goes on for Adam and his fortified neighborhood of Eden Mills even if the extreme steps taken by his battle-hardened mentor Herb, his police chief mom, and the other leaders in the name of security and...
- Author:Walters, EricSummary:
A global blackout forces teenager Adam Daley and his neighbors to turn their community into a fortress, defending against countless enemies, but a new danger threatens to destroy them all.
- Author:Bachman, RichardSummary:
A desperate man attempts to win a reality TV game where the only objective is to stay alive in this #1 national bestseller from Stephen King, writing as Richard Bachman. "Tomorrow at noon, the hunt begins. Remember his face!" Ben...
- Author:Brunner, JohnSummary:
A prophetic look at the potential consequences of the escalating destruction of the Earth.
- Author:Roth, VeronicaSummary:
More Four! Fans of the Divergent series by #1 New York Times bestselling author Veronica Roth will be thrilled by The Son, the third of four new short stories told from Four's perspective. Each brief story explores the world of the...
- Author:Doubinsky, Seb.Summary:
Williams Burroughs meets Philip K. Dick in this dystopian drug-fueled novel set in the not-so-distant future. Synth is a drug able to induce hallucinations indistinguishable from reality. But it's brand new, highly addictive, and...
- Author:Makansi, K.Summary:
The Resistance Has Begun. Remy Alexander wants vengeance. When she and her friends discover a clue that could help reveal the truth behind the massacre that claimed her sister's life, she may finally get her chance. Valerian Orlean...