Veronica Roth., HarperCollins/Tegen, $17.99 (496p) ISBN 978-0-06-202402-2
In this edgy debut (definitely not for the fainthearted), first in a trilogy, promising author Roth tells the riveting and complex story of a teenage girl forced to choose, at age 16, between her routinized, selfless family and the adventurous,...
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Veronica Roth. HarperCollins/Tegen, $17.99 (544p) ISBN 978-0-06-202404-6
Roth knows how to write. So even though this second book of the trilogy that began with Divergent feels like a necessary bridge between the haunting story she created in book one and the hinted-at chaos of book three, readers will be quick to...
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Veronica Roth. HarperCollins/Tegen, $19.99 (544p) ISBN 978-0-06-202406-0
Roth shakes up her storytelling (and will do the same to some readers) in this highly anticipated, largely satisfying wrap-up to the Divergent trilogy. First, the majority of the story takes place outside the city walls, since Tris and Tobias (aka...
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Veronica Roth. HarperCollins/Tegen, $17.99 (304p) ISBN 978-0-06-234521-9
Four's story is already achingly familiar to fans of Roth's Divergent—his close relationship to protagonist Tris Prior in the author's original trilogy allowed readers to grow fond of this fiercely protective yet guarded character. In this aptly...
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Veronica Roth. HarperCollins/Tegen, $22.99 (480p) ISBN 978-0-06-234863-0
Roth (the Divergent series) returns with a gripping space opera about two individuals who share a planet but come from very different worlds. Cyra belongs to the ruling family of the Shotet, a people wrestling for planetary power against the gentle,
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Edited by Melissa Marr and Kelley Armstrong. Harper, $17.99 (384p) ISBN 978-0-06-209845-0
Marr and Armstrong, fresh off their 2011 compilation, Enthralled: Paranormal Diversions, edit and headline this collection of dystopian fantasy and science fiction, featuring an all-female lineup of nine YA authors. While some offerings have...
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Veronica Roth. HarperCollins/Tegen, $18.99 (272p) ISBN 978-0-06-279652-3
In this combination of reprints and original stories, Roth (The Fates Divide) explores, as she expresses in a letter to reviewers, “that pivotal moment when something ends—often painfully...creat[ing] space for new beginnings.” To that end, the six...
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Veronica Roth. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $26.99 (432p) ISBN 978-0-358-16408-1
Roth’s successful adult debut (following the bestselling YA Divergent series) puts the popular trope of the teenage “chosen one” under the microscope and delves into both the societal impacts of young shoulders carrying the weight of saving the...
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Veronica Roth. Morrow, $26.99 (288p) ISBN 978-0-358-16409-8
After the collapse of a tyrannical government, a woman’s search for a missing girl leads her to uncover a chilling family secret in this sluggish dystopian mystery from bestseller Roth (Chosen Ones). The Delegation ruled the Seattle-Portland-South...
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Veronica Roth. Tor, $19.99 (128p) ISBN 978-1-250-85546-6
Readers who are tapped out on The Handmaid’s Tale as a parable for the current cultural moment will celebrate this taut, defiant reenvisioning of Sophocles’s Antigone, which brilliantly probes many of the same themes. Bestseller Roth, best known for
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Veronica Roth. Tor, $19.99 (176p) ISBN 978-1-250-85548-0
Bestseller Roth (Arch-Conspirator) pulls from Slavic lore in this captivating, bite-sized urban fantasy. Hidden amid the streets of Chicago are creatures that feed off negative emotions like fear and anger. Dymitr has lived a life of pain as a...
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