What to Read Next If You Love The Hunger Games

Get your rebellion on with these books set in dystopian worlds that are just asking to be burned down.

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The Maze Runnder by James Dashner

You may like this book if: You liked Divergence, Percy Jackson

You may not like this book if: You don’t like it when bad things happen to kids

When Thomas wakes up in the Glade, he has no memories of his previous life and no idea how to solve the life-size maze he and his fellow Gladers must exit to escape. (Middle Grades)


Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve

You may like this book if: You liked The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, The Golden Compass

You may not like this book if: You’re not a fan of steampunk

It’s a city-eat-city world in Reeve’s futuristic London, where cities engage in a form of Municipal Darwinism, floating above the ground and lying in wait for vulnerable flying cities they can consume. Most people never set foot on the ground — including third-class apprentice Tom, who’s not happy to find himself walking the surface of the world for the first time, trying to get back to his city in the sky. (High School)


Noughts & Crosses by Malorie Blackman

You may like this book if: You liked Uglies, My Sister’s Keeper, Matched

You may not like this book if: You’re looking for a happy ending

Sephy and Callum live in a very different world, where people with dark skin (Crosses) have historically enslaved and segregated themselves from people with lighter skin (Noughts). Prejudice is everywhere, and it’s almost impossible to imagine that a relationship between a Nought and a Cross could have a happy ending. But Sephy and Callum can’t stop themselves from falling in love. (High School)


Tunnels by Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams

You may like this book if: You liked Gregor the Overlander, Found

You may not like this book if: You don’t like books that end on a cliffhanger

When Will’s excavation-nut dad goes missing on one of his digs, Will’s determined to find him — but he’s not expecting to find an entire colony living underneath the Earth’s surface. (Middle Grades)


Incarceron by Catherine Fisher

You may like this book if: You liked The Maze Runner, Graceling

You may not like this book if: You don’t like dystopian stories

Inside a bleak futuristic prison, inmate Finn dreams of the world outside — a world he’s told he’s never seen. Outside the prison, the Warden’s daughter Claudia dreams of freedom from the stifled life of a well-bred young lady. When they accidentally meet, the two dreamers hatch a plan that may forever alter the world as they know it. (High School)


The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness

You may like this book if: You liked Ship Breaker, The Maze Runner, Brave New World

You may not like this book if: You’re bothered by creative grammar and punctuation

Todd can hear what people are thinking — but that’s no surprise. All the men in Prentisstown can. The women could, too, he supposes, if the germ that caused the telepathy hadn’t also killed all the women in the world. But one day, Todd hears something strange: silence. Seeking its source, he learns that it’s possible to keep dark secrets, even when your mind is an open book. (High School)


Museum of Thieves by Lian Tanner

You may like this book if: You liked 100 Cupboards, The Search for WondLa, The Sixty-Eight Rooms

You may not like this book if: You don’t like children in peril

Goldie is always in trouble — which is pretty impressive, really, since she’s chained to a Guardian twenty-four hours a day to protect her from all the tragedies that can befall innocent children. She manages to break free and escape to a mysterious museum, where the rooms shift and change, and where she may be able to save her city from its gloomy fate. (Middle Grades)


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