Best Young Adult Dystopian Novels

1.
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) 4.35 avg rating — 9,593,599 ratings
2.
Divergent (Divergent, #1)
Divergent (Divergent, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 4,286,609 ratings
3.
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2) 4.35 avg rating — 4,011,213 ratings
4.
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3) 4.11 avg rating — 3,593,131 ratings
5.
Insurgent (Divergent, #2)
Insurgent (Divergent, #2) 3.96 avg rating — 1,596,056 ratings
6.
The Maze Runner (The Maze Runner, #1)
The Maze Runner (The Maze Runner, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 1,637,916 ratings
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Delirium (Delirium, #1)
Delirium (Delirium, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 476,693 ratings
8.
The Moon Dwellers (The Dwellers, #1)
The Moon Dwellers (The Dwellers, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 4,420 ratings
9.
Legend (Legend, #1)
Legend (Legend, #1)
by: Marie Lu
4.15 avg rating — 556,105 ratings
10.
Matched (Matched, #1)
Matched (Matched, #1) 3.62 avg rating — 809,380 ratings
11.
The Selection (The Selection, #1)
The Selection (The Selection, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 1,716,180 ratings
12.
The Giver (The Giver, #1)
The Giver (The Giver, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 2,732,846 ratings
13.
Shatter Me (Shatter Me, #1)
Shatter Me (Shatter Me, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 1,149,522 ratings
14.
The Host (The Host, #1)
The Host (The Host, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 1,039,887 ratings
15.
Unwind (Unwind, #1)
Unwind (Unwind, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 244,615 ratings
16.
Uglies (Uglies, #1)
Uglies (Uglies, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 701,252 ratings
17.
Angelfall (Penryn & the End of Days, #1)
Angelfall (Penryn & the End of Days, #1)
by: Susan Ee
4.10 avg rating — 197,225 ratings
18.
Pandemonium (Delirium, #2)
Pandemonium (Delirium, #2) 4.03 avg rating — 244,484 ratings
19.
The Star Dwellers (The Dwellers, #2)
The Star Dwellers (The Dwellers, #2) 4.08 avg rating — 2,355 ratings
20.
Wither (The Chemical Garden, #1)
Wither (The Chemical Garden, #1) 3.80 avg rating — 100,688 ratings
21.
The Knife of Never Letting Go (Chaos Walking, #1)
The Knife of Never Letting Go (Chaos Walking, #1) 3.98 avg rating — 202,136 ratings
22.
Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)
Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 992,839 ratings
23.
Enclave (Razorland, #1)
Enclave (Razorland, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 70,560 ratings
24.
Allegiant (Divergent, #3)
Allegiant (Divergent, #3) 3.60 avg rating — 1,122,225 ratings
25.
Under the Never Sky (Under the Never Sky, #1)
Under the Never Sky (Under the Never Sky, #1) 3.98 avg rating — 115,144 ratings
26.
The Scorch Trials (The Maze Runner, #2)
The Scorch Trials (The Maze Runner, #2) 3.90 avg rating — 627,589 ratings
27.
Fire Country (The Country Saga, #1)
Fire Country (The Country Saga, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 2,242 ratings
28.
Prodigy (Legend, #2)
Prodigy (Legend, #2)
by: Marie Lu
4.22 avg rating — 277,321 ratings
29.
Across the Universe (Across the Universe, #1)
Across the Universe (Across the Universe, #1) 3.77 avg rating — 119,084 ratings
30.
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1) 4.31 avg rating — 1,449,658 ratings
31.
Blood Red Road (Dust Lands, #1)
Blood Red Road (Dust Lands, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 62,142 ratings
32.
The Sun Dwellers (The Dwellers, #3)
The Sun Dwellers (The Dwellers, #3) 4.16 avg rating — 1,992 ratings
33.
Free Four: Tobias Tells the Divergent Knife-Throwing Scene (Divergent, #1.5)
Free Four: Tobias Tells the Divergent Knife-Throwing Scene (Divergent, #1.5) 4.12 avg rating — 97,759 ratings
34.
Gone (Gone, #1)
Gone (Gone, #1) 3.87 avg rating — 208,381 ratings
35.
Crossed (Matched, #2)
Crossed (Matched, #2) 3.52 avg rating — 256,355 ratings
36.
The Death Cure (The Maze Runner, #3)
The Death Cure (The Maze Runner, #3) 3.78 avg rating — 487,837 ratings
37.
Life As We Knew It (Last Survivors, #1)
Life As We Knew It (Last Survivors, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 132,386 ratings
38.
Champion (Legend, #3)
Champion (Legend, #3)
by: Marie Lu
4.31 avg rating — 230,029 ratings
39.
The Forest of Hands and Teeth (The Forest of Hands and Teeth, #1)
The Forest of Hands and Teeth (The Forest of Hands and Teeth, #1) 3.60 avg rating — 87,056 ratings
40.
Birthmarked (Birthmarked, #1)
Birthmarked (Birthmarked, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 48,723 ratings
41.
The Elite (The Selection, #2)
The Elite (The Selection, #2) 3.94 avg rating — 850,348 ratings
42.
The City of Ember (Book of Ember, #1)
The City of Ember (Book of Ember, #1) 3.90 avg rating — 295,193 ratings
43.
Red Queen (Red Queen, #1)
Red Queen (Red Queen, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 1,133,516 ratings
44.
Partials (Partials Sequence, #1)
Partials (Partials Sequence, #1)
by: Dan Wells
3.93 avg rating — 59,728 ratings
44.
The 5th Wave (The 5th Wave, #1)
The 5th Wave (The 5th Wave, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 474,636 ratings
46.
Specials (Uglies, #3)
Specials (Uglies, #3) 3.75 avg rating — 201,864 ratings
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Pretties (Uglies, #2)
Pretties (Uglies, #2) 3.83 avg rating — 276,986 ratings
48.
The Darkest Minds (The Darkest Minds, #1)
The Darkest Minds (The Darkest Minds, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 203,778 ratings
49.
The Ask and the Answer (Chaos Walking, #2)
The Ask and the Answer (Chaos Walking, #2) 4.18 avg rating — 100,699 ratings
50.
Outpost (Razorland, #2)
Outpost (Razorland, #2) 4.10 avg rating — 33,368 ratings
51.
Article 5 (Article 5, #1)
Article 5 (Article 5, #1) 3.76 avg rating — 28,233 ratings
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Inside Out (Insiders, #1)
Inside Out (Insiders, #1) 3.82 avg rating — 24,975 ratings
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The One (The Selection, #3)
The One (The Selection, #3) 4.14 avg rating — 758,098 ratings
54.
Requiem (Delirium, #3)
Requiem (Delirium, #3) 3.73 avg rating — 153,516 ratings
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The Last City (The Last City, #1)
The Last City (The Last City, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 330 ratings
56.
Reached (Matched, #3)
Reached (Matched, #3) 3.54 avg rating — 175,509 ratings
57.
Eve (Eve, #1)
Eve (Eve, #1) 3.68 avg rating — 44,107 ratings
58.
Incarceron (Incarceron, #1)
Incarceron (Incarceron, #1) 3.65 avg rating — 62,217 ratings
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Extras (Uglies, #4)
Extras (Uglies, #4) 3.59 avg rating — 126,111 ratings
60.
Monsters of Men (Chaos Walking, #3)
Monsters of Men (Chaos Walking, #3) 4.22 avg rating — 89,619 ratings
61.
Through the Ever Night (Under the Never Sky, #2)
Through the Ever Night (Under the Never Sky, #2) 4.13 avg rating — 73,573 ratings
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The House of the Scorpion (Matteo Alacran, #1)
The House of the Scorpion (Matteo Alacran, #1) 4.08 avg rating — 95,528 ratings
63.
Hunger (Gone, #2)
Hunger (Gone, #2) 4.02 avg rating — 90,378 ratings
64.
Unravel Me (Shatter Me, #2)
Unravel Me (Shatter Me, #2) 4.11 avg rating — 715,109 ratings
65.
UnWholly (Unwind, #2)
UnWholly (Unwind, #2) 4.24 avg rating — 65,445 ratings
66.
Moirai (Aberrant, #2)
Moirai (Aberrant, #2) 3.84 avg rating — 455 ratings
67.
Lies (Gone, #3)
Lies (Gone, #3) 4.07 avg rating — 71,669 ratings
68.
Outside In (Insider, #2)
Outside In (Insider, #2) 3.82 avg rating — 14,099 ratings
69.
Fear (Gone, #5)
Fear (Gone, #5) 4.22 avg rating — 53,493 ratings
70.
Prized (Birthmarked, #2)
Prized (Birthmarked, #2) 3.98 avg rating — 24,104 ratings
71.
The Immortal Rules (Blood of Eden, #1)
The Immortal Rules (Blood of Eden, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 72,048 ratings
72.
Psion Beta (Psion, #1)
Psion Beta (Psion, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 2,876 ratings
73.
The Testing (The Testing, #1)
The Testing (The Testing, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 81,275 ratings
74.
Isaura (Aberrant, #3)
Isaura (Aberrant, #3) 3.80 avg rating — 341 ratings
75.
Ashes (Ashes Trilogy, #1)
Ashes (Ashes Trilogy, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 25,729 ratings
76.
Fever (The Chemical Garden, #2)
Fever (The Chemical Garden, #2) 3.78 avg rating — 45,688 ratings
77.
Gathering Blue (The Giver, #2)
Gathering Blue (The Giver, #2) 3.82 avg rating — 204,942 ratings
78.
Killshot (Icarus #1)
Killshot (Icarus #1) 4.24 avg rating — 287 ratings
79.
The Treemakers (The Treemakers Trilogy #1)
The Treemakers (The Treemakers Trilogy #1) 4.23 avg rating — 550 ratings
80.
Plague (Gone, #4)
Plague (Gone, #4) 4.16 avg rating — 59,454 ratings
81.
Battle Royale
Battle Royale 4.26 avg rating — 83,102 ratings
82.
Psion Gamma (Psion, #2)
Psion Gamma (Psion, #2) 4.18 avg rating — 2,241 ratings
83.
The Pledge (The Pledge, #1)
The Pledge (The Pledge, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 28,961 ratings
84.
Feed
Feed 3.55 avg rating — 67,035 ratings
85.
Shudder (Stitch Trilogy, #2)
Shudder (Stitch Trilogy, #2) 4.03 avg rating — 322 ratings
86.
Ice Country (The Country Saga, #2)
Ice Country (The Country Saga, #2) 4.19 avg rating — 1,187 ratings
87.
Ignite Me (Shatter Me, #3)
Ignite Me (Shatter Me, #3) 4.45 avg rating — 631,642 ratings
88.
The Fallen Star (Fallen Star, #1)
The Fallen Star (Fallen Star, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 29,387 ratings
89.
Stitch (Stitch Trilogy, #1)
Stitch (Stitch Trilogy, #1) 3.69 avg rating — 1,281 ratings
90.
Starters (Starters, #1)
Starters (Starters, #1) 3.88 avg rating — 45,179 ratings
91.
Water & Storm Country (The Country Saga, #3)
Water & Storm Country (The Country Saga, #3) 4.28 avg rating — 1,055 ratings
92.
Messenger (The Giver, #3)
Messenger (The Giver, #3) 3.92 avg rating — 146,010 ratings
93.
A Time to Die (Out of Time, #1)
A Time to Die (Out of Time, #1) 4.18 avg rating — 2,125 ratings
94.
A Time to Speak (Out of Time, #2)
A Time to Speak (Out of Time, #2) 4.52 avg rating — 1,240 ratings
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Winter (The Lunar Chronicles, #4)
Winter (The Lunar Chronicles, #4) 4.41 avg rating — 304,180 ratings
96.
XVI (XVI, #1)
XVI (XVI, #1) 3.45 avg rating — 7,707 ratings
97.
Sunstruck
Sunstruck 4.52 avg rating — 102 ratings
98.
Glitch (Glitch, #1)
Glitch (Glitch, #1) 3.73 avg rating — 8,314 ratings
99.
Ender's Shadow (The Shadow Series, #1)
Ender's Shadow (The Shadow Series, #1) 4.32 avg rating — 177,975 ratings
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A Million Suns (Across the Universe, #2)
A Million Suns (Across the Universe, #2) 4.01 avg rating — 54,955 ratings
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