Title: AnthemAuthor: Ayn RandGenre: Sci-fi; DystopianYear Published: 1938 Date finished: April 2, 2022 This book was recommended to me by my 15-year-old daughter. She knows I enjoy dystopian stories and knew I would like this one, and she was right. This book was published in 1938 and takes place in a far future after a... Continue Reading →
Book Review: Scythe
Title: ScytheAuthor: Neal ShustermanGenre: YA, dystopianYear Published: 2017 Date finished: August 10, 2021 Scythe by Neal Shusterman is a young adult dystopian novel about two teenagers who were chosen to become scythes. The setting is far future in a world of chaos where rules were put in to control the people. One of the rules... Continue Reading →
Book Review: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Title: The Ballad of Songbirds and SnakesAuthor: Suzanne CollinsGenre: Sci-fi, YA, DystopianYear Published: 2020 The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins is a dystopian sci-fi about a young Coriolanus Snow before he became President Snow. The story takes place many years earlier, before The Hunger Games trilogy, when Coriolanus was seventeen and climbing... Continue Reading →