T5W: Gateway Books to Your Favorite Genre – Dystopian (09/28/2016)

This week’s T5W topic is Gateway Books to Your Favorite Genre. What books do you think are good to introduce people to your favorite genre? Mine just so happens to be Dystopian. Most of these are widely known to the general public. Let me know if you have read any of these and what you thought!

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Hunger Games – Suzanne Colllins

Now, I am positive you’ve heard of the Hunger Games.The book is all about a game to show why you shouldn’t defy the capital. If you’ve only watched the movies, I highly encourage you to read the series. They are so much more detailed and exciting. The movies did a nice job portraying the story line, but I loved the books.

Divergent – Veronica Roth

This is another one that almost everyone has heard of. This book is about a futuristic world where society has been split into five factions based on human virtues. The world is falling apart and all of these factions are based in Chicago. Also made into movies, however some of the movie plots have been changed from the books.

1984 – George Orwell

This book was a required reading in English in high school. It was all about Big Brother monitoring and taking over the world. The main character does many things to defy Big Brother. It was written in 1949 and has an interesting take on the future. It’s interesting to see how this could have and may still occur or be occurring. A great book to check out if you haven’t yet.

Enders Game – Orson Scott Card

This was a book club read in 2015. Not something I normally would have picked up and can be classified as a military science fiction novel as well as dystopian. But, was a great book. I loved the characters and the plot. This book is set in the Earth’s future and introduces the idea of an alien species where children must fight the battles. This has also been made into a movie, and I enjoyed both.

The Maze Runner – James Dashner

This book was something so different. The book takes place mostly in the Glade. The main character doesn’t know who he is or who anyone else is as they all appeared in the metal box one day. The group is working to figure out how to leave the Glade and spends time in the maze surrounding it. I was not expecting to enjoy this book as I thought it might be a little too far-fetched for a dystopian, but it was amazing. Also made into a movie (see the theme here haha) I enjoyed both the book and movie. However, I didn’t enjoy the second movie as much.

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