Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted by Brokeandbookish. This week’s theme is about the past and the future, and we can spin it however we like...Since I don’t read a lot of historical fiction, I decided to go with Top Ten Futuristic Societies I loved reading about. They are chilling most of the time, and I wouldn’t WANT to actually live in those, but…I loved reading about them. Don’t forget to click on the title of the books to read their fabulous synopsis!
1 • Delirium, Lauren Oliver
A society where love is wrong, forbidden, as are any kinds of feelings? Well, hm…I love feelings. So obviously, I fell in love with that crazy concept, too.
2 • Awaken, Katie Kacvinsky
A world where everything is done on the computer, on a much, scarier scale than now. That’s interesting, seeing how much we use technology nowadays…and kind of eye-opening, too!.
3 • More Than This, Patrick Ness
That book just gave me chills, and completely blew me away. No spoilers, just GO READ IT.
4 • Unremembered, Jessica Brody
In this crazy book series, science is really, really scary. No boundaries to what progress can do here. It’s half fascinating, and half terrifying to read that.
5 • The Golden Compass, Philip Pullman
I have to say, Pullman created such a complex, fascinating world in his dark materials trilogy. It just seems so real, and it’s done with so many details, that’s impressive. And I want to know what my daemon would be, so badly.
6 • A Thousand Pieces of You, Claudia Gray
There are so many worlds in this book, it’s kind of weird to quote it, here? Is it futuristic, or from the past? A little bit of everything? I don’t know, but I put it there anyway because I loved it, especially the futuristic one.
7 • Uglies, Scott Westerfeld
I remember being completely amazed, the first time I read that book. Because, a world ruled by beauty, seemed so true, to me. And it still does. I think Scott Westerfeld created a compelling world that we all should read, and think about.
8 • Revived, Cat Patrick
What if you could die…and then re-live again? With the progress of science, crazy people created this kind of drug, and Daisy is one of the test subjects. Crazy? Yes. Intriguing? Yes. Insane? DEFINITELY.
9 • The Program, Suzanne Young
Okay, I love FEELS, and The Program definitely held plenty of those. Feelings are forbidden here, and you can’t cry, neither fall in love…or else. It’s a scary society once again, and it chills me to the bone to think about it.
10 • Free to Fall, Lauren Miller
Confession time: I HATE making decisions, so I guess this app-making decisions for me would be my solution? Hm, the idea was interesting, but the consequences of this were kind of crazy…I think I’ll pass. Once again a chilling world, but definitely worth a ride.
Okay, you just put like 3 books on my TBR. ARGH! My TTT
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Mission accomplished, haha! :p Which ones? 🙂
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Revived, Uglies, and Unremembered
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Ohh great choices! I hope you’ll love them!! 😀
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I wouldn’t want to live in any of these societies either, but I agree — it’s fascinating to read about them. MORE THAN THIS gave me chills, too. 🙂
Happy TTT!
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It is! HOW can authors write such worlds? I’m always impressed. Thank you so much for stopping by!! 🙂
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ooo! i love your take on this week’s topic! very good!
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Aww thank you, so happy you like it! 🙂
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Yours is the first futuristic post I’ve read so far today. Great choices!
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I feel like many people prefered the historical theme. I don’t read a lot of that genre, so, ahah 🙂 Thank you so much!!
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Great list! They’re all lovely choices. lol I love reading books set in a futuristic times but I would never want to live in it.
I also like Article 5, Divergent series, Maze runner (first book) and Legend. Have you read any of these? 🙂
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Thank you so much!! Oh, I would never want to live in one of those worlds, either!
I’ve read the Maze Runner series and the Divergent series! What did you think about those? Would you recommend Legend and Article 5? 😀
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Definitely! Especially if you love dystopia.
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Oh, well I certainly do, so I need to add those to my TBR! Thank you! 🙂
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You’ve picked so many amazing books that I love myself. I adore His Dark Materials and I think he brought that world to life so wonderfully. I’m visiting Iceland in October and am desperate to see the Northern Lights, that book made me desperate to get to see them for myself.
Here’s my TTT post if you want to check it out.
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Aww, this makes me so happy! I love all those books so deeply, I’m glad you do, too. Wow, Iceland?! That’s AWESOME! I hope you’ll see those northern lights, and tell me ALL about it, it sounds so great! 🙂
Thank you so much for stopping by! ❤
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I liked the first Uglies book, though the series kind of went downhill after that!
My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2016/02/02/top-ten-tuesday-42/
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I have to say, I loved the first book, I really loved the second one, too, but I liked the last one a little less! 🙂
Thank you so much for stopping by! 🙂
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I loved the first book, I thought the second one was okay but I wasn’t that keen on the last one! No problem!
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We got the same feeling, then! 🙂
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Yeah we did!
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Brilliant list Marie! 🙂 I loved reading about a lot of these societies too.
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Aw thank you so much!! ❤
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Great list! Ooh, I didn’t know about Free to Fall. I’m terrible at making decisions so it seems like the app would help me as well… although yeah, my dystopian bells are ringing. Putting that on my TBR! ❤
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Thank you so much!! I feel like not many people have heard about Free to Fall, so I’m happy if you want to read it! It was a good read, and definitely an original dystopia 🙂 I can’t wait for you to read it 🙂
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Revived and Awaken are both going on my TBR! 🙂 It’s always interesting to find a new take on a futuristic world. Delirium, A Thousand Pieces of You, More Than This and Uglies were such good books!! I definitely plan to read The Program sometime as well, I’ve been hearing good things about it. ❤
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Yaay, I’m glad to hear that! Hope you’ll love those books 🙂 The Program was a good read, I really liked it, even if I liked the first book more than the second one. But yes, GO read it now :p
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I haven’t read Delirium yet but I want to give that series a try despite the mixed reviews on it. Before I Fall is probably one of my favorite ya books of all time (though I’ve read it many years ago and can’t remember the details), and remembered enjoying Lauren Oliver’s writing style. And so many of these are on my TBR as well! Thanks for sharing this list, Marie!
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Aww, you should read it, then! If you enjoy Lauren Oliver’s writing style, I think you should like it. I personally LOVED that story 🙂 Thank you! ❤
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Sad to say I’ve only read two of these and I can’t even remember them haha! However, I do own The Program and Thousand Skies Above You and I’m very excited to read TSAY. It was actually on my Top Ten Tuesday too!
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Ohh, I really hope you’ll enjoy those two books, I really liked those! 🙂 Thank you so much for stopping by!! ❤
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