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Books like Uglies: 9 series to read next

Uglies is science fiction and dystopia, about identity and coming of age, tense in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Uglies is 5 books, 2005–2012.

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Uglies Universe
The Hunger Games
Divergent
Maze Runner
Ship Breaker
The House of the Scorpion
The Testing Trilogy
Shade's Children milieu
Matched

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 Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

About survival, set in 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

Reading order →

DivergentSeries

seriesVeronica Roth10 books2011

Set in north america.

Start with The Transfer →

Maze RunnerSeries

seriesJames Dashner11 books2009

About survival.

“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 →

Ship BreakerSeries

seriesPaolo Bacigalupi3 books2010

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 House of the ScorpionSeries

seriesNancy Farmer2 books2002

About cloning.

“Matt is a clone of El Patron, the ancient drug lord who rules Opium, a narco-state carved out of the border between the U.S. and a future Mexico, created and raised solely to supply spare organs for the man he was copied from.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The House of the Scorpion →

The Testing TrilogySeries

seriesJoelle Charbonneau4 books2013

About survival and political intrigue.

“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

About survival.

Start with Shade's Children →

MatchedSeries

seriesAlly Condie3 books2010

“Ally Condie's dystopian trilogy follows Cassia, a teenager in a rigidly controlled Society that assigns citizens' spouses, careers, and even manner of death, after a glitch shows her a second face at her own Matching ceremony.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Matched →

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 Uglies?: Uglies Universe — the closest match to Uglies on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Uglies?: Uglies. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Uglies.
How big is Uglies?: Uglies is 5 books, 2005–2012.

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