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Books like Secondborn: 9 series to read next

Secondborn is science fiction and dystopia, about class conflict. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Secondborn is 3 books, 2017–2019.

“On Transition Day, the second child in every family is taken by the government and forced into servitude.”
from the catalogue description

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Divergent
Red Queen
Ship Breaker
The Pledge
Uglies Universe
The Testing Trilogy
Shade's Children milieu
To the Stars (Harrison)
The Hunger Games

DivergentSeries

seriesVeronica Roth10 books2011

Set in north america and big city.

Start with The Transfer →

Red QueenSeries

seriesVictoria Aveyard14 books2015

Fantasy.

“Victoria Aveyard's debut novel opens a four-book main sequence - Red Queen, Glass Sword, King's Cage, War Storm - plus the interstitial novella Cruel Crown and the epilogue novella Broken Throne.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Queen Song →

Ship BreakerSeries

seriesPaolo Bacigalupi3 books2010

Post-apocalyptic, about survival, set in north america.

“Paolo Bacigalupi's Ship Breaker follows Nailer as helping her pulls him out of his abusive father's orbit and into a much larger, more dangerous game involving her family's fortune.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Ship Breaker →

The PledgeSeries

seriesKimberly Derting3 books2011

Dystopia and science fiction, tense in tone, about class conflict and rebellion and revolution, set in secondary world.

Start with The Pledge →

Uglies UniverseSeries

seriesScott Westerfeld & Devin Grayson9 books2005

Science fiction and dystopia, set in near future.

“Tally Youngblood, the original tetralogy's protagonist, initially awaits her own operation before learning it also surgically dulls independent thought, driving her toward the hidden resistance community called the Smoke.”
from the catalogue description

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The Testing TrilogySeries

seriesJoelle Charbonneau4 books2013

About survival.

“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 →

Shade's Children milieuSeries

seriesGarth Nix2 books1997

Post-apocalyptic, about survival.

Start with Shade's Children →

To the Stars (Harrison)Series

seriesHarry Harrison3 books1980

Set in far future and other star systems.

“One of the elite stumbles onto the knowledge that news and opinions are being carefully managed to whitewash the situation, which leads him to throw his lot in with those who oppose it.”
from the catalogue description of Homeworld
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Start with Homeworld →

The Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

About survival and totalitarianism, set in far future and north america.

“Panem, they call it now — a nation raised on the drowned bones of North America, a glittering Capitol ringed by twelve districts it once starved into obedience.”
from the catalogue description

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Why these

No sales rank, no star ratings, no readers also bought.

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.

Questions readers ask

What should I read after Secondborn?: Divergent — the closest match to Secondborn on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Secondborn?: Secondborn. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Secondborn.
How big is Secondborn?: Secondborn is 3 books, 2017–2019.

Books like Secondborn: 9 series to read next

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