In October, I'm doing a one-time book group of general science fiction choices for teens and here is the reading list I've come up with. I thought that I'd share. For the meeting itself, I will highlight and talk about six of these titles. I hope this is useful for you!
Science Fiction
Classics:
a)
The
Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury (1950)
b)
The Time
Machine by H.G. Wells (1895)
c)
Frankenstein
by Mary Shelley (1818, originally published anonymously)
d)
The Island
of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells (1896)
e)
Journey To
the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne (1871)
Dystopias:
Government control:
a)
Giver series by Lois Lowry:
The
Giver 1993
Gathering
Blue 2000
Messenger
2004
Son 2012
b)
Divergent Trilogy by Veronica Roth
Divergent
(2011)
Insurgent
(2012)
Allegiant
(2013)
c)
Little
Brother (2010) and Homeland (2013) by Cory Doctorow
d)
Delirium Trilogy by Lauren Oliver
Delirium
(2011)
Pandemonium
(2012)
Requiem
(2013)
e)
Matched Trilogy by Ally Condie
Matched
(2010)
Crossed
(2011)
Reached
(2012)
Post- Apocalyptic:
through war or disease:
a)
The Program
by Suzanne Young (2013) & The
Treatment (2014)
b)
The Summer
Prince by Alaya Dawn Johnson (2013)
c)
Fallen World Trilogy by Megan Crewe
The
Way We Fall (2012)
The
Lives We Lost (2013)
d)
Epitaph
Road by David Patneaude (2010)
e)
For the
Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund (2012)
Natural disaster:
changed or dying earth
a)
The Last Survivors series by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Life
As We Knew It (2006)
The
Dead and the Gone (2008)
This
World We Live In (2010)
The
Shade of the Moon (2013)
b)
Ashfall series by Mike Mullin
Ashfall (2011)
Ashen Winter
(2012)
Sunrise (2014)
c)
After the Snow series by S.D. Crockett
After the
Snow (2012)
One Crow Alone
(2013) prequel
d) Restoring
Harmony by Joelle Anthony (2010)
e) Rootless
by Chris Howard (2012)This will be a series.
Alien encounters:
Life on other planets/We live on other planets:
a)
Chaos Walking series by Patrick Ness
The
Knife of Never Letting Go (2008)
The
Ask and the Answer (2009)
Monsters
of Men (2010)
b)
The 5th
Wave by Rick Yancey (2013)There will be a sequel, at least.
c)
Adaptation
(2012) & Inheritance (2013) by Malinda
Lo
d)
Star Kingdom series by David Weber
A
Beautiful Friendship (2011)
Fire Season (2013)
e)
The Elana Books by Sylvia Engdahl
Enchantress
From the Stars (1970)
The Far
Side of Evil (1971)
Time Travel :
a)
Klaatu Diskos series by Pete Hautman
The Obsidian Blade (2012)
The Cydonian Pyramid (2013)
The Klaatu Terminus (2014)
b)
Sign of the Raven by Julie Hearn (2005)
d)
Hourglass Series by Myra McEntire
Hourglass (2011)
Timepiece (2012)
Infinityglass (2013)
d)
Tempest by Julie Cross (2012)
e) Out
of Time by John Marsden (2005)
Steampunk:
Clockwork & steam driven /Fabulous inventions
a)
Leviathan Trilogy by Scott Westerfeld
Leviathan (2009)
Behemoth (2010)
Goliath (2011)
b)
Hungry City Chronicles by Philip Reeve
Mortal
Engines (2003)
Predator’s
Gold (2004)
Infernal
Devices (2006)
A Darkling
Plain (2007)
c)
Incarceron series by Catherine Fisher
Incarceron (2010)
Sapphique (2011)
d)
The Hunchback Assignments series by Arthur G.
Slade
The Hunchback
Assignments (2009)
The Dark Deeps (2010)
e) Emilie
and the Hollow World by Martha Wells (2013)
Weird bodily adaptations:
Humans as Experiments:
a)
The Jenna Fox Chronicles by Mary Pearson:
The Adoration of Jenna Fox (2008)
The Fox Inheritance (2011)
Fox Forever (2013)
b)
Gripping series trilogy by Robin Wasserman
Skinned
Crashed
(2009)
Wired (2010)
c) Six of Hearts series by Jack Heath
The Lab 2008)
e)
Origin by
Jessica Khoury (2013)
f)
Chemical Garden Trilogy by Lauren DeStefano
Wither
(2011)
Fever
(2012)
Sever (2013)
Bodily “Improvements”:
a)
The Uglies series by Scott Westerfeld
Uglies
(2005)
Pretties
(2005)
Specials
(2006)
Extras
(2007)
b)
Feed by M.T. Anderson
c)
Unwind Dystology series by Neal Shusterman:
Unwind
Unwholly
(2012)
d) The Ear, the Eye and the Arm
by Nancy Farmer (1989)
e) Turnabout by Margaret
Peterson Haddix (2012)
Mad Scientists:
A)
The Rules by Stacey Kade (series-to-be
Project Paper Doll)
b)
Madman’s Daughter by Megan Shepherd
c)
Dr. Franklin’s Island by Ann Halam
d) The
Death Collector by Justin Richards (2006)
d)
Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein series by
Kenneth Oppel
This Dark
Endeavor (2011)
Such Wicked Intent (2012)
We Made Them:
1) Androids/Cyborgs/Robots
a)
Lunar Chronicles
by Marissa Meyer:
Cinder (2012)
Scarlet (2013)
Cress (2014)
b)
Revolution
19 by Gregg Rosenblum (2013)
c)
Mila 2.0
by Debra Driza
d)
A Long,
Long Sleep by Anna Sheehan (2011)
e)
Bzrk Trilogy
by Michael Grant
Bzrk (2012)
Bzrk
Reloaded (2013)
2) Clones/Genetically Engineered
a) House of the Scorpion (2002) & The Lord of Opium (2013) by Nancy Farmer
b)
The Originals by Cat Patrick (2013)
c)
Double Identity by Margaret Peterson
Haddix (2005)
d)
Tankborn novels by Karen Sandler
Tankborn (2011)
Awakening (2013)
Rebellion (2014)
E)
Double Helix by Nancy Werlin (2005)
3) Zombies/Monsters
a)
The Benny Imura series by Jonathan Maberry:
Rot and Ruin (2010)
Dust and Decay(2011)
Flesh and Bone (2012)
Fire and Ash (2014)
b)
The Enemy series by Charlie Higson:
The Enemy (2010)
The Dead (2011)
The Fear (2012)
The Sacrifice (2013)
c)
This Is
Not a Test by Courtney Summers (2012)
d)
Ashes Trilogy by Ilsa Blick
Ashes
(2011)
Shadows
(2012)
Monsters
(2013)
e)
Z by
Michael Thomas Ford (2010)
Virtual reality/games
a)
Insignia series by S.J. Kincaid
Insignia (2012)
Vortex (2013)
b)
Under the Never Sky Trilogy by Veronica Rossi
Under
the Never Sky (2012)
Through the Ever Night (2013)
c)
For
the Win by Cory Doctorow(2010)
d) Deadly
Pink by Vivan Van Velde (2012)
e) Bubble
World by Carol Snow (2013)
Bonus:
a)
Mazerunner series by James Dashner
The Mazerunner (2009)
The Scorch Trials (2010)
The Death Cure (2011)
The Kill Order (2012) prequel
b) In the Garden of Iden by Kage Baker
(1997)
c) Memory
Boy by Will Weaver (2003) & The
Survivors (2013)
d) Storm
Thief by Chris Wooding (2006)
e) Ship
Breaker (2010) and Drowned Cities (2013)
by Paulo Bacigalupi
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