Today on the pod, the Nerds are offering up some Dystopian Reads to tickle your fancy. Whether you're brand new to the genre or you've already survived a Hunger Games (or two), there are picks here for everyone!
Titles Mentioned in this Episode:
Joe’s Titles: 


Wanderers by Chuck Wendig 


Flowers for the Sea by Zin E. Rocklyn 


Want by Cindy Pon 


Uglies by Scott Westerfeld 

Jill’s Titles:  


The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton 


The Giver by Lois Lowry 


The Grace Year by Kim Liggett 


Oryx & Crake by Margaret Atwood 

Emma’s Titles: 


The Selection series by Kiera Cass 


Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam   


Red Queen series by Victoria Aveyard  


Delirium by Lauren Oliver  


Here are some foundational/classic dystopian titles and twenty-tens heyday titles mentioned, but not discussed in this episode:


The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins


1984 by George Orwell


The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood


Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury


The Road by Cormac McCarthy


A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess


Ready Player One by Ernest Cline


Legend by Marie Lu


Divergent by Veronica Roth


The Maze Runner by James Dashner


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