Recc Some YA Post-Apocalyptic Reads?

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-alex-

Discussion Starter · May 30, 2015

Hey all,

Can anyone recc me some Post-Apocalyptic books? MUST be YA. Protagonist 15-19 years old. Male, female, I really don't mind. I'm not looking for dystopian. Books must also be a series, but the series does not have to be completed yet. Full novels, novellas, short reads, seriels, I am open to all formats. Of course, Indie books welcome.

Thanks!

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MariaESchneider

· #2 · May 30, 2015

You might like Hollowland by Amanda Hocking. I don't remember the ages of the main characters, but I am pretty sure they are close to your requirement. I'll have to go through my list because there are probably others in there somewhere!

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MichelleB675

· #3 · May 30, 2015

Penryn and the End of Days series by Susan Ee... Angelfall, World After and End of Days.

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Atunah

· #4 · May 30, 2015

MichelleB675 said:
Penryn and the End of Days series by Susan Ee... Angelfall, World After and End of Days.

I was going to suggest that one too, love it.
But I have to be honest, I have no clue about the difference between distopian and post apocalyptic.

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-alex-

Discussion Starter · #5 · May 30, 2015

Thanks, I will look those up. Please keep the reccs coming!

Atunah, here is a link to a popular YA author, who I think explains your question well (and one of the first results, I found on google, lol). http://juliekagawa.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/dystopian-vs-post-apocalyptic.html

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Sam Kates

· #6 · May 31, 2015

Atunah said:
But I have to be honest, I have no clue about the difference between distopian and post apocalyptic.

I think the short answer is that most post-apocalyptic novels are also likely to be dystopian, at least if we get to see the new society that rises from the ashes of the apocalyptic event, whereas dystopian novels may be set in a world that has come about gradually without an apocalyptic event ever having occurred.

(The link above is to a very good longer explanation)

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Atunah

· #7 · Jun 1, 2015

-alex- said:
Thanks, I will look those up. Please keep the reccs coming!

Atunah, here is a link to a popular YA author, who I think explains your question well (and one of the first results, I found on google, lol). http://juliekagawa.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/dystopian-vs-post-apocalyptic.html

Thanks for that. As I read it, I thought I had a better handle on the differences, but afterwards, I am just as confused.

I think its the about the event and about the after event, society. To me those are intertwined. You can't have a alternate society, without an event to get you there, right? Be it catastrophic like earth shattering asteroids. Or be it like Mad Max, lack of resources. The event, or events drive the society.

So what what this book be then. I read this a while back and I was so intrigued, but unfortunately, the author fell of the earth. It was basically regency times England, but they had a outbreak of the plague. The fallout was the destruction of the aristocratic society, London looked very different and Napoleon took full advantage with taking over of England. Without the plague happening, the fallout with society falling apart and shifting would not have happened and neither would have the standing of France in all of this with the trading and spies and all that.

Would this be apocalyptic or distopian. And what is Mad Max.

I just shelve them on the same spot on goodreads as I just can't really grasp the difference.

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JETaylor

· #8 · Jun 2, 2015

The Divergent series - I just finished reading it and loved it. The author took a big chance on book 3 but if you think about how it all ends - it makes perfect sense.

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