suggestions for my 2010 TBR list

I am a 16 year old girl and I have a pretty high reading level. I really enjoy post-apocalyptic and dystopian novels such as the Uglies series by Scott Westerfeld. I also really enjoy humorous books such as books by David Sedaris. Basically, I really like books that are set in the present and future, that are real life...I'm not big on fantasy where there isn't a real basis in the natural world. For example, I liked Twilight but not Eragon...

Some of my favorite post-apocalyptic and dystopian novels lately:
The Hunger Games and Catching Fire
Life As We Knew It and The Dead and the Gone
The Carbon Diaries: 2015
The Knife of Never Letting Go and The Ask and the Answer (haven't read the latter yet, but it's high on my list of books to track down)

I'm sure there are more, but that's good for a start.

Just read (and enjoyed very much) City of Bones, and Wicked Lovely was also a good read if you liked Twilight.

There is a sequel toLife as we knew it and The dead and the Gone coming out in March/April - 'This world we Live in'

From the Amazon Blurb - It's been a year since a meteor collided with the moon, catastrophically altering the earth’s climate. For Miranda Evans life as she knew it no longer exists. Her friends and neighbors are dead, the landscape is frozen, and food is increasingly scarce.

The struggle to survive intensifies when Miranda’s father and stepmother arrive with a baby and three strangers in tow. One of the newcomers is Alex Morales.

Miranda is the main character in the first book - and Alex is the main character of the second - interesting she has them meeting up in the third. I have this on pre-order along with the sequel to Forest of hands and teeth which is due out a week or two later.

> 4 Ooo, that's just inspired me to pick up The Dead and the Gone, so I can be prepared!

I'll second the entire list in post #2 - they're all fantastic reads. You might also try Westerfield's other series - Peeps especially is pretty good.

I also suggest:
- Lisa McMann's Wake and Fade (a girl can see others dreams - one of my favorite YA this year)
- Michael Grant's Gone and Hunger (Everyone over 15 disappears, and the kids left must cope - and some of them are developing odd powers)
- Mary Peterson's The Adoration of Jenna Fox (Jenna wakes from a comma and is told her name is Jenna Fox - but she doesn't remember, and things aren't always what they seem.)
- Neal Shusterman's Unwind (abortion is illegal, but parents can choose to 'unwind' a child any time before they're 18. Connor is about to be unwound...)

hush hush by becca fitzpatrick was a good read and Shiver by maggie stiefvater is turning out to be really good too.

Beautiful creatures by kami garcia was very good also.

These three are set in real life with a paranormal twist. A little action, a little romance, and a little mystery in all three.

The Maze Runner was excellent. It is the first in a series.

The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare; City of Bones, City of Ashes and City of Glass. Just trust me. Oh, and there is a 4th book coming out.

My reads learn more towards fantasy rather than dystopian, but they are based in the 'real' world. I would recommend:

> Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
> Meridian by Amber Kizer
> Once a Witch by Carolyn MacCullough
> Fallen by Lauren Kate
> House of Night series by P.C. Cast
> Vampire Academy series by Richelle Mead
> Inkheard series by Cornelia Funke

Thanks for all of the recommendations!

Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang by Kate Wilhelm is an excellent post-apocalyptic one. I just picked up a copy for my sister.

Also: The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer.

You might also try Isobelle Carmody's Obernewtyn series - a post-apocalyptic dystopia where anyone with mutations is burned or shipped to labor camps.

Unwind and Downsiders by Neal Shusterman
The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson
The Hunger Games and Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
The Chosen One by Carol Lynch Williams
The Declaration and The Resistance by Gemma Malley
Poison Study, Magic Study and Fire Study by Maria V. Snyder
The Giver. Gathering Blue and The Messenger by Lois Lowry
The Maze Runner by James Cashner

Some of these may be a little below your reading level (The Lois Lowry books especially) but they are the type of books you are looking for.

the forest of hands and teeth carrie ryan... excellent gripping so far.... i am about half way through

>13 Caramellunacy: You know, I had heard good things on LT about Obernewtyn, so I bought it when I came across it at a used bookstore, but I never really knew what it was about! Somehow I thought it was a more generic fantasy. I should move it up the on the TBR pile.

> 16 Gosh, me too!

Heh, I'm glad I'm not the only one!

>16 _Zoe_:, 17
To be honest, I was a bit wary picking up Obernewtyn because I was worried it would be generic YA fantasy, but I was pleasantly surprised! It reminded me (in tone/darkness level) a great deal of The Golden Compass, though it's less philosophical. Let me know what you think when you get around to reading it, I'd love to hear others' impressions!

Try M.T. Anderson's Feed a dystopic novel set in the future which deals with 'media' saturation, body image as well as a few swear words. YA fiction. I didn't like the male protagonist, Titus who was rather annoying and didn't 'grow' as a character or teenager. A quick read at 299 pgs

How I Live Now is a book that would fits your description of what you like.

Fantasy
Rampant by Diana Peterfreund
General Winston's Daughter by Sharon Shinn
Eyes Like Stars: Theatre Illuminata, Part I by Lisa Mantchev

Dystopian
The Girl in the Arena by Lise Haines

Funny
Into the Wild Nerd Yonder by Julie Halpern
Food, Girls, and Other Things I Can't Have by Allen Zadoff
Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd by Holly Black
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie

I am reading girl in the arena now. i am on ch 17 and I have to be honest, I am struggling to get through this one. I am wondering when the action is going to start.

Peeps by Scott Westerfeld (or really, anything else by Scott Westerfeld)
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
My Soul to Take by Rachel Vincent

You might enjoy reading Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve.

You might like the Tomorrow series by John Marsden, it's not new (late 90's - early 00's). But I'm really enjoying the series, I'm up to book 6 in the first series.

22> cindysku, was Rampant good? I thought it sounded kind of . . . well, stupid, but I'm still curious.

I wholeheartedly second the Tomorrow series by John Marsden. Such great reads.
:)

> 26
I loved the Tommorrow series when I was a senior in high school (which was like 10 years ago, eek..) I think I still have them boxed up in my parents garage. I am going to have to go search for them cause I really want to read them again!

Amber, I reread the first book in the series only about six months ago. It still holds up!

I'd like to promote Year of the Horse by Justin Allen. Its a great book that just hasn't gotten the attention it deserves.

I love it Rampant. It was a fun read and different.