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Books like The Darkest Minds: 9 series to read next

The Darkest Minds is science fiction and dystopia, about psychic powers, set in north america, tense in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Darkest Minds is 8 books, 2012–2018.

“When Ruby woke up on her tenth birthday, something about her had changed.”
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The Hunger Games
The Handmaid's Tale
Unwind Dystology
Earthseed
Shade's Children milieu
The 5th Wave
Divergent
Maze Runner
The Passage

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.”
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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.”
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Start with The Handmaid's Tale →

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.”
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Start with Unwind →

EarthseedSeries

seriesOctavia E. Butler, Damian Duffy, David Brame & John Jennings7 books1993

About faith and religion.

“The two-book series was left unfinished at Butler's death; a planned third novel, Parable of the Trickster, was never completed.”
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Start with Parable of the Sower →

Shade's Children milieuSeries

seriesGarth Nix2 books1997

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

Start with Shade's Children →

The 5th WaveSeries

seriesRick Yancey4 books2013

Alien invasion, about aliens.

“Cassie Sullivan, the survivor of an alien invasion, must rescue her young brother from the enemy with help from a boy who may be one of them.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The 5th Wave →

DivergentSeries

seriesVeronica Roth10 books2011

About identity, set in big city.

Start with The Transfer →

Maze RunnerSeries

seriesJames Dashner11 books2009

Science fiction and dystopia, tense in tone, about survival, set in near future.

“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 →

The PassageSeries

seriesJustin Cronin3 books2010

Horror, about vampires.

Start with The Passage →

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.

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What should I read after The Darkest Minds?: The Hunger Games — the closest match to The Darkest Minds on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Darkest Minds?: The Darkest Minds. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Darkest Minds.
How big is The Darkest Minds?: The Darkest Minds is 8 books, 2012–2018.

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