dystopia: an imaginary place where people lead dehumanized and often fearful lives... kind of like Panem in The Hunger Games
Here are a few other books that are set in dystopian societies
1984 by George Orwell
A Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
Delirium by Lauren Oliver
Divergent by Veronica Roth
Enclave by Ann Aguirre
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan
Gone by Michael Grant
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
Incarceron by Catherine Fisher
Incarnate by Jodi Meadows
Legend by Marie Lu
Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
The Maze Runner (trilogy) by James Dasher
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Shatter Me by Tahareh Mafi
The Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
Unwind by Neal Shusterman
do you have a favorite? leave us a comment...
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Thursday, March 22, 2012
the oscars were a few weeks ago...
... but do you know how many Oscar-nominated movies came from books?! just a few are listed here...
127 Hours by Aron Ralston (starring James Franco, 2010)
Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne (starring David Niven, 1956)
Atonement by Ian McEwan (starring Keira Knightley, 2007)
A Beautiful Mind by Sylvia Nasar (starring Russell Crowe, 2001)
The Blind Side by Michael Lewis (starring Sandra Bullock, 2009)
The Bridge on the River Kwai by Pierra Boulle (starring William Holden, 1957)
The Cider House Rules by John Irving (starring Tobey Maguire, 1999)
Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier (starring Jude Law, 2003)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald (starring Brad Pitt, 2008)
Dances with Wolves by Michael Blake (starring Kevin Costner, 1990)
The Descendants by Kuai Hart Hemmings (starring George Clooney, 2011)
Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak (starring Omar Sharif, 1965)
The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty (starring Ellen Burstyn, 1973)
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer (starring Thomas Horn, 2011)
Forest Gump by Winston Groom (starring Tom Hanks, 1994)
The French Connection by Robin Moore (starring Gene Hackman, 1971)
From Here to Eternity by James Jones (starring Burt Lancaster, 1953)
Gangs of New York by Herbert Asbury (starring Leonardo DiCaprio, 2002)
The Godfather by Mario Puzo (starring Marlon Brando, 1972)
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell (starring Clark Gable, 1939)
In the Heat of the Night by John Ball (starring Sidney Poitier, 1967)
Kramer vs Kramer by Avery Corman (starring Dustin Hoffman, 1979)
L.A. Confidential by James Ellroy (starring Kevin Spacey, 1997)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien (starring Elijah Wood, 2001)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien (starring Elijah Wood, 2003)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien (starring Elijah Wood, 2002)
Master and Commander: the Far
Side of the World by Patrick O'Brian (starring Russell Crowe, 2003)
Midnight Cowboy by James Leo Herlihy (starring Jon Voight, 1969)
Misery by Stephen King (starring James Caan, 1990)
Moneyball by Michael Lewis (starring Brad Pitt, 2011)
Mystic River by Dennis Lehayne (starring Sean Penn, 2003)
No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy (starring Javier Bardem, 2007)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey (starring Jack Nicholson, 1975)
Ordinary People by Judith Guest (starring Mary Tyler Moore, 1980)
Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen (starring Meryl Streep, 1985)
Precious by Sapphire, based on the novel Push (starring Gabourey Sidibe, 2009)
Schindler's List by Thomas Keneally (starring Liam Neeson, 1993)
Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand (starring Tobey Maguire, 2003)
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen (starring Emma Thompson, 1995)
The Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King, from the Different Seasons collection of novellas
(starring Morgan Freeman, 1994)
The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris (starring Jodie Foster, 1991)
A Single Man by Tom Ford (starring Colin Firth, 2009)
Slumdog Millionaire by Vikas Swarup (starring Freida Pinto, 2008)
Terms of Endearment by Larry McMurtrey (starring Shirley MacLaine, 1983)
There Will Be Blood by Upton Beall Sinclair, based on the novel Oil (starring Daniel Day-Lewis, 2007)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by John Le Carre (starring Gary Oldman, 2011)
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (starring Gregory Peck)
Up in the Air by Walter Kirn (starring George Clooney, 2009)
127 Hours by Aron Ralston (starring James Franco, 2010)
Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne (starring David Niven, 1956)
Atonement by Ian McEwan (starring Keira Knightley, 2007)
A Beautiful Mind by Sylvia Nasar (starring Russell Crowe, 2001)
The Blind Side by Michael Lewis (starring Sandra Bullock, 2009)
The Bridge on the River Kwai by Pierra Boulle (starring William Holden, 1957)
The Cider House Rules by John Irving (starring Tobey Maguire, 1999)
Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier (starring Jude Law, 2003)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald (starring Brad Pitt, 2008)
Dances with Wolves by Michael Blake (starring Kevin Costner, 1990)
The Descendants by Kuai Hart Hemmings (starring George Clooney, 2011)
Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak (starring Omar Sharif, 1965)
The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty (starring Ellen Burstyn, 1973)
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer (starring Thomas Horn, 2011)
Forest Gump by Winston Groom (starring Tom Hanks, 1994)
The French Connection by Robin Moore (starring Gene Hackman, 1971)
From Here to Eternity by James Jones (starring Burt Lancaster, 1953)
Gangs of New York by Herbert Asbury (starring Leonardo DiCaprio, 2002)
The Godfather by Mario Puzo (starring Marlon Brando, 1972)
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell (starring Clark Gable, 1939)
In the Heat of the Night by John Ball (starring Sidney Poitier, 1967)
Kramer vs Kramer by Avery Corman (starring Dustin Hoffman, 1979)
L.A. Confidential by James Ellroy (starring Kevin Spacey, 1997)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien (starring Elijah Wood, 2001)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien (starring Elijah Wood, 2003)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien (starring Elijah Wood, 2002)
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| Gregory Peck and Harper Lee on the set of To Kill A Mockingbird |
Master and Commander: the Far
Side of the World by Patrick O'Brian (starring Russell Crowe, 2003)
Midnight Cowboy by James Leo Herlihy (starring Jon Voight, 1969)
Misery by Stephen King (starring James Caan, 1990)
Moneyball by Michael Lewis (starring Brad Pitt, 2011)
Mystic River by Dennis Lehayne (starring Sean Penn, 2003)
No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy (starring Javier Bardem, 2007)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey (starring Jack Nicholson, 1975)
Ordinary People by Judith Guest (starring Mary Tyler Moore, 1980)
Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen (starring Meryl Streep, 1985)
Precious by Sapphire, based on the novel Push (starring Gabourey Sidibe, 2009)
Schindler's List by Thomas Keneally (starring Liam Neeson, 1993)
Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand (starring Tobey Maguire, 2003)
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen (starring Emma Thompson, 1995)
The Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King, from the Different Seasons collection of novellas
(starring Morgan Freeman, 1994)
The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris (starring Jodie Foster, 1991)
A Single Man by Tom Ford (starring Colin Firth, 2009)
Slumdog Millionaire by Vikas Swarup (starring Freida Pinto, 2008)
Terms of Endearment by Larry McMurtrey (starring Shirley MacLaine, 1983)
There Will Be Blood by Upton Beall Sinclair, based on the novel Oil (starring Daniel Day-Lewis, 2007)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by John Le Carre (starring Gary Oldman, 2011)
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (starring Gregory Peck)
Up in the Air by Walter Kirn (starring George Clooney, 2009)
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