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We Need to Talk About Dystopia...

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In today's episode Jill chats with Christina and Sarah about why they all love Dystopian books and what makes these titles so enchanting. They also discuss the idea of Utopias and if they can exist without dystopias being a part of the world. Naturally, they also have loads of book recommendations as well. Be sure to check out overdrive.com for a complete Professional Book Nerds reading list to sample and borrow all the titles they discussed!

Reading Recommendations:

Crimson Bound by Rosamund Hodge

Fire and Flood by Victoria Scott

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess

The Road by Cormac McCarthy

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

Children of Men by P.D. James

Matched by Allie Condie

The Fifth Wave by Rick Yancey

Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen

The Selection by Kiera Cass

The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson

Prince of Thornes by Mark Lawrence

Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood

Seveneves by Neal Stephenson

On the Edge of Gone by Corinne Dyvis

The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan

The Masked City by Genevieve Cogman

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