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Books like Truancy: 9 series to read next

Truancy is dystopia, about rebellion and revolution and totalitarianism, set in near future, dark in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Truancy is 3 books, 2008–2012.

“Set in a totalitarian city ruled by its Mayor and Educators, it follows the story of a fifteen-year-old student named Tack, and a student rebellion calling itself the Truancy.”
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The Hunger Games
Divergent
The Handmaid's Tale
A Clockwork Orange
The Circle (Eggers)
Shade's Children milieu
Unwind Dystology
Shadow Children
The Killables

The Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

About survival, 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.”
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DivergentSeries

seriesVeronica Roth10 books2011

About identity, set in north america.

Start with The Transfer →

The Handmaid's TaleSeries

seriesMargaret Atwood3 books1985

About gender and society, set in north america.

“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 →

A Clockwork OrangeSeries

seriesAnthony Burgess4 books1962

Challenging in tone, about surveillance, set in british isles.

“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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Start with A Clockwork Orange →

The Circle (Eggers)Series

seriesDave Eggers2 books2013

About surveillance, set in north america.

“Dave Eggers's The Circle follows Mae's rise inside the company as she buys further and further into its ideology, at increasing cost to her own privacy and the people around her.”
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Start with The Circle →

Shade's Children milieuSeries

seriesGarth Nix2 books1997

Post-apocalyptic, about survival.

Start with Shade's Children →

Unwind DystologySeries

seriesNeal Shusterman5 books2007

About genetic engineering, set in north america.

“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, set in north america.

“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 →

The KillablesSeries

seriesGemma Malley3 books2012

Dystopia and science fiction, dark and tense in tone, about totalitarianism, set in near future.

Start with The Killables →

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 Truancy?: The Hunger Games — the closest match to Truancy on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Truancy?: Truancy. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Truancy.
How big is Truancy?: Truancy is 3 books, 2008–2012.

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