Better Off Here is a collection of dystopian short stories by Melissa R. Mendelson. The book begins with the story "In Jellyfish, We Trust," where a young student must pay a hefty price to stay alive. A person fights to live out their numbered days...

Believe by Sohail Malik is a fascinating tale following a young man as he does his best to survive as a religious worshiper in a world where the religious are slaves to the state. Joseph is a firstborn child, which means that at the age...

Blank by Nanette L. Avery is by far one of the most interesting novellas I’ve read. Imagine the world just reset itself, everything goes blank, and mankind can’t remember the past. No one knows how much time has passed since the blank, no one...

Bunker Boy is a fast-paced young adult novel by Jordan Elizabeth, which combines adventure and mystery in a post-apocalyptic society. In the midst of an argument with her free-loading uncle, eighteen-year-old Zara’s world suddenly goes black. She wakes up to discover that five years have...

At first, Babouc's Vision seems a bit Dickensian, a la A Christmas Carol, as our main character Harl Babouc gets a spectral visit from a phantasm/angel/spirit with a compelling mission. However, in this case, Babouc is more the reporter, tasked with weighing and measuring the good...

T. C. Weber’s Born in Salt does a good job of finding that sweet spot between a dystopian future and sociopolitical commentary. This is a tale in which Ben Adamson, a young farm boy from Illinois, becomes a strong opposition against an oppressive government. His...

Bodhi Rising by Andrew Sweet is a dystopian sci-fi thriller set two hundred years in the future. Fifteen-year-old Bodhi Rawls suffers from a rare blood disorder that leaves him with a year to live. Meanwhile, fourteen-year-old Christine Hamilton is in a coma, reliving the day...

Black Market News is a work of fiction in the dystopian genre. It is suitable for the general reading audience and was penned by author Roman S. Koenig. The story follows Quinn Kellerman, a man living in a vision of America that exists according to...

The British government is abducting teens from school and sending them to training camps to prepare them for military use in the thrilling dystopian novel, Battle Ground (Book One of the Battle Ground Series) by Rachel Churcher. Due to family circumstances, Bex Ellman's school grades...

Joseph Woodward pens an action-packed young adult adventure in Back Running. How do you survive without any electrical power? No internet. No gasoline. No stocked supermarkets. The world is about to find out. In the aftermath of a world-wide power blackout, Coach Bob Byson and...