This Riot Recommendation listing the best YA dystopias is sponsored by Dealing in Dreams by Lilliam Rivera.
Nalah leads the fiercest all-girl crew in Mega City. That role brings with it violent throw downs and access to the hottest boydega clubs, but the sixteen-year-old grows weary of the life. Her dream is to get off the streets and make a home in the exclusive Mega Towers, in which only a chosen few get to live. To make it to the Mega towers, Nalah must prove her loyalty to the city’s benevolent founder and cross the border in a search for a mysterious gang the Ashé Ryders. Led by a reluctant guide, Nalah battles other crews and her own doubts, but the closer she gets to her goal, the more she loses sight of everything—and everyone— she cares about. Nalah must do the unspeakable to get what she wants—a place to call home. But is a home just where you live? Or who you choose to protect?
If the children are our future, we better stuff them full of the best YA dystopias there are (and read as many as we can ourselves, so we can all survive this hellscape)! Too dark? What can I say—it’s dystopia! You told us the best YA dystopias so we put it together into a we’re-all-gonna-be-prepared list for you—and for ourselves! *Puts on helmet, starts making bookfort.*
Want by Cindy Pon
Shatter Me Series by Tahereh Mafi
Article 5 Trilogy by Kristen Simmons
Brown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson
Orleans by Sherri L. Smith
Vivian Apple Duology by Katie Coyle
Arc of Scythe series by Neal Shusterman
On the Edge of Gone by Corinne Duyvis
Willful Machines by Tim Floreen
Proxy Duology by Alex London
Starters Duology by Lissa Price
Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Uglies by Scott Westerfield
Legend by Marie Lu
The Chaos Walking trilogy by Patrick Ness
Book of Ivy and its sequel by Amy Engel
Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
The Big Lie by Julie Mayhew
Source : 18 Of The Best YA Dystopias!
