The Xy (Hardcover) by Virginia Bergin

from rivkat

River is a girl who's grown up in a generation without men-the few survivors of the gender specific plague live in protected enclaves. When she encounters a sick, violent XY, she has to challenge her assumptions, and a lot of the time she doesn't want to, while the grandmothers who remember day t...

from jennybeast

I've read several post apocalyptic "what if a virus wiped out the men" stories before, but this one definitely takes the trope to a new level. I love the choices the author made -- setting it 2 generations in, creating a system that sounds utopian to an extent, but has a more challenging day-to-d...