Forget vampires and werewolves. Thanks to the massively popular, and pretty good, The Hunger Games, post-apocalypta and dystopias are all the rage right now.
For those of you not in the know, dystopia "is the idea of a society in a repressive and controlled state, often under the guise of being utopian."
This is a work in progress so feel free to recommend or suggest.
The Last Year series (Whispers in Autumn, Winter Omens, Betrayals in Spring)
The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken
Outside & The Clearing by Shalini Boland
After the Fear by Rosanne Rivers
Across the Universe series (Across the Universe, A Million Suns, Shades of Earth)
The Mad Scientist's Daughter by Cassandra Rose Clarke (this seems very interesting)
The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken
Outside & The Clearing by Shalini Boland
After the Fear by Rosanne Rivers
Across the Universe series (Across the Universe, A Million Suns, Shades of Earth)
The Mad Scientist's Daughter by Cassandra Rose Clarke (this seems very interesting)