I know this book is loosely part of a trilogy, but I am not acknowledging that so it's a single to me. 
 Anyway, I absolutely loved this book. I loved its gradual build-up, the characters, the nuances, the attempts to describe emotions and aspects so integral to human life that we take them for granted and just the very simple way everything is presented. I love that the main in this book is no older than 12 for most of it, an especially young age for a dystopia, but it works because it helps engage young readers in a fairly complex cautionary tale of the elimination of choice. The stark but ordinary way the final secret is revealed is just agonizing. What an amazing read!