34 Books like Dry

A Guardian and a Thief

by Megha Majumdar

Stolen passports trap a mother in a climate-ravaged Kolkata with a thief who knows her secret.

3.75

37k+

🔥 Climate Dystopia 🛂 Climate Refugees 💔 Desperate Mother 👧 Child In Peril 🍚 Food Scarcity

A Guardian and a Thief 89%

Stolen passports trap a mother in a climate-ravaged Kolkata with a thief who knows her secret.

by Megha Majumdar 2025

3.75

37k+ ratings

🔥 Climate Dystopia 🛂 Climate Refugees 💔 Desperate Mother 👧 Child In Peril 🍚 Food Scarcity

Monument 14

by Emmy Laybourne • 2012

Trapped in a superstore by a freak hailstorm, fourteen kids discover the air outside is lethal.

3.90

25k+

🌀 Disaster Survival 👦 Kids Without Adults 🫂 Found Family ⚔️ Rival Leaders 🔒 Trapped Together

Monument 14 94%

Trapped in a superstore by a freak hailstorm, fourteen kids discover the air outside is lethal.

by Emmy Laybourne 2012

3.90

25k+ ratings

🌀 Disaster Survival 👦 Kids Without Adults 🫂 Found Family ⚔️ Rival Leaders 🔒 Trapped Together

The Rule of Three

by Eric Walters • 2014

A tech collapse forces a teen to lead his neighborhood's defense against a ruthless enemy.

4.00

8k+

💻 Tech Collapse 🫂 Found Family 🛡️ Makeshift Militia 👤 Reluctant Leader 🧠 Strategic Planning

The Rule of Three 93%

A tech collapse forces a teen to lead his neighborhood's defense against a ruthless enemy.

by Eric Walters 2014

4.00

8k+ ratings

💻 Tech Collapse 🫂 Found Family 🛡️ Makeshift Militia 👤 Reluctant Leader 🧠 Strategic Planning

All the Wind in the World

by Samantha Mabry • 2017

Lovers hiding as cousins work a dying desert ranch where a prophet's visions ignite mass hysteria.

3.34

1k+

🌍 Climate Fiction 🎭 Hidden Identity 🐝 Mass Hysteria 🤝 Found Family 💔 Lost Sister Grief

All the Wind in the World 92%

Lovers hiding as cousins work a dying desert ranch where a prophet's visions ignite mass hysteria.

by Samantha Mabry 2017

3.34

1k+ ratings

🌍 Climate Fiction 🎭 Hidden Identity 🐝 Mass Hysteria 🤝 Found Family 💔 Lost Sister Grief

No Safety in Numbers

by Dayna Lorentz • 2012

Quarantined in a mall with a lethal virus, four teens battle panic, disease, and each other.

3.53

7k+

🦠 Viral Outbreak 🛍️ Trapped In A Mall 🤝 Unlikely Allies 👥 Multiple Pov 🫂 Found Family

No Safety in Numbers 91%

Quarantined in a mall with a lethal virus, four teens battle panic, disease, and each other.

by Dayna Lorentz 2012

3.53

7k+ ratings

🦠 Viral Outbreak 🛍️ Trapped In A Mall 🤝 Unlikely Allies 👥 Multiple Pov 🫂 Found Family

Life As We Knew It

by Susan Beth Pfeffer • 2006

An asteroid strikes the moon, plunging the world into volcanic winter, and one family must survive.

3.89

134k+

☄️ Asteroid Apocalypse 📔 Diary Format 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Survival Unit 🤫 Quiet Apocalypse ❄️ Claustrophobic Winter

Life As We Knew It 91%

An asteroid strikes the moon, plunging the world into volcanic winter, and one family must survive.

by Susan Beth Pfeffer 2006

3.89

134k+ ratings

☄️ Asteroid Apocalypse 📔 Diary Format 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Survival Unit 🤫 Quiet Apocalypse ❄️ Claustrophobic Winter

Unwind

by Neal Shusterman • 2007

Three teens flee a world that harvests adolescents for parts, chasing a hidden sanctuary.

4.17

251k+

🫁 Dystopian Body Horror 🏃 Teens On The Run 👥 Found Family ⛪ Crisis Of Faith ✊ Body Autonomy

Unwind 91%

Three teens flee a world that harvests adolescents for parts, chasing a hidden sanctuary.

by Neal Shusterman 2007

4.17

251k+ ratings

🫁 Dystopian Body Horror 🏃 Teens On The Run 👥 Found Family ⛪ Crisis Of Faith ✊ Body Autonomy

Dark Inside

by Jeyn Roberts • 2011

An ancient evil spreads after the quakes, turning people into killers. Four teens fight to survive.

3.92

9k+

🧟 Infected Apocalypse 👁️ Ancient Evil Unleashed 🗣️ Multiple Perspectives 🤝 Found Family 😰 Paranoid Atmosphere

Dark Inside 91%

An ancient evil spreads after the quakes, turning people into killers. Four teens fight to survive.

by Jeyn Roberts 2011

3.92

9k+ ratings

🧟 Infected Apocalypse 👁️ Ancient Evil Unleashed 🗣️ Multiple Perspectives 🤝 Found Family 😰 Paranoid Atmosphere

Swarm

by Jennifer D. Lyle • 2023

Killer butterflies attack, an anxious teen barricades her home against winged predators and infected

3.65

2k+

🦋 Creature Horror 🦠 Outbreak Horror 😰 Anxious Protagonist 🫂 Found Family 🛡️ Reluctant Hero

Swarm 91%

Killer butterflies attack, an anxious teen barricades her home against winged predators and infected

by Jennifer D. Lyle 2023

3.65

2k+ ratings

🦋 Creature Horror 🦠 Outbreak Horror 😰 Anxious Protagonist 🫂 Found Family 🛡️ Reluctant Hero

The Kill Order

by James Dashner • 2012

A mind-shredding virus sweeps the wasteland. One immune child is the cure; her protectors go mad.

3.71

263k+

🦠 Viral Outbreak 😱 Survival Horror 👧 Immune Child 🤪 Descent Into Madness ☀️ Environmental Collapse

The Kill Order 91%

A mind-shredding virus sweeps the wasteland. One immune child is the cure; her protectors go mad.

by James Dashner 2012

3.71

263k+ ratings

🦠 Viral Outbreak 😱 Survival Horror 👧 Immune Child 🤪 Descent Into Madness ☀️ Environmental Collapse

Fortune Falls

by Lou Vane • 2021

When society collapses, teens at a remote mountain camp must survive wilderness and armed strangers.

4.14

3k+

🏚️ Post Apocalyptic Survival 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💔 Love Triangle 👑 Reluctant Leader 🕊️ Redemption Arc

Fortune Falls 91%

When society collapses, teens at a remote mountain camp must survive wilderness and armed strangers.

by Lou Vane 2021

4.14

3k+ ratings

🏚️ Post Apocalyptic Survival 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💔 Love Triangle 👑 Reluctant Leader 🕊️ Redemption Arc

The Marrow Thieves

by Cherie Dimaline • 2017

A dreamless world hunts an Indigenous boy whose found family keeps the last dreams alive.

3.94

45k+

🌌 Indigenous Futurism 🫂 Found Family 🏚️ Dystopian Survival 🪶 Cultural Reclamation 💔 Generational Trauma

The Marrow Thieves 91%

A dreamless world hunts an Indigenous boy whose found family keeps the last dreams alive.

by Cherie Dimaline 2017

3.94

45k+ ratings

🌌 Indigenous Futurism 🫂 Found Family 🏚️ Dystopian Survival 🪶 Cultural Reclamation 💔 Generational Trauma

One Second After

by William R. Forstchen • 2009

An EMP erases civilization. A widowed professor must keep his daughters alive as his town starves.

3.98

77k+

🏕️ Survivalist Fiction ⚡ Grid Collapse 🫡 Reluctant Leader 🏘️ Community Under Siege 💉 Medical Scarcity

One Second After 91%

An EMP erases civilization. A widowed professor must keep his daughters alive as his town starves.

by William R. Forstchen 2009

3.98

77k+ ratings

🏕️ Survivalist Fiction ⚡ Grid Collapse 🫡 Reluctant Leader 🏘️ Community Under Siege 💉 Medical Scarcity

Dark Life

by Kat Falls • 2010

A subsea boy's strange gift collides with a surface girl's hunt for her missing brother.

3.90

15k+

🐠 Underwater Colony 🧬 Secret Abilities 🔍 Missing Sibling 🤝 Reluctant Allies 💙 Found Family

Dark Life 91%

A subsea boy's strange gift collides with a surface girl's hunt for her missing brother.

by Kat Falls 2010

3.90

15k+ ratings

🐠 Underwater Colony 🧬 Secret Abilities 🔍 Missing Sibling 🤝 Reluctant Allies 💙 Found Family

Novas

by Lou Vane • 2022

After the virus, a cult captures Jess to repopulate the world with only its chosen few.

4.31

2k+

🦠 Post Viral World 🏚️ Bunker Survival ⛓️ Cult Compound 🔓 Captivity And Escape 🥀 Survivor's Guilt

Novas 91%

After the virus, a cult captures Jess to repopulate the world with only its chosen few.

by Lou Vane 2022

4.31

2k+ ratings

🦠 Post Viral World 🏚️ Bunker Survival ⛓️ Cult Compound 🔓 Captivity And Escape 🥀 Survivor's Guilt

The Enemy

by Charlie Higson • 2009

All adults are monsters now. London's kids fight toward Buckingham Palace, the last rumored refuge.

4.10

26k+

🧟 Zombie Apocalypse 👦 Children Vs Adults 🫂 Found Family 🎖️ Reluctant Leader 🏙️ Post-Apocalyptic London

The Enemy 90%

All adults are monsters now. London's kids fight toward Buckingham Palace, the last rumored refuge.

by Charlie Higson 2009

4.10

26k+ ratings

🧟 Zombie Apocalypse 👦 Children Vs Adults 🫂 Found Family 🎖️ Reluctant Leader 🏙️ Post-Apocalyptic London

Partials

by Dan Wells • 2012

To save the last newborns from extinction, a medic kidnaps a genetically engineered enemy soldier.

3.93

60k+

🦠 Virus Apocalypse 🤰 Dystopian Pregnancy 🤖 Engineered Beings 🔗 Captive To Ally 🧬 Hybrid Identity

Partials 90%

To save the last newborns from extinction, a medic kidnaps a genetically engineered enemy soldier.

by Dan Wells 2012

3.93

60k+ ratings

🦠 Virus Apocalypse 🤰 Dystopian Pregnancy 🤖 Engineered Beings 🔗 Captive To Ally 🧬 Hybrid Identity

As Our World Ends

by Jack Hunt • 2020

A fractured family navigates a lawless America after a cyberattack, racing to rescue their daughter.

4.18

1k+

🖥️ Grid-Down Survival 💔 Broken Family Bonds 👥 Ragtag Survivors 🤝 Reluctant Allies 🩸 Bleak Survival

As Our World Ends 90%

A fractured family navigates a lawless America after a cyberattack, racing to rescue their daughter.

by Jack Hunt 2020

4.18

1k+ ratings

🖥️ Grid-Down Survival 💔 Broken Family Bonds 👥 Ragtag Survivors 🤝 Reluctant Allies 🩸 Bleak Survival

Under the Never Sky

by Veronica Rossi • 2011

Exiled from her dome, a sheltered girl must trust a tribal hunter with heightened senses to survive.

3.98

115k+

🖤 Dystopian Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🎭 Sheltered Meets Hardened 🔒 Forced Proximity 🥀 Gritty And Romantic

Under the Never Sky 90%

Exiled from her dome, a sheltered girl must trust a tribal hunter with heightened senses to survive.

by Veronica Rossi 2011

3.98

115k+ ratings

🖤 Dystopian Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🎭 Sheltered Meets Hardened 🔒 Forced Proximity 🥀 Gritty And Romantic

Starters

by Lissa Price • 2012

A teen rents out her body. The woman inside it has a gun and a senator's address.

3.88

46k+

🏦 Dystopian Body Rental 🧠 Consciousness Sharing 🎯 Political Assassination 💔 Body Snatched Romance 👧 Sibling Protection

Starters 90%

A teen rents out her body. The woman inside it has a gun and a senator's address.

by Lissa Price 2012

3.88

46k+ ratings

🏦 Dystopian Body Rental 🧠 Consciousness Sharing 🎯 Political Assassination 💔 Body Snatched Romance 👧 Sibling Protection

Gone

by Michael Grant • 2008

After the adults vanish, kids in a dome develop powers and two leaders battle for control.

3.87

211k+

🧒 Children Without Adults ⚡ Kids With Powers 🏘️ Isolated Small Town ⚔️ Brothers As Enemies ⏰ Ticking Clock

Gone 90%

After the adults vanish, kids in a dome develop powers and two leaders battle for control.

by Michael Grant 2008

3.87

211k+ ratings

🧒 Children Without Adults ⚡ Kids With Powers 🏘️ Isolated Small Town ⚔️ Brothers As Enemies ⏰ Ticking Clock

Commune

by Joshua Gayou • 2017

After a plague, a lone survivor leads three strangers across a dead America to Wyoming.

4.18

3k+

🦠 Plague Apocalypse 🌍 Grounded Apocalypse 🫂 Found Family 🗡️ Reluctant Leader 🏘️ Community Building

Commune 90%

After a plague, a lone survivor leads three strangers across a dead America to Wyoming.

by Joshua Gayou 2017

4.18

3k+ ratings

🦠 Plague Apocalypse 🌍 Grounded Apocalypse 🫂 Found Family 🗡️ Reluctant Leader 🏘️ Community Building

The 100

by Kass Morgan • 2013

One hundred teenage prisoners crash-land on a ravaged Earth and find they are not alone.

3.58

87k+

🔒 Juvenile Delinquents 🌲 Crash-Land Survival 💕 Survival Romance 🛡️ Protective Sibling 🔺 Love Triangle

The 100 90%

One hundred teenage prisoners crash-land on a ravaged Earth and find they are not alone.

by Kass Morgan 2013

3.58

87k+ ratings

🔒 Juvenile Delinquents 🌲 Crash-Land Survival 💕 Survival Romance 🛡️ Protective Sibling 🔺 Love Triangle

The Forest of Hands and Teeth

by Carrie Ryan • 2009

Surrounded by the undead, a girl clings to her mother's dream of an ocean beyond the forest.

3.60

88k+

🧟 Zombie Apocalypse ⛪ Religious Dystopia 💔 Forbidden Romance 💍 Arranged Marriage 🏘️ Isolated Village

The Forest of Hands and Teeth 90%

Surrounded by the undead, a girl clings to her mother's dream of an ocean beyond the forest.

by Carrie Ryan 2009

3.60

88k+ ratings

🧟 Zombie Apocalypse ⛪ Religious Dystopia 💔 Forbidden Romance 💍 Arranged Marriage 🏘️ Isolated Village

The Loop

by Ben Oliver • 2020

In a jail that harvests fear, a teen relies on secret friendships until the rain stops.

3.9

9k+

🏚️ Dystopian Prison 📡 Ai Surveillance 🫂 Found Family 🔓 Prison Escape 🧪 Chemical Plague

The Loop 90%

In a jail that harvests fear, a teen relies on secret friendships until the rain stops.

by Ben Oliver 2020

3.9

9k+ ratings

🏚️ Dystopian Prison 📡 Ai Surveillance 🫂 Found Family 🔓 Prison Escape 🧪 Chemical Plague

Hatchet

by Gary Paulsen • 1987

After the pilot dies, a 13-year-old crash-lands alone in the Canadian woods with only a hatchet.

3.80

456k+

🏕️ Wilderness Survival 🪓 Self-Reliance 🇨🇦 Canadian Wilderness ⛈️ Man Vs Nature 🌲 Solitary Survival

Hatchet 90%

After the pilot dies, a 13-year-old crash-lands alone in the Canadian woods with only a hatchet.

by Gary Paulsen 1987

3.80

456k+ ratings

🏕️ Wilderness Survival 🪓 Self-Reliance 🇨🇦 Canadian Wilderness ⛈️ Man Vs Nature 🌲 Solitary Survival

The Testing

by Joelle Charbonneau • 2013

The Testing chooses future leaders by killing most candidates. Cia must be the exception.

4.05

84k+

🗡️ Deadly Competition 🏕️ Survival Trials 💕 Friends To Lovers 👀 Hidden Betrayal 📹 Constant Surveillance

The Testing 90%

The Testing chooses future leaders by killing most candidates. Cia must be the exception.

by Joelle Charbonneau 2013

4.05

84k+ ratings

🗡️ Deadly Competition 🏕️ Survival Trials 💕 Friends To Lovers 👀 Hidden Betrayal 📹 Constant Surveillance

Ghosts

by Nicholas Sansbury Smith • 2017

Aboard humanity's last airship, survival means dropping into a monster-filled wasteland to scavenge.

4.25

9k+

🪂 Drop Team Survival 🏜️ Wasteland Survival ✈️ Airship Society 👹 Creature Feature 👑 Authoritarian Leader

Ghosts 90%

Aboard humanity's last airship, survival means dropping into a monster-filled wasteland to scavenge.

by Nicholas Sansbury Smith 2017

4.25

9k+ ratings

🪂 Drop Team Survival 🏜️ Wasteland Survival ✈️ Airship Society 👹 Creature Feature 👑 Authoritarian Leader

LIFEL1K3

by Jay Kristoff • 2018

A scavenger fights robots for medicine. When an android awakens, her hidden past comes hunting.

3.94

13k+

🤖 Sentient Androids 🫂 Found Family 🧠 Implanted Memories ⚡ Hidden Powers 🏚️ Dystopian Wasteland

LIFEL1K3 90%

A scavenger fights robots for medicine. When an android awakens, her hidden past comes hunting.

by Jay Kristoff 2018

3.94

13k+ ratings

🤖 Sentient Androids 🫂 Found Family 🧠 Implanted Memories ⚡ Hidden Powers 🏚️ Dystopian Wasteland

SYLO

by D.J. MacHale • 2013

When soldiers seal off his island, a teen discovers the quarantine hides a secret worth killing for.

3.92

5k+

🏝️ Isolated Island 🕵️ Government Conspiracy 🧪 Biological Experimentation 🦸 Reluctant Hero 👥 Found Family

SYLO 90%

When soldiers seal off his island, a teen discovers the quarantine hides a secret worth killing for.

by D.J. MacHale 2013

3.92

5k+ ratings

🏝️ Isolated Island 🕵️ Government Conspiracy 🧪 Biological Experimentation 🦸 Reluctant Hero 👥 Found Family

The 5th Wave

by Rick Yancey • 2013

Alien invaders wear human faces. A teenage girl crosses the wasteland to rescue her brother.

4.00

481k+

👽 Alien Infiltration 😰 Body Snatcher Paranoia 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🏕️ Military Training Camp 🪖 Child Soldier

The 5th Wave 90%

Alien invaders wear human faces. A teenage girl crosses the wasteland to rescue her brother.

by Rick Yancey 2013

4.00

481k+ ratings

👽 Alien Infiltration 😰 Body Snatcher Paranoia 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🏕️ Military Training Camp 🪖 Child Soldier

The Darkest Minds

by Alexandra Bracken • 2012

Psychic runaway hides a monstrous power while falling for the boy leading the search for safety.

4.15

208k+

🧠 Psychic Abilities 🧡 Found Family 💭 Memory Manipulation 🚐 Dystopian Road Trip ✊ Rebellion

The Darkest Minds 90%

Psychic runaway hides a monstrous power while falling for the boy leading the search for safety.

by Alexandra Bracken 2012

4.15

208k+ ratings

🧠 Psychic Abilities 🧡 Found Family 💭 Memory Manipulation 🚐 Dystopian Road Trip ✊ Rebellion

Wool Omnibus

by Hugh Howey • 2012

A buried silo's new sheriff finds the outside is a lie, a secret guarded by murder.

4.23

280k+

🏗️ Underground Society 🔍 Dystopian Mystery 🕳️ Claustrophobic 🔧 Working-Class Hero 🕸️ Political Conspiracy

Wool Omnibus 90%

A buried silo's new sheriff finds the outside is a lie, a secret guarded by murder.

by Hugh Howey 2012

4.23

280k+ ratings

🏗️ Underground Society 🔍 Dystopian Mystery 🕳️ Claustrophobic 🔧 Working-Class Hero 🕸️ Political Conspiracy

Alone

by Megan E. Freeman • 2021

A twelve-year-old wakes to a deserted town, stranded with nothing but a neighbor's rottweiler.

4.13

22k+

📖 Novel In Verse 🏝️ Solo Survival 🐕 Girl And Her Dog 🏚️ Abandoned Town 🌫️ Eerie Atmosphere

Alone 89%

A twelve-year-old wakes to a deserted town, stranded with nothing but a neighbor's rottweiler.

by Megan E. Freeman 2021

4.13

22k+ ratings

📖 Novel In Verse 🏝️ Solo Survival 🐕 Girl And Her Dog 🏚️ Abandoned Town 🌫️ Eerie Atmosphere

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