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SAMPLER ONLY: Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
· 38 ratings
Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has won the annual Hunger Games with fellow district tribute Peeta Mellark. But it was a victory won by defiance of the Capitol and their harsh rules. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge. Suzanne Collins continues the amazing story of Katniss Everdeen in Catching Fire, the second novel of the phenomenal Hunger Games trilogy...

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Dawn's Light by Terri Blackstock
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
· 18 ratings
In the face of a crisis that sweeps an entire high-tech planet back to the age before electricity, the Brannings face a choice...

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Hoards and Harbors by S.M. Olivier
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
· 10 ratings
Navigating our new reality has its ups and downs. My relationships with my men and most of my family continue to grow. Together, we've made it our duty to help those who can't help themselves. We're determined to ensure good prevails despite the evil forces against us. We make new friends, giving us hope we're not alone in our mission...

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True Light by Terri Blackstock, Susie Breck
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
· 18 ratings
Now eight months into a global blackout, the residents of Oak Hollow are coping with the deep winter nights. But the struggle to survive can bring out the worst in a person-or a community...

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Prodigy by Marie Lu
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
· 73 ratings
Injured and on the run, it has been seven days since June and Day barely escaped Los Angeles and the Republic with their lives. Day is believed dead having lost his own brother to an execution squad who thought they were assassinating him. June is now the Republic's most wanted traitor. Desperate for help, they turn to the Patriots - a vigilante rebel group sworn to bring down the Republic...

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Monsters of Men by Patrick Ness
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
· 59 ratings
As a world-ending war surges to life around them, Todd and Viola face monstrous decisions. The indigenous Spackle, thinking and acting as one, have mobilized to avenge their murdered people. Ruthless human leaders prepare to defend their factions at all costs, even as a convoy of new settlers approaches...

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Never Fade by Alexandra Bracken
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
· 68 ratings
Ruby never asked for the abilities that almost cost her her life. Now she must call upon them on a daily basis, leading dangerous missions to bring down a corrupt government and breaking into the minds of her enemies. Other kids in the Children’s League call Ruby “Leader”, but she knows what she really is: a monster...

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Contagious Chaos by Emily Goodwin
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
· 10 ratings
Contagious Chaos, the highly anticipated third book in the Contagium Series, winner of the Contagious Reads Horror Con’s 2014 best horror series, follows Orissa and her friends as they struggle through a zombie filled world...

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The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
· 70 ratings
When Ruby woke up on her tenth birthday, something about her had changed. Something alarming enough to make her parents lock her in the garage and call the police. Something that gets her sent to Thurmond, a brutal government “rehabilitation camp...

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The Ask and the Answer by Patrick Ness
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
· 62 ratings
We were in the square, in the square where I'd run, holding her, carrying her, telling her to stay alive, stay alive till we got safe, till we got to Haven so I could save her - But there weren't no safety, no safety at all, there was just him and his men...Fleeing before a relentless army, Todd has carried a desperately wounded Viola right into the hands of their worst enemy, Mayor Prentiss...

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The Neptune Project by Polly Holyoke
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
· 16 ratings
With her weak eyes and useless lungs that often leave her gasping for air, Nere feels more at home swimming with the dolphins her mother studies than she does hanging out with her classmates...

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Horde by Ann Aguirre
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
· 38 ratings
The epic conclusion to the USA Today bestselling trilogy.The horde is coming.Salvation is surrounded, monsters at the gates, and this time, they're not going away. When Deuce, Fade, Stalker and Tegan set out, the odds are against them. But the odds have been stacked against Deuce from the moment she was born. She might not be a Huntress anymore, but she doesn't run...

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Raksha by Frankie Rose
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
· 14 ratings
** Please note: The title of Raksha has been changed to Halo **She has no name. She has her knives; her training; her halo. The first and second give her the tools and the skill to defeat the opponents she is pitched against each month. The third frees her from pain and fear. From any kind of emotion at all. Everything is as it should be...

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Cured by Bethany Wiggins
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
· 29 ratings
Now that Fiona Tarsis and her twin brother, Jonah, are no longer beasts, they set out to find their mother, with the help of Bowen and a former neighbor, Jacqui. Heading for a safe settlement rumored to be in Wyoming, they plan to spread the cure along the way--until they are attacked by raiders...

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Legend by Marie Lu
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
· 81 ratings
What was once the western United States is now home to the Republic, a nation perpetually at war with its neighbors. Born into an elite family in one of the Republic's wealthiest districts, fifteen-year-old June is a prodigy being groomed for success in the Republic's highest military circles. Born into the slums, fifteen-year-old Day is the country's most wanted criminal...

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This Mortal Coil by Emily Suvada
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
· 20 ratings
When a lone soldier, Cole, arrives with news of Lachlan Agatta's death, all hope seems lost for Catarina. Her father was the world's leading geneticist, and humanity's best hope of beating a devastating virus. Then, hidden beneath Cole's genehacked enhancements she finds a message of hope: Lachlan created a vaccine.Only she can find and decrypt it, if she can unravel the clues he left for her...

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Defy The Ravaged by E.M. Raegan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
My name is Willow.His name is Jason.He hated me. I hated him— while silently hiding how much all that hate hurt deep down inside me. But all that was before. Before everything changed. Before I woke up to gunshots and screaming and death.Now he still hates me, along with his Uncle Paulie and their club brothers. But I don’t hate him. I can’t, not after he came for me. Not after he saved me...

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State of Destruction by Summer Lane
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
"Lane is surely worth picking up and reading, whoever you may be." - Daniel M. Harrison, #1 Bestselling Author of Butterflies and Editor of MarxRand The destruction of California is at hand. Cassidy Hart and Chris Young have survived a dangerous mission into the heart of Sky City, a secret Omega base hidden deep in the mountains, but their vengeance has come with a price...

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Hope by S.J. West
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
· 8 ratings
After finally reaching the Southern Kingdom, Skye soon realizes it isn’t the nirvana she always dreamt it would be. Through a series of events, Skye must face the Queen of the Eastern Kingdom once again and discover for herself what the true difference is between a harvester and a human...

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Fortune Falls by Lou Vane
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
· 12 ratings
A deadly virus. A group of students trapped in the mountains. Their survival depends on each other. Seventeen-year-old Jess Maddox leaves home excited and hopeful, certain the leadership camp she’s about to join will change her life forever. And she’s right. When a deadly virus outbreak makes the world too dangerous to return to, Jess and the other students are forced to flee to the mountains...

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Twisted World: A Broken World Novel by Kate L. Mary
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
· 11 ratings
Twenty years ago a deadly virus swept the globe, ravaging the population. People died and came back as monsters, and through the tragedy that rocked the world survivors were born. Megan James is the product of survivors. Her parents crossed hundreds of miles of dangerous countryside to reach Atlanta, and the promise of a real future. Now, two decades later, Meg is facing a crisis of her own...

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Unknown by Wendy Higgins
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
· 14 ratings
In this first installment of NY Times bestselling author, Wendy Higgins's debut New Adult series, a frighteningly realistic apocalyptic America is brought to life, entwined with searing romantic tension that will leave you eager for more. *** Amber Tate believes the worst thing she'll suffer in life is dealing with the unrequited love she feels for her brother's best friend, Rylen Fite...

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Inhuman by Kat Falls
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
· 19 ratings
In a world ravaged by mutation, a teenage girl must travel into the forbidden Savage Zone to recover lost artifacts or her father’s life is forfeit.America has been ravaged by a war that has left the eastern half of the country riddled with mutation. Many of the people there exhibit varying degrees of animal traits. Even the plantlife has gone feral...

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Eve of Man by Giovanna Fletcher, Tom Fletcher
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
· 25 ratings
***PRE-ORDER EVE OF MAN, THE FIRST BOOK IN A BRAND-NEW TRILOGY, JOINTLY WRITTEN BY BESTSELLING AUTHORS GIOVANNA & TOM FLETCHER***AGAINST ALL ODDS, SHE SURVIVED.THE FIRST GIRL BORN IN FIFTY YEARS.THEY CALLED HER EVE.THE WORLD HAD WAITED FOR HER ARRIVAL WITH BATED BREATH.She is the last girl on earth, and all her life Eve has been kept away from the opposite sex. Kept from the truth of her past...

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Fragments by Dan Wells
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
· 26 ratings
Author Dan Wells is back with the sequel to the sci-fi blockbuster Partials, which Pittacus Lore called a "thrilling sci-fi adrenaline rush, with one of the most compelling and frightening visions of Earth's future I've seen yet...

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Shattered by Teri Terry
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
· 37 ratings
The riveting finale ofthe Slated trilogy—a thought-provoking psychological thriller set in a disturbingly plausible future where the government and its enemies compete to control the minds of the young Kyla is in danger from both the government Lorders who erased her memory and the terrorists who tried to use her. So now she’s on the run...

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Buried Flames by Kennedy Layne
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
Mason Sykes had served many years in the Marine Corps for his country. His loyalty and sacrifice had left him disfigured—inside and out. He didn’t harbor regrets, especially since he’d finally found the peace and quiet he’d always desired on a Nebraska farm. Brenna Helm was a country girl through and through, right down to her cowgirl boots...

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The Benders by Katie French
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
· 8 ratings
The third book in the award-winning, best-selling dystopian series. They’ve escaped the Breeders. They’ve broken out of the Citadel. Now, after all they’ve been through, Riley, Clay, and Ethan know one thing for sure: nothing tastes sweeter than freedom. And no one can rest easy with Auntie Bell in bondage. The group journeys home to rescue her and liberate Clay’s town from the cruel Warden...

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Consider by Kristy Acevedo
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
· 10 ratings
As if Alexandra Lucas’ anxiety disorder isn’t enough, mysterious holograms suddenly appear from the sky, heralding the end of the world. They bring an ultimatum: heed the warning and step through a portal-like vertex to safety, or stay and be destroyed by a comet they say is on a collision course with earth...

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The Keeper: A Brilliant Darkness Story by A.G. Henley
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
· 10 ratings
Peree knows what he’s doing as the new Keeper of the Water Bearer, Fennel. He knows Fennel’s Sightless. He knows that means the Scourge can’t hurt her when she gathers fresh water for her people. He knows how to wield his bow and arrow to kill piles of the revolting flesh-eaters as they swarm around her. He’ll motivate her, distract her, do anything he can to keep her working...

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Fire Country by David Estes
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
· 14 ratings
In a changed world where the sky bleeds red, winter is hotter than hell and full of sandstorms, and summer's even hotter with raging fires that roam the desert-like country, the Heaters manage to survive, barely. Due to toxic air, life expectancies are so low the only way the tribe can survive is by forcing women to procreate when they turn sixteen and every three years thereafter...

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Recon by Tarah Benner
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
· 14 ratings
Eli knows corruption runs deep within the compound. It's a reality he's forced to confront every year on Bid Day. But when your job is to go out into the radiation-soaked Fringe so that others can live in peace, you don’t ask too many questions. For Harper, the bid system works just fine...

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Shatter City by Scott Westerfeld
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
· 16 ratings
Cities at war. Identities stolen or hidden away. A love built on lies. In the second book of the New York Times bestselling Impostors, nothing is certain and anything can be taken away.When the world sees Frey, they think they see her twin sister, Rafi. Frey was raised to be Rafi's double, and now she's taken on the role . . . without anyone else knowing...

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Ruins by Dan Wells
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
· 24 ratings
Kira, Samm, and Marcus fight to prevent a final war between Partials and humans in the gripping final installment in the Partials Sequence, a series that combines the thrilling action of The Hunger Games with the provocative themes of Blade Runner and The Stand.There is no avoiding it—the war to decide the fate of both humans and Partials is at hand...

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The Gender Secret by Bella Forrest
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
· 26 ratings
Gliding over the treacherous Green in a shaky aircraft that she has no idea how to land, Violet Bates is still in shock. The harrowing events of the previous night play over in her mind as she asks herself question after question...

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Fractured by Teri Terry
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
· 26 ratings
Perfect for fans of the dystopian settings of The Hunger Games and Divergent, the gripping second installment of the Slated trilogy is a riveting psychological thriller set in a future where violent teens have their memory erased as an alternative to jail. Kyla has been Slated—her personality wiped blank, her memories lost to her forever. Or so she thought...

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All Our Yesterdays by Cristin Terrill
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
· 27 ratings
Em is locked in a bare, cold cell with no comforts. Finn is in the cell next door. The Doctor is keeping them there until they tell him what he wants to know. Trouble is, what he wants to know hasn't happened yet. Em and Finn have a shared past, but no future unless they can find a way out...

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The Dark and Hollow Places by Carrie Ryan
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
· 27 ratings
There are many things that Annah would like to forget: the look on her sister's face before Annah left her behind in the Forest of Hands and Teeth, her first glimpse of the Horde as they swarmed the Dark City, the sear of the barbed wire that would scar her for life. But most of all, Annah would like to forget the morning Elias left her for the Recruiters...

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Shades of Earth by Beth Revis
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
· 30 ratings
Amy and Elder have finally left the oppressive walls of the spaceship Godspeed behind. They're ready to start life afresh--to build a home--on Centauri-Earth, the planet that Amy has traveled 25 trillion miles across the universe to experience. But this new Earth isn't the paradise that Amy had been hoping for...

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This Cruel Design by Emily Suvada
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
· 29 ratings
Cat thought the Hydra epidemic was over, but when new cases pop up, Cat must team up with an enemy to fix the vaccine before the virus spirals out of control.The nightmare of the outbreak is finally over, but Cat’s fight has only just begun. Exhausted, wounded, and reeling from revelations that have shaken her to her core, Cat is at a breaking point...

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Marked by Bridget E. Baker
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
· 20 ratings
If one touch can infect... then a kiss is deadly. All Ruby Behl wants for her seventeenth birthday is a good career path match, and to kiss her best friend and long time crush, Wesley Fairchild. Unfortunately, the simplicity of teenage wishes evaporated a decade ago when the Tercera virus nearly wiped out the human race...

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Ice Country by David Estes
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
· 17 ratings
Dazz, a hard-edged, fun-loving Icer, likes fighting, particularly while at his favorite watering hole. However, while recovering from a particularly bad break up, his decision to engage in a brutal pubroom brawl leads to a series of events that thrust him into a dark and mysterious scandal involving King Goff, the ice country ruler...

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A Million Suns by Beth Revis
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
· 35 ratings
Godspeed was fueled by lies. Now it is ruled by chaos. It's been three months since Amy was unplugged. The life she always knew is over. And everywhere she looks, she sees the walls of the spaceship Godspeed. But there may just be hope: Elder has assumed leadership of the ship. He's finally free to enact his vision - no more Phydus, no more lies...

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Hunger by Michael Grant
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
· 64 ratings
It's been three months since everyone under the age of fifteen became trapped in the bubble known as the FAYZ.Three months since all the adults disappeared. GONE.Food ran out weeks ago. Everyone is starving, but no one wants to figure out a solution. And each day, more and more kids are evolving, developing supernatural abilities that set them apart from the kids without powers...

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Prized by Caragh M. O'Brien
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
· 27 ratings
Striking out into the wasteland with nothing but her baby sister, a handful of supplies, and a rumor to guide her, sixteen-year-old midwife Gaia Stone survives, only to be captured by the people of Sylum, a dystopian society where women rule the men who drastically outnumber them, and a kiss is a crime...

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Sky on Fire by Emmy Laybourne
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
· 25 ratings
Trapped in a superstore by a series of escalating disasters, including a monster hailstorm and terrifying chemical weapons spill, brothers Dean and Alex learned how to survive and worked together with twelve other kids to build a refuge from the chaos. But then strangers appeared, destroying their fragile peace, and bringing both fresh disaster and a glimmer of hope...

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Stung by Bethany Wiggins
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
· 24 ratings
There is no cure for being stung.Fiona doesn’t remember going to sleep. But when she awakens, her world no longer exists. Her house is abandoned and broken. Her neighborhood is barren and dead. And there is a tattoo on her right hand. A tattoo Fiona doesn’t remember getting…but somehow she must conceal at any cost. Because humanity has been divided...

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Savage Drift by Emmy Laybourne
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
· 18 ratings
The stunningly fierce conclusion to Emmy Laybourne's Monument 14 trilogy.The survivors of the Monument 14 have finally made it to the safety of a Canadian refugee camp. Dean and Alex are cautiously starting to hope that a happy ending might be possible.But for Josie, separated from the group and trapped in a brutal prison camp for exposed Type Os, things have gone from bad to worse...

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The Treemakers by Christina L. Rozelle
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
· 10 ratings
This is a previously-published alternate cover edition of ASIN B00P49KVKG. Sixteen-year-old Joy Montgomery, daughter of Zephyr the Magnificent, the great magician, can only reminisce of better times. Before the Superiors. Before the uprisings. Long ago. Before the dying Earth ripped the family she loved away from her...

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The Scourge by A.G. Henley
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
· 17 ratings
Seventeen-year-old Groundling, Fennel, is Sightless. She's never been able to see her lush forest home, but she knows its secrets. She knows how the shadows shift when she passes under a canopy of trees. She knows how to hide in the cool, damp caves when the Scourge comes. She knows how devious and arrogant the Groundlings' tree-dwelling neighbors, the Lofties, can be...

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