It’s Top 10 Tuesday (hosted at The Broke and the Bookish) and the topic is:

Top Ten Books Books Set In The Future

I love books about the future. Especially space. I love seeing what things stick and what things evolve. I love seeing how our customs/ideas get twisted and changed over the years. It makes me think of what we think about the past now and what really happened. Like in the future what will historians say about ipods? Will they be mind control devices or something the ancient people used to plug in with others… You get the idea. Whether it is pretty or a totalitarian society, I love that little glimpse into what could be. I actually have 13 this week, because there were so many good choices. SO, without further ado, here are my

Top Ten Thirteen Books Set In The Future

1. These Broken Stars

Two strangers from two different worlds… The daughter of a rich space pioneer and a poor solider deserted on an unknown planet. The two have to learn to work together, survive, and figure out the mysteries of the world they crashed into.

2. Delirium

In a world where love is a disease, will you take the cure or become infected?

3. The Hunger Games

To atone for the sin of trying to overthrow a government, the society sends 12 boys and 12 girls to sacrifice each year. Only one can survive.

4. Across the Universe

A young boy who will one day lead a ship of people and a young girl woken after 300 years of sleep. The two will come together to unlock the mysteries of their current home (a spaceship) and their future home (a new, undiscovered planet).

5. Shatter Me

A young girl with the power to kill with one touch. She will change the world.

6. The Knife of Never Letting Go

A young boy in a society of men who hear every thought. What happens when he finds someone whose thoughts he can’t hear… And who is a girl?

7. Uglies

In a world where pretty means perfection, would you choose to be who you are, even if it meant staying ugly forever?

8. Inside Out

In a world inside, can there every really be a way out? And what will we find when we do?

9. Unwind

In a world where the young can be unwound, what lengths would you go to so you could stay in one piece?

10. Matched

If the government could pick your entire life, how far would you go to make your own choices?

11. Enclave

There is no world above. Underground is the only safe place… Or is it?

12. Divergent

Faction before blood… Selflessness, Peace, Intelligence, Bravery, or Honesty — which do you choose?

13. Verita/Concisus

They sent us here to colonize a new planet… They gave us the knowledge we needed to prepare the planet, but what else are they putting in our minds that we didn’t ask for?

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So, that’s it. What about you? What setting did you pick this week?

Today’s post spotlights two series by YA author Tracy Rozzlynn. The first is a science fiction series (Verita) and the other a dystopian series (Fast-Tracked). Both of these series are two of my favorites and I’m anxiously awaiting the finales to both! Click on the book covers to learn more about each book.

The Verita Series

About Verita

If your world suddenly crumbled, leaving you with nothing but heartache, would you risk your life for a chance at a new beginning on a new world?

Brett Bradbury’s parents are dead, her boyfriend’s a cheater, and her best friend essentially dumped her. Truly alone in the world, Brett agrees to help colonize the newly discovered planet, Verita.

Now Brett’s on a strange new world. She quickly makes friends and starts her assigned job. Verita begins to feel like home, but it’s far from perfect. Brett has an overwhelming attraction to Brody, despite the fact that he’s entirely not her type. Her colleague, Ryan, utterly hates her for reasons out of her control. And there are creatures in the forest that would like nothing more than to devour everyone for dinner.

Brett’s heart and mind are at odds each other. She’s constantly fighting with Ryan. So, concentrating on her job is becoming more and more difficult. Plus it’s hard to ignore some of the strange things that have been happening around her. But, when Brett finds herself stranded in the wilderness, the only thing that matters is survival.

About Concisus

Against the odds Brett and Ryan survived the wilderness and found their way back to the base. But their welcome back isn’t quite the homecoming they envisioned. Dr. Brant has transformed into a different person and is intent on making Brett and Ryan’s life miserable. And the intense, unnatural attraction between the colonists has worsened. Almost the entire base is love struck now, including Brett’s friends.

The Fast-Tracked Series

About Fast-Tracked

Study hard, do well on your assessment, and you’ll be rewarded.

The phrase had been repeated throughout Alexandria’s life. A person’s rank on their assessment test determined everything. Their job, where they lived, and even who they could marry. At least that’s what Alexandria thought before she received the results.

Alexandria’s assessment elevates her to fast-tracker status, but Byron, her best friend turned true love, isn’t as lucky. His results sink him to the lowest possible rank and a guaranteed life of hardship and misery.

Everything Alexandria believed is a lie. Fast-trackers run the country. Anger one of them and your whole world could fall apart. Anger one of them and the people you love suffer.

Disillusioned, Alexandria plunges herself into the fast-tracker’s world in hopes of helping Byron. But can she help Byron before she completely loses herself to the allure of their lifestyle?

About Fast-Trapped

Byron is safe. Zandria has committed herself to life as a fast-tracker, but she’s determined to make the most of it.

As a first-generation fast-tracker, Zandria is a designated newbie. Most fast-trackers considered her a temporary interloper, but her recent business acquisitions, and especially her engagement, changed everything. With her recently secured internship, Zandria plans to immerse herself in politics. As a high-ranking politician, Zandria could improve worker-level conditions and combat fast-tracker corruption.

Everything Zandria has learned about fast-trackers isn’t enough to prepare her for their politics or marriage.

About the Author

Tracy Rozzlynn writes Science Fiction and Fantasy for Young Adults. She lives in New England with her young daughter and a variety of pets. She has a BA in English Literature from the University of Rhode Island.