16 Dystopian Books to Read If You Couldn't Put Down "The Hunger Games"

"The Electric Kingdom" ($12)

Written by David Arnold, the postapocalyptic, genre-bending tale falls in between "The Walking Dead" and "The Phantom Tollbooth." After the deadly Fly Flu virus sweeps the globe, a small group of survivors are left behind to search for a mythical portal and tasked with finding life and love in a world that's now a shell of its former self. Fans of "The Hunger Games" might particularly enjoy the story of survival and hope.