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Books like Shadow Children: 9 series to read next

Shadow Children is dystopia and science fiction, about totalitarianism, set in near future, tense in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Shadow Children is 7 books, 1998–2006.

“In some cases, a parent may choose to forge a child's identification card so a shadow child can live a normal life.”
from the catalogue description
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The Handmaid's Tale
The Hunger Games
Unwind Dystology
Maze Runner
A Clockwork Orange
Shade's Children milieu
Divergent
The Chemical Garden Trilogy
Ship Breaker

The Handmaid's TaleSeries

seriesMargaret Atwood3 books1985

About gender and society.

“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

Start with The Handmaid's Tale →

The Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

Set in far future.

“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

Reading order →

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 →

Maze RunnerSeries

seriesJames Dashner11 books2009

Post-apocalyptic.

“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.”
from the catalogue description of The Maze Runner
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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.”
from the catalogue description

Start with A Clockwork Orange →

Shade's Children milieuSeries

seriesGarth Nix2 books1997

Post-apocalyptic.

Start with Shade's Children →

DivergentSeries

seriesVeronica Roth10 books2011

Set in big city.

Start with The Transfer →

The Chemical Garden TrilogySeries

seriesLauren DeStefano3 books2011

About genetic engineering and plague and pandemic.

“Publisher's Note: By age sixteen, Rhine Ellery has four years left to live.”
from the catalogue description of Wither

Start with Wither →

Ship BreakerSeries

seriesPaolo Bacigalupi3 books2010

Post-apocalyptic.

“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 →

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 Shadow Children?: The Handmaid's Tale — the closest match to Shadow Children on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Shadow Children?: Among the Hidden. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Shadow Children.
How big is Shadow Children?: Shadow Children is 7 books, 1998–2006.

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