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Books like The Hunger Games: 9 series to read next

The Hunger Games is science fiction and dystopia, about rebellion and revolution, 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 Hunger Games is 3 books, 2008–2010.

“The Hunger Games universe is a dystopia set in Panem, a post-apocalyptic North American country consisting of the wealthy Capitol and 12 districts in varying states of poverty.”
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The Handmaid's Tale
Ship Breaker
Chaos Walking
Maze Runner
The 5th Wave
Earthseed
Unwind Dystology
The Pure Trilogy
Shadow Children

The Handmaid's TaleSeries

seriesMargaret Atwood3 books1985

About 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.”
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Ship BreakerSeries

seriesPaolo Bacigalupi3 books2010

Set in near future.

“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.”
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Start with Ship Breaker →

Chaos WalkingSeries

seriesPatrick Ness5 books2008

Set in other star systems.

Start with The Knife of Never Letting Go →

Maze RunnerSeries

seriesJames Dashner11 books2009

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 5th WaveSeries

seriesRick Yancey4 books2013

Alien invasion, about aliens, set in near future.

“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.”
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Start with The 5th Wave →

EarthseedSeries

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

About faith and religion, set in near future.

“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 →

Unwind DystologySeries

seriesNeal Shusterman5 books2007

Set in near future.

“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 →

The Pure TrilogySeries

seriesJulianna Baggott3 books2012

Set in our world.

Start with Pure →

Shadow ChildrenSeries

seriesMargaret Peterson Haddix7 books1998

Set in near future.

“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 →

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 The Hunger Games?: The Handmaid's Tale — the closest match to The Hunger Games on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Hunger Games?: The Hunger Games. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Hunger Games.
How big is The Hunger Games?: The Hunger Games is 3 books, 2008–2010.

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