Prepare for Sunrise on the Reaping with these YA Dystopian books!
With Sunrise on the Reaping just around the corner, we’ve picked out some of our best YA Dystopian books to get you in the mood!
These Stolen Lives by Sharada Keats
Six years ago, seventeen-year-old Mora survived the terrifying Skol invasion. They stole her land. They took her family. And now not even her life is her own.
A powerful dystopian thriller from an unmissable new voice in YA, packed with action, emotion and romance, set in a world divided by race where life itself must be paid for if you want to survive…
You & Me at the End of the World by Brianna Bourne
This is no ordinary apocalypse… Hannah wakes up to silence. The entire city around her is empty, except for one other person: Leo. Together, they search for answers amid crushing isolation. But while their empty world may appear harmless, it’s not.
A stunning YA debut, perfect for fans of Adam Silvera. Intensely moving and wonderfully romantic. An apocalypse story like no other with a jaw-dropping twist.
A Game of Life or Death by Triona Campbell
When sixteen-year-old Asha Kennedy discovers her older sister Maya’s dead body in their home, her world falls apart. Desperate for answers, and to stay out of the hands of the social services she grew up in. As Asha begins to unravel the riddle of her death, she realises that the only way to uncover the truth is from the inside…
A twisty murder mystery, a pulse-pounding thriller, a contemporary setting with a breath-taking speculative twist: this is YA fiction at its absolute finest.
The Vulpine by Polly Crosby
Ora has always been fascinated by chilling fairy stories of the Vulpine – the mythical, fox-like monsters who live below ground, emerging at night to snatch ‘imperfect’ babies and children. To succeed is to be genetically ‘perfect’, just like her best friend Casta and his family. Then, one day, Casta’s baby sister disappears. Desperate for answers and sanctuary, Ora decides to do the unthinkable and seek out the fabled Vulpine. And below the earth, she discovers a hidden world that turns everything she has been taught upside-down…
A chilling dystopian world filled with eerie science fiction and a sweet, slow-burn romance. Perfect for fans of Never Let Me Go, A Handmaid’s Tale, The Hunger Games and The Luminaries.
The Virtue Season by L.M. Nathan
Manon has just turned eighteen – a debutant at the start of The Virtue Season: a process which will result in a match with a suitable genetic mate. Agatha has been decommissioned, branded with a scar on the crest of her cheek which will forever sit at the corner of her vision. This is the story of their ritual year. And the Council is watching…
This is L.M. Nathan’s debut YA, almost 10 years in the making and inspired by the countryside of rural Lancashire. Featuring themes of a woman’s right to choose, totalitarianism and how true love endures in even the darkest of places.
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
In a vision of the near future, a terrifying reality TV show is taking place. Twelve boys and twelve girls are forced to appear in a live event called The Hunger Games. There is only one rule: kill or be killed. But Katniss has been close to death before. For her, survival is second nature.
The first book in the ground-breaking Hunger Games trilogy. The perfect read to get back into the games before Sunrise on the Reaping.
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
When you’ve been set up to lose everything you love, what is there left to fight for?
As the day dawns on the fiftieth annual Hunger Games, fear grips the districts of Panem. This year, in honour of the Quarter Quell, twice as many tributes will be taken from their homes. Back in District 12, Haymitch Abernathy is trying not to think too hard about his chances. When Haymitch’s name is called, he can feel all his dreams break. He’s torn from his family and his love, shuttled to the Capitol with the three other District 12 tributes: a young friend who’s nearly a sister to him, a compulsive oddsmaker, and the most stuck-up girl in town.
As the Games begin, Haymitch understands he’s been set up to fail. But there’s something in him that wants to fight . . . and have that fight reverberate far beyond the deadly arena.
