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Books like Girls with Sharp Sticks: 9 series to read next

Girls with Sharp Sticks is science fiction and dystopia, set in near future. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Girls with Sharp Sticks is 3 books, 2019–2021.

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Maze Runner
A Clockwork Orange
Shade's Children milieu
Unwind Dystology
Shadow Children
Divergent
The Declaration
The Testing Trilogy
The Handmaid's Tale

Maze RunnerSeries

seriesJames Dashner11 books2009

Post-apocalyptic, about survival.

“A 16 year old boy awakens with amnesia in a community of other youths in the center of a maze, and realizes they must cooperate to escape.”
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Start with The Maze Runner →

A Clockwork OrangeSeries

seriesAnthony Burgess4 books1962

Challenging in tone, about surveillance, set in big city.

“After his crimes catch up with him, Alex is made the subject of a controversial state program meant to forcibly reform his behavior, and the novel uses his ordeal to question whether imposed goodness is worth the loss of free will.”
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Shade's Children milieuSeries

seriesGarth Nix2 books1997

Post-apocalyptic, about survival.

Start with Shade's Children →

Unwind DystologySeries

seriesNeal Shusterman5 books2007

About genetic engineering.

“The first novel follows three teens fleeing that fate, and the sequels widen the same dystopia's cast and consequences across a four-book arc plus companion material.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Unwind →

Shadow ChildrenSeries

seriesMargaret Peterson Haddix7 books1998

About survival.

“In some cases, a parent may choose to forge a child's identification card so a shadow child can live a normal life.”
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Start with Among the Hidden →

DivergentSeries

seriesVeronica Roth10 books2011

About identity, set in big city.

Start with The Transfer →

The DeclarationSeries

seriesGemma Malley4 books2007

Science fiction and dystopia, dark and tense in tone, set in our world and near future.

Start with The Declaration →

The Testing TrilogySeries

seriesJoelle Charbonneau4 books2013

About survival and political intrigue.

“Joelle Charbonneau's Testing trilogy is set generations after a war has wrecked the world's governments and resources, when a rebuilt society selects its most promising graduates for the Testing, a competition meant to find future leaders.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Testing →

The Handmaid's TaleSeries

seriesMargaret Atwood3 books1985

Science fiction and dystopia, dark and tense in tone, about rebellion and revolution and gender and society, set in near future.

“The Handmaid's Tale is Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel set in Gilead, a totalitarian theocracy that has overthrown the United States and forces fertile women into reproductive servitude as Handmaids; it is narrated by one such woman, Offred.”
from the catalogue description

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Shared terms are not a promise that a book feels the same. Two series can be far-future political intrigue and read nothing alike — what the ranking can say is what they are about, and each card says which parts it shares.

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What should I read after Girls with Sharp Sticks?: Maze Runner — the closest match to Girls with Sharp Sticks on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Girls with Sharp Sticks?: Girls with Sharp Sticks. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Girls with Sharp Sticks.
How big is Girls with Sharp Sticks?: Girls with Sharp Sticks is 3 books, 2019–2021.

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