Dystopian, Action, Sci-fi Novel Series

This militaristic, dystopian world is divided into five factions: Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). When Beatrice turns sixteen she must select a faction to dedicate the rest of her life to, and for Beatrice the decision is difficult; she can leave her family and choose who she truly is, but she can’t have both.

Follow her journey of endurance and psychological simulations as she is initiated into her faction, with a sprinkle of romance and an action-packed, dystopian world. Veronica Roth perfectly illustrates Beatrice in her journey of self-discovery and danger, will her decision hurt the ones she loves most and will her deadly secret lead to the destruction of the faction?

Divergent is the first novel of Veronica Roth’s four part series, explore more of Divergent by reading Insurgent, Allegiant, and Four. Follow Beatrice’s journey and fall deeper into her world.

Enjoy action novels with a dash of romance? Explore Scott Westerfield’s Uglies, another four-part series set in a dystopian future where everyone is considered “ugly” until at age sixteen you go under the knife and undergo extreme cosmetic surgery to become “pretty.” Tally Youngblood is almost sixteen and rebels against society’s beauty standards and escapes to a world where her rebel friends show her the dark side of being “pretty.” How will going against society's expectations lead to her freedom, or her downfall?