Vampires Are Out - The End of the World is In

Dystopian (adj.) - ad bad as can be, grim, characterized by human misery.

Sounds fun, right? The truth is, right now everyone is living in some tough times. People are losing jobs, the economy is bad and many of you are feeling the effects of it. Maybe your parents are out of work. Or maybe you just can't find a job for yourself. And in the news it seems all we hear about are pandemics (oink oink says the flu), terrorism, global warming, and war (what is it good for?). Books have a tendency to reflect the world we live in, so it is no surprise that a lot of the most popular and soon to be released books are what is known as dystopian fiction. Otherwise known as apocalypse NOW!

The Hunger Games is one end of the world scenario (we discussed it earlier on the blog). But it is certainly not the only one. Classics include 1984 (one of my favorite books ever), Fahrenheit 451 (also in my top 10) and Brave New World (which I have never read, oops).

You can also catch the Life As We Knew It trilogy by Susan Beth Pfeffer. The final book, This World We Live In, comes out soon.

Or how about The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carry Ryan? It's a dystopian novel - with zombies!

Coming Soon . . .

Empty by Suzanne Weyn - What if the earth ran out of oil?

Epitaph Raod by David Pateneude - What if most men simply disappeared?

The Gardener by S. A. Bodeen - What if we could grow humans from plants?

The Line by Teri Hall - What if a physical barrier completely enclosed the U.S.?

Girl in the Arena by Lisa Haines - What if we still had fight to the death gladiator wars?