50 Books like Novas

Shatter Me

by Tahereh Mafi

Her touch kills and she has been alone for months. Then a soldier survives her skin.

3.84

1.2M+

🏙️ Dystopian Romance 💕 Childhood Sweethearts 💔 Love Triangle 🖤 Villain Love Interest 🫂 Found Family

Shatter Me 92%

Her touch kills and she has been alone for months. Then a soldier survives her skin.

by Tahereh Mafi 2011

3.84

1.2M+ ratings

🏙️ Dystopian Romance 💕 Childhood Sweethearts 💔 Love Triangle 🖤 Villain Love Interest 🫂 Found Family

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 96%

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

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 94%

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

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 93%

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

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

Shadow Fall

by Audrey Grey • 2016

A pit girl with a new face fights for the last seat beside her former hunter.

3.87

2k+

🔥 Enemies To Lovers ⚔️ Deadly Competition 🏛️ Caste Society 👑 Hidden Royalty 💔 Love Triangle

Shadow Fall 93%

A pit girl with a new face fights for the last seat beside her former hunter.

by Audrey Grey 2016

3.87

2k+ ratings

🔥 Enemies To Lovers ⚔️ Deadly Competition 🏛️ Caste Society 👑 Hidden Royalty 💔 Love Triangle

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 93%

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

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 93%

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

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 93%

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

Delirium

by Lauren Oliver • 2011

Love has been cured out of everyone except one boy, and he's about to infect her.

3.95

480k+

🖤 Dystopian Romance 💔 Forbidden Romance 🌸 Good Girl Rebels 🔒 Oppressive Society 💉 Medical Control

Delirium 93%

Love has been cured out of everyone except one boy, and he's about to infect her.

by Lauren Oliver 2011

3.95

480k+ ratings

🖤 Dystopian Romance 💔 Forbidden Romance 🌸 Good Girl Rebels 🔒 Oppressive Society 💉 Medical Control

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 93%

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 Hunger Games Trilogy Boxset

by Suzanne Collins • 2010

To save her sister from a televised death match, a teenage hunter takes her place.

4.50

236k+

🎯 Death Game 💔 Love Triangle 🎭 Fake Relationship 🏹 Reluctant Rebel 🌅 Bittersweet Ending

The Hunger Games Trilogy Boxset 93%

To save her sister from a televised death match, a teenage hunter takes her place.

by Suzanne Collins 2010

4.50

236k+ ratings

🎯 Death Game 💔 Love Triangle 🎭 Fake Relationship 🏹 Reluctant Rebel 🌅 Bittersweet Ending

Morrighan

by Mary E. Pearson • 2016

Two children of warring tribes meet in secret, trading stories while their families trade blood.

3.92

13k+

🗡️ Enemies To Lovers 💔 Forbidden Romance 🏚️ Post-Apocalyptic World 🏕️ Tribal Survival 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Morrighan 93%

Two children of warring tribes meet in secret, trading stories while their families trade blood.

by Mary E. Pearson 2016

3.92

13k+ ratings

🗡️ Enemies To Lovers 💔 Forbidden Romance 🏚️ Post-Apocalyptic World 🏕️ Tribal Survival 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

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 93%

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

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 92%

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

Matched

by Ally Condie • 2010

Matched with her best friend, a glitch reveals a forbidden face. Cassia cannot look away.

3.62

817k+

🫶 Love Triangle 💔 Forbidden Love 💕 Dystopian Romance 🗝️ Secret Rebellion 🌿 Quiet Defiance

Matched 92%

Matched with her best friend, a glitch reveals a forbidden face. Cassia cannot look away.

by Ally Condie 2010

3.62

817k+ ratings

🫶 Love Triangle 💔 Forbidden Love 💕 Dystopian Romance 🗝️ Secret Rebellion 🌿 Quiet Defiance

The Girl Who Dared to Think

by Bella Forrest • 2017

A Squire marked for deletion swallows a forbidden pill, joining a fugitive to trick the Tower's AI.

4.23

9k+

🏷️ Ranking Dystopia ❤️ Enemies To Lovers 👪 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance ✊ Underground Rebellion

The Girl Who Dared to Think 92%

A Squire marked for deletion swallows a forbidden pill, joining a fugitive to trick the Tower's AI.

by Bella Forrest 2017

4.23

9k+ ratings

🏷️ Ranking Dystopia ❤️ Enemies To Lovers 👪 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance ✊ Underground Rebellion

Unite Me

by Tahereh Mafi • 2014

He lost the girl whose touch kills. Her diary shows him the monster he's become.

3.86

85k+

🔥 Dystopian Romance 💔 Love Triangle 🖤 Morally Grey Love Interest ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🫂 Found Family

Unite Me 94%

He lost the girl whose touch kills. Her diary shows him the monster he's become.

by Tahereh Mafi 2014

3.86

85k+ ratings

🔥 Dystopian Romance 💔 Love Triangle 🖤 Morally Grey Love Interest ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🫂 Found Family

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 94%

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

Us Dark Few

by Alexis Patton

Branded 317 for stealing poetry, an orphan's only hope is the deadly captain who could destroy her.

3.82

25k+

🏚️ Dystopian Prison 💔 Enemies To Lovers ⛓️ Captor Captive Romance 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🎨 Art As Resistance

Us Dark Few 91%

Branded 317 for stealing poetry, an orphan's only hope is the deadly captain who could destroy her.

by Alexis Patton 2023

3.82

25k+ ratings

🏚️ Dystopian Prison 💔 Enemies To Lovers ⛓️ Captor Captive Romance 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🎨 Art As Resistance

Left Behind

by Jerry B. Jenkins • 1999

After millions vanish, four teenagers face apocalyptic plagues and a dictator who hunts believers.

4.22

1k+

🕊️ End Times Fiction 🏴 Underground Resistance 🤝 Found Family ⚔️ Spiritual Warfare 🙏 Faith Under Persecution

Left Behind 92%

After millions vanish, four teenagers face apocalyptic plagues and a dictator who hunts believers.

by Jerry B. Jenkins 1999

4.22

1k+ ratings

🕊️ End Times Fiction 🏴 Underground Resistance 🤝 Found Family ⚔️ Spiritual Warfare 🙏 Faith Under Persecution

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 92%

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

Shatter Me Series 7 Books Collection Set By Tahereh Mafi

by Tahereh Mafi • 2020

Locked up for a touch that kills, she meets a boy who won't flinch.

4.55

4k+

🫂 Found Family 💔 Love Triangle 🖤 Villain Love Interest ⚡ Deadly Powers 🔥 Dystopian Rebellion

Shatter Me Series 7 Books Collection Set By Tahereh Mafi Summary

Shatter Me Series 7 Books Collection Set By Tahereh Mafi 92%

Locked up for a touch that kills, she meets a boy who won't flinch.

by Tahereh Mafi 2020

4.55

4k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 💔 Love Triangle 🖤 Villain Love Interest ⚡ Deadly Powers 🔥 Dystopian Rebellion

Legend

by Marie Lu • 2011

A prodigy soldier hunts a slum fugitive for her brother's murder, but he isn't a monster.

4.15

567k+

🏚️ Dystopian America 💖 Enemies To Lovers 👥 Dual Pov 🦠 Engineered Plague 🕵️ Government Conspiracy

Legend 92%

A prodigy soldier hunts a slum fugitive for her brother's murder, but he isn't a monster.

by Marie Lu 2011

4.15

567k+ ratings

🏚️ Dystopian America 💖 Enemies To Lovers 👥 Dual Pov 🦠 Engineered Plague 🕵️ Government Conspiracy

Born for Lace

by Nicci Harris • 2025

Fleeing with an infant, a bred woman falls to a violent gene-spliced warrior who demands everything.

3.99

3k+

🌆 Dystopian Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🔗 Possessive Hero 🩹 Trauma Recovery

Born for Lace 92%

Fleeing with an infant, a bred woman falls to a violent gene-spliced warrior who demands everything.

by Nicci Harris 2025

3.99

3k+ ratings

🌆 Dystopian Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🔗 Possessive Hero 🩹 Trauma Recovery

Kings of Quarantine

by Caroline Peckham • 2020

Three cruel kings rule a quarantined school. The new girl just became their obsession.

4.15

34k+

🖤 Dark Bully Romance 👑 Reverse Harem ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🥀 Morally Grey Heroes 🔒 Forced Proximity

Kings of Quarantine 92%

Three cruel kings rule a quarantined school. The new girl just became their obsession.

by Caroline Peckham 2020

4.15

34k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Bully Romance 👑 Reverse Harem ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🥀 Morally Grey Heroes 🔒 Forced Proximity

The Liar's Daughter

by Megan Cooley Peterson • 2019

Rescued from a cult, a teenager discovers her entire identity was built on a kidnapping.

3.89

6k+

🏚️ Cult Survivor Story 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🔍 Kidnapped Child 🚧 Isolated Compound 💔 Forbidden Romance

The Liar's Daughter 92%

Rescued from a cult, a teenager discovers her entire identity was built on a kidnapping.

by Megan Cooley Peterson 2019

3.89

6k+ ratings

🏚️ Cult Survivor Story 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🔍 Kidnapped Child 🚧 Isolated Compound 💔 Forbidden Romance

Recruitment

by K.A. Riley • 2018

Kress is taken at seventeen to a Processor where training kills and failures simply vanish.

3.92

6k+

🏋️ Dystopian Training Facility 🕵️ Government Conspiracy 🫂 Chosen Family 👑 Reluctant Leader 🐦‍⬛ Telepathic Bond

Recruitment 92%

Kress is taken at seventeen to a Processor where training kills and failures simply vanish.

by K.A. Riley 2018

3.92

6k+ ratings

🏋️ Dystopian Training Facility 🕵️ Government Conspiracy 🫂 Chosen Family 👑 Reluctant Leader 🐦‍⬛ Telepathic Bond

The Verity

by M.J. Lawrie • 2023

She refuses the Lord's demand and is exiled to a suicide squad in the undead wastes.

4.35

971

🧟 Zombie Apocalypse 👥 Found Family ⚔️❤️ Rivals To Lovers 🖤 Toxic Obsession 🎖️ Military Academy

The Verity 92%

She refuses the Lord's demand and is exiled to a suicide squad in the undead wastes.

by M.J. Lawrie 2023

4.35

971 ratings

🧟 Zombie Apocalypse 👥 Found Family ⚔️❤️ Rivals To Lovers 🖤 Toxic Obsession 🎖️ Military Academy

Day Death

by Rebecca Quinn • 2025

Forbidden desire at a kink club turns into a fight for survival when nuclear war begins.

4.18

2k+

💔 Post-Apocalyptic Romance 🎖️ Military Romance 🖤 Dark Erotica 🤝 Found Family ☢️ Nuclear Apocalypse

Day Death 92%

Forbidden desire at a kink club turns into a fight for survival when nuclear war begins.

by Rebecca Quinn 2025

4.18

2k+ ratings

💔 Post-Apocalyptic Romance 🎖️ Military Romance 🖤 Dark Erotica 🤝 Found Family ☢️ Nuclear Apocalypse

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 92%

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

The Gender Game

by Bella Forrest • 2016

A female convict infiltrates a male-ruled nation on a heist mission, her cover a fake marriage.

3.87

43k+

🔀 Gendered Dystopia 💰 Heist Mission ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💍 Fake Marriage 😈 Morally Gray Heroine

The Gender Game 92%

A female convict infiltrates a male-ruled nation on a heist mission, her cover a fake marriage.

by Bella Forrest 2016

3.87

43k+ ratings

🔀 Gendered Dystopia 💰 Heist Mission ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💍 Fake Marriage 😈 Morally Gray Heroine

Bones

by K.L. Speer • 2024

In a post-apocalyptic hold, a healer forced to prolong torture fuels a rebellion and finds love.

4.09

8k+

💔 Dystopian Romance ✨ Healing Magic 🥀 Tortured Heroine 🔥 Slow-Burn Romance 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Bones 92%

In a post-apocalyptic hold, a healer forced to prolong torture fuels a rebellion and finds love.

by K.L. Speer 2024

4.09

8k+ ratings

💔 Dystopian Romance ✨ Healing Magic 🥀 Tortured Heroine 🔥 Slow-Burn Romance 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

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 92%

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

Ensnared

by Rebecca Quinn

She fled marauders and found five ex-soldiers whose sanctuary demands she belong to them all.

4.15

23k+

🏚️ Post-Apocalyptic Romance 🔒 Forced Proximity 🫂 Found Family ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Kink As Healing

Ensnared 91%

She fled marauders and found five ex-soldiers whose sanctuary demands she belong to them all.

by Rebecca Quinn 2023

4.15

23k+ ratings

🏚️ Post-Apocalyptic Romance 🔒 Forced Proximity 🫂 Found Family ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Kink As Healing

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 93%

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

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 93%

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

Blood Red Road

by Moira Young • 2011

After her twin is abducted, a girl fights through a brutal desert arena to save him.

3.91

62k+

👯 Twin Bond 🥊 Pit Fighter ❤️‍🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🐦 Animal Companion 🏜️ Desert Wasteland

Blood Red Road 91%

After her twin is abducted, a girl fights through a brutal desert arena to save him.

by Moira Young 2011

3.91

62k+ ratings

👯 Twin Bond 🥊 Pit Fighter ❤️‍🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🐦 Animal Companion 🏜️ Desert Wasteland

Infinity Lost

by S. Harrison • 2015

A girl discovers her memories are fake: she's the deadliest weapon her father ever built.

3.64

4k+

🏢 Corporate Dystopia 🧠 Memory Manipulation 🎭 Split Personality 🔪 Trained Assassin 🏫 Boarding School

Infinity Lost 91%

A girl discovers her memories are fake: she's the deadliest weapon her father ever built.

by S. Harrison 2015

3.64

4k+ ratings

🏢 Corporate Dystopia 🧠 Memory Manipulation 🎭 Split Personality 🔪 Trained Assassin 🏫 Boarding School

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 91%

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

Uglies

by Scott Westerfeld • 2005

Weeks before her beauty surgery, Tally must hunt down her runaway friend or stay ugly forever.

3.84

710k+

🏴 Dystopian Rebellion 💊 Brainwashed Society 🏕️ Hidden Rebel Community 💄 Beauty Dystopia 🌲 Wilderness Survival

Uglies 91%

Weeks before her beauty surgery, Tally must hunt down her runaway friend or stay ugly forever.

by Scott Westerfeld 2005

3.84

710k+ ratings

🏴 Dystopian Rebellion 💊 Brainwashed Society 🏕️ Hidden Rebel Community 💄 Beauty Dystopia 🌲 Wilderness Survival

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 91%

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

After We Were Stolen

by Brooke Beyfuss • 2022

Her doomsday cult in ashes, a young woman faces the world she was raised to fear.

3.92

9k+

🏚️ Doomsday Compound 🏃 Cult Escape 👥 Found Family 🔗 Trauma Bonding 🌀 Unreliable Memory

After We Were Stolen 91%

Her doomsday cult in ashes, a young woman faces the world she was raised to fear.

by Brooke Beyfuss 2022

3.92

9k+ ratings

🏚️ Doomsday Compound 🏃 Cult Escape 👥 Found Family 🔗 Trauma Bonding 🌀 Unreliable Memory

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

by Suzanne Collins • 2020

Coriolanus Snow mentors a tribute in the 10th Hunger Games, betting his soul on her song.

3.99

1.2M+

👤 Villain Origin Story 📖 Dystopian Prequel ⚔️ Survival Games 🖤 Morally Grey Hero 🏛️ Political Manipulation

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Summary

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes 91%

Coriolanus Snow mentors a tribute in the 10th Hunger Games, betting his soul on her song.

by Suzanne Collins 2020

3.99

1.2M+ ratings

👤 Villain Origin Story 📖 Dystopian Prequel ⚔️ Survival Games 🖤 Morally Grey Hero 🏛️ Political Manipulation

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

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

Station Eleven

by Emily St. John Mandel • 2014

A pandemic erases the world; a traveling Shakespeare troupe becomes what remains of human culture.

4.07

623k+

🖋️ Literary Dystopia 🌫️ Quiet Apocalypse 🕸️ Interconnected Lives 🛤️ Post-Apocalyptic Journey 🫂 Found Family

Station Eleven 91%

A pandemic erases the world; a traveling Shakespeare troupe becomes what remains of human culture.

by Emily St. John Mandel 2014

4.07

623k+ ratings

🖋️ Literary Dystopia 🌫️ Quiet Apocalypse 🕸️ Interconnected Lives 🛤️ Post-Apocalyptic Journey 🫂 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 91%

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

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

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 91%

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

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