Here are the show notes for Episode 2 of Reading Like an Adult. In this season, I’m sharing my reading journey from a year of tackling contemporary adult fiction. My Year of Fiction Episode 2 looks at dystopian societies and cults in fiction.
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Books mentioned in this episode:
- The Farm by Joanne Ramos
- The Grace Year by Kim Liggett
- The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
- Lord of the Flies by William Goulding
- 1984 by George Orwell
- Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
- Divergent by Veronica Roth
- Matched by Ally Condie
- The Giver by Lois Lowry
- Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
- We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia
Also mentioned in this episode:
Print Run podcast Episode 40: “What’s YA?”
Julia Cameron’s book (and course) on creativity, The Artist’s Way
A USA Today review of The Farm: “What’s so striking about “The Farm” isn’t that it imagines a frightening dystopia. This isn’t a hundred years in the future, it’s next week. This is reality, nudged just a touch to its logical extreme. Its very plausibility is a warning shot.”
An installment of my newsletter, People Who Like Things, recommending The Farm.
