Unwind to the Future

In response to Jedi Bum's request for some action packed science fiction books I am posting a list of really cool futuristic sci fi novels that I have read. I think that anyone who enjoys reading interesting and intriguing books will enjoy these on my list.

Happy Reading to all of you out there!!

Mrs. Librarian Lady


If You Liked Unwind You Will Want To Read These:


Feed by M.T. Anderson

Titus never asks about his world, he is complacent in that the corporations control all streams of information, and of course he knows that kids learn to use the feed more efficiently in school where they are taught everything they need to know. But everything changes when he meets Violet and he travels to the moon for spring break and finds out someone might be hacking into everyone’s feeds.

The Diary of Pelly D. by L.J. Adlington

In a futuristic world, Tony V. finds an old diary in the ruins of City 5 he pockets it and begins to read. He reads about Pelly D. who was a normal girl, but later on becomes outcast of society for being Galrezi. Tony V. learns in a flash how Pelly’s beautiful life fades into sheer nothingness as she is treated horribly and moved to the slums.

The Compound by S.A. Bodeen

Eli has spent six years living in an underground bomb shelter since the nuclear war. The living conditions are stressful, the food supply is quickly declining, and his father is becoming increasingly irrational. Will Eli survive nine more years underground, or will he discover the shocking truth of his own fathers’ twisted plan?

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card

Ender Wiggin is a third, which means his parents were allowed to have him as a means to recruiting him in the military to fight the Bugger wars. Ender enters the academy at age six and is a captain by age twelve. He knows no other life, as he is programmed to kill the enemy no matter if it means killing all of the humanity within his self.

The Roar by Emma Clayton

Mika lives in a world where animals have the plague and are menacingly rabid. The government controls the population and people live in cramped slums with high walls in London. Mika believes his sister Ellie is still alive after she has been kidnapped and it’s up to him to break free from the mind control drugs, poisonous molds he’s being fed, and the hideous shock collars punishments he has endured in order to save his sister.

Maze Runner by James Dashner

Thomas has to learn how to survive in a strange new place where everything seems completely surreal. Somehow he must find a way to escape this creepy enclosed place that houses scary figures called the Grievers. There may be hope after all when he finds a comatose girl with a strange note.

Rash by Pete Hautman

16 year old Bo Marsten lives in a very different U.S.A. in 2076 where there are rules for just about anything you can think of. After he accidentally spreads a rash around at school, he is punished and sent to a penal colony. There, he plays football which is a very violent game, and it might just cost him his life.

The Giver by Lois Lowry

Jonah lives in an ideal world with an ideal house, perfect weather, no crime and no one is ever sick. When he turns twelve, he begins to question the reasons why everything in his world is so perfectly controlled. He may have to make alternative choices in order to gain control of his own life.

The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary Pearson

Jenna Fox seems like a normal teenager, so why do her parents treat her like she’s a china doll that could break at any moment? She also has strange dreams and memories like she used to be someone else. What Jenna discovers about herself could change all of mankind.

Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer

High school sophomore Miranda and her family are not worried about the latest news of a meteor that is headed straight toward the moon. However, afterwards the world has changed and the earth is reacting wildly with tsunamis and volcanoes erupting everywhere, plus there is suddenly a food and gas shortage. Life becomes a struggle just to stay alive, and at almost the point of starvation, Miranda does not know what the future holds for her.