Madigan Reads

Inside Out by Maria V. Snyder Harlequin April 2010 First line: "I'm Trella. I'm a scrub." In a dystopian futu...

Bumped by Megan McCafferty Balzer + Bray April 2011 Set in a dystopian near-future, everyone over 18 has become infertile and teens...

Breathe by Sarah Crossan Greenwillow October 2012 First line: "Breathing is a right not a privilege, so I'm stealing it back...

Here's a spoof, pointing out that all dystopian movies are really the same.

Enjoy this video: Book nerd problems: Getting a book wet! This is a major emergency. Help is needed, STAT. Experience every dystopian no...

The One by Kiera Cass Harper Teen January 2014 First line: "This time we were in the Great Room enduring another etiquette lesso...

Here's a great infographic, put together by Goodreads , on the upsurge in teen dystopian novels.

Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi Harper Collins January 2012 First line: "They called the world beyond the walls of th...

With the huge popularity of The Hunger Games and Divergent, it only makes sense for Lois Lowry's The Giver to come out as a film. I'...

More Than This by Patrick Ness Candlewick Press September 2013 I nearly gave up on this book. I make a rule, that if a book doesn...

This week's Top 10 Tuesday topic from   The Broke and the Bookish   is:   Top Ten Worlds I'd Never Want To Live In . Okay! Here ar...

Divergent isn't coming out until April of next year. The trailer looks amazing, though - it's going to feel like a long wait!

The Color of Rain by Cori McCarthy Running Press Kids May 2013 First line: "Of all the directions to be looking, I stare up....

Prized by Caragh M. O'Brien Roaring Brook Press November 2011 First line: "She grabbed the hilt of her knife and scrambled b...

City of Ember by Jeanne dePrau Yearling May 2003 First line: "When the city of Ember was just built and not yet inhabite...

The Host by Stephenie Meyer Little, Brown and Company January 2008 I highly recommend this amazing, fast paced, psychological sci-fi...

The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken December 2012 Disney Hyperion In this dystopian world, Ruby is snatched away from her parents...

I can never get enough of dystopian. This one sounds intriguing. Ashes of Twilight by Kassy Taylor St. Martin's Griffin No...

I put off reading the first book, Blood Red Road , for ages, but once I picked it up, I was hooked. Fortunately, I don't have too much l...

Soul Thief by Jana Oliver St. Martin's Press August 2011 First line: The Grounds Zero coffeeshop in Atlanta made the most amazing hot ...