50 Books like Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports

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

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 94%

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

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 94%

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

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 94%

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 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 93%

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

Sanctuary

by Caryn Lix • 2018

A space prison guard discovers her hidden chip as a breakout unleashes an alien creature onboard.

3.89

2k+

🚀 Space Prison ⚡ Teens With Powers 🫂 Found Family 🤝 Enemies To Allies 👾 Alien Assimilation

Sanctuary 93%

A space prison guard discovers her hidden chip as a breakout unleashes an alien creature onboard.

by Caryn Lix 2018

3.89

2k+ ratings

🚀 Space Prison ⚡ Teens With Powers 🫂 Found Family 🤝 Enemies To Allies 👾 Alien Assimilation

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 93%

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

Exo

by Fonda Lee • 2017

An enhanced soldier for Earth's alien rulers is captured by rebels led by his estranged mother.

3.78

3k+

👽 Alien Occupation 🧬 Biotech Augmentation ✊ Dystopian Resistance 🖤 Villainous Parent ⛓️ Captured By Rebels

Exo 93%

An enhanced soldier for Earth's alien rulers is captured by rebels led by his estranged mother.

by Fonda Lee 2017

3.78

3k+ ratings

👽 Alien Occupation 🧬 Biotech Augmentation ✊ Dystopian Resistance 🖤 Villainous Parent ⛓️ Captured By Rebels

I Am Number Four

by Pittacus Lore • 2010

Nine children from a doomed planet are hunted in order; now number four's powers are awake.

3.93

353k+

🔥 Power Awakening 👽 Alien Refugees 💕 Alien-Human Romance 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 👥 Found Family

I Am Number Four 93%

Nine children from a doomed planet are hunted in order; now number four's powers are awake.

by Pittacus Lore 2010

3.93

353k+ ratings

🔥 Power Awakening 👽 Alien Refugees 💕 Alien-Human Romance 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 👥 Found Family

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 93%

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

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 93%

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

Divergent

by Veronica Roth • 2011

At sixteen she picks the warrior caste and buries a secret: her mind cannot be controlled.

4.13

4.4M+

🏘️ Faction-Based Society 🏙️ Dystopian Chicago ⚔️ Initiation Trials 🎭 Secret Identity 🧠 Mind Control Weapon

Divergent 92%

At sixteen she picks the warrior caste and buries a secret: her mind cannot be controlled.

by Veronica Roth 2011

4.13

4.4M+ ratings

🏘️ Faction-Based Society 🏙️ Dystopian Chicago ⚔️ Initiation Trials 🎭 Secret Identity 🧠 Mind Control Weapon

Double Helix

by Nancy Werlin • 2004

A teen's genetics job leads to a hidden subbasement where human lives are engineered.

3.50

3k+

👶 Designer Babies 👥 Secret Sibling ⚡ Playing God 🔬 Corporate Lab Secrets 🎭 Mentor Manipulation

Double Helix 92%

A teen's genetics job leads to a hidden subbasement where human lives are engineered.

by Nancy Werlin 2004

3.50

3k+ ratings

👶 Designer Babies 👥 Secret Sibling ⚡ Playing God 🔬 Corporate Lab Secrets 🎭 Mentor Manipulation

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 92%

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 Knife of Never Letting Go

by Patrick Ness • 2008

On a world of broadcast thoughts, a boy meets a quiet girl and a violent pursuit ignites.

3.97

205k+

🚀 Planet Colonization 🔍 Lost Colony Secrets 🏃 Relentless Pursuer 🐕 Loyal Animal Companion 🌑 Bleak Coming Of Age

The Knife of Never Letting Go 92%

On a world of broadcast thoughts, a boy meets a quiet girl and a violent pursuit ignites.

by Patrick Ness 2008

3.97

205k+ ratings

🚀 Planet Colonization 🔍 Lost Colony Secrets 🏃 Relentless Pursuer 🐕 Loyal Animal Companion 🌑 Bleak Coming Of Age

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 92%

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

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 92%

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

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 92%

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

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 92%

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

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

Scythe

by Neal Shusterman • 2016

In a deathless world, two teens become scythes, until the order demands one kill the other.

4.32

422k+

💀 Post-Mortal World 🗡️ Apprentice Assassin ❤️ Rivals-To-Lovers 🎭 Corrupt Mentor 🏛️ Political Intrigue

Scythe 92%

In a deathless world, two teens become scythes, until the order demands one kill the other.

by Neal Shusterman 2016

4.32

422k+ ratings

💀 Post-Mortal World 🗡️ Apprentice Assassin ❤️ Rivals-To-Lovers 🎭 Corrupt Mentor 🏛️ Political Intrigue

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

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 92%

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

Renegades

by Marissa Meyer • 2017

A sleepless girl infiltrates the heroes who failed her family, but one boy complicates her revenge.

4.11

167k+

🦹 Corrupt Superheroes ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🎭 Secret Identity 🕵️ Infiltration Mission 👿 Villain Protagonist

Renegades 92%

A sleepless girl infiltrates the heroes who failed her family, but one boy complicates her revenge.

by Marissa Meyer 2017

4.11

167k+ ratings

🦹 Corrupt Superheroes ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🎭 Secret Identity 🕵️ Infiltration Mission 👿 Villain Protagonist

The Haven

by Carol Lynch Williams • 2014

Genetically engineered as spare parts, Shiloh must break out of the hospital that farms her friends.

3.32

1k+

🏥 Medical Dystopia 💀 Organ Harvesting ⚡ Dystopian Rebellion 🏃 Escape Plan 🏚️ Sinister Institution

The Haven 92%

Genetically engineered as spare parts, Shiloh must break out of the hospital that farms her friends.

by Carol Lynch Williams 2014

3.32

1k+ ratings

🏥 Medical Dystopia 💀 Organ Harvesting ⚡ Dystopian Rebellion 🏃 Escape Plan 🏚️ Sinister Institution

Kalyx

by Karen Lynch

A teen rescues a crashed alien panther. The military wants it back at any cost.

4.38

202

🛸 First Contact 🐾 Creature Bond 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🏭 Corrupt Corporation 🌪️ Climate Collapse

Kalyx 92%

A teen rescues a crashed alien panther. The military wants it back at any cost.

by Karen Lynch

4.38

202 ratings

🛸 First Contact 🐾 Creature Bond 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🏭 Corrupt Corporation 🌪️ Climate Collapse

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

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

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 92%

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

Through the Dark

by Alexandra Bracken • 2015

After a plague, psychic kids are caged. A band of runaways builds a family as resistance.

4.21

9k+

🫂 Found Family 🩹 Trauma Recovery 💕 Childhood Friends To Lovers ⚡ Superpowered Teens 🌆 Near-Future Dystopia

Through the Dark 92%

After a plague, psychic kids are caged. A band of runaways builds a family as resistance.

by Alexandra Bracken 2015

4.21

9k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 🩹 Trauma Recovery 💕 Childhood Friends To Lovers ⚡ Superpowered Teens 🌆 Near-Future Dystopia

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 92%

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

Upgrade

by Blake Crouch • 2022

A gene crime agent forcibly enhanced must hunt his sister before she unleashes a genetic apocalypse.

3.81

124k+

🧬 Genetic Enhancement 🤖 Technothriller ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Legacy 🏃‍♂️ On The Run

Upgrade 92%

A gene crime agent forcibly enhanced must hunt his sister before she unleashes a genetic apocalypse.

by Blake Crouch 2022

3.81

124k+ ratings

🧬 Genetic Enhancement 🤖 Technothriller ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Legacy 🏃‍♂️ On The Run

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 92%

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

Cinder

by Marissa Meyer • 2012

A cyborg mechanic loves a prince, but she's the lost heir the Lunar queen wants dead.

4.12

1.0M+

🔄 Fairy Tale Retelling 🤖 Cyborg Protagonist 👑 Hidden Royalty 💔 Forbidden Romance 👸 Evil Queen

Cinder 91%

A cyborg mechanic loves a prince, but she's the lost heir the Lunar queen wants dead.

by Marissa Meyer 2012

4.12

1.0M+ ratings

🔄 Fairy Tale Retelling 🤖 Cyborg Protagonist 👑 Hidden Royalty 💔 Forbidden Romance 👸 Evil Queen

Shadows

by Jennifer L. Armentrout • 2012

An alien in hiding loves a human girl, marking her for the predators who hunt his kind.

4.08

45k+

🖤 Star-Crossed Lovers 💔 Forbidden Love 👽 Hidden Alien Identity 🥀 Tragic Romance 🏘️ Rural Small Town

Shadows 91%

An alien in hiding loves a human girl, marking her for the predators who hunt his kind.

by Jennifer L. Armentrout 2012

4.08

45k+ ratings

🖤 Star-Crossed Lovers 💔 Forbidden Love 👽 Hidden Alien Identity 🥀 Tragic Romance 🏘️ Rural Small Town

Memento

by Amie Kaufman • 2020

A grieving neurogrammer teaches a warship's AI about morality; it learns the trolley problem.

4.29

8k+

🚀 Space Opera 🧠 AI Consciousness 🚋 Trolley Problem 💔 Forbidden Romance 🔖 Memory Rituals

Memento 91%

A grieving neurogrammer teaches a warship's AI about morality; it learns the trolley problem.

by Amie Kaufman 2020

4.29

8k+ ratings

🚀 Space Opera 🧠 AI Consciousness 🚋 Trolley Problem 💔 Forbidden Romance 🔖 Memory Rituals

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

Oryx and Crake

by Margaret Atwood • 2003

A plague ends the world, and one man must guard the flawless new humans his friend made.

4.00

290k+

🧬 Genetic Engineering 🧪 Mad Scientist 🫀 Engineered Humans 🛡️ Reluctant Guardian 🏢 Corporate Dystopia

Oryx and Crake 91%

A plague ends the world, and one man must guard the flawless new humans his friend made.

by Margaret Atwood 2003

4.00

290k+ ratings

🧬 Genetic Engineering 🧪 Mad Scientist 🫀 Engineered Humans 🛡️ Reluctant Guardian 🏢 Corporate Dystopia

The Bone Season

by Samantha Shannon • 2013

A clairvoyant fugitive is shipped to a secret prison where immortal beings feed on her kind.

3.84

104k+

🏙️ Dystopian Fantasy 🇬🇧 Alternate London ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🔮 Psychic Abilities

The Bone Season 91%

A clairvoyant fugitive is shipped to a secret prison where immortal beings feed on her kind.

by Samantha Shannon 2013

3.84

104k+ ratings

🏙️ Dystopian Fantasy 🇬🇧 Alternate London ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🔮 Psychic Abilities

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 91%

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

Red Queen

by Victoria Aveyard • 2015

A Red thief's forbidden power traps her as a fake princess and a rebel spy.

3.98

1.2M+

🧬 Superhuman Society 🔥 Dystopian Rebellion 💘 Love Triangle 🎭 Hidden Identity 🏰 Palace Intrigue

Red Queen 91%

A Red thief's forbidden power traps her as a fake princess and a rebel spy.

by Victoria Aveyard 2015

3.98

1.2M+ ratings

🧬 Superhuman Society 🔥 Dystopian Rebellion 💘 Love Triangle 🎭 Hidden Identity 🏰 Palace Intrigue

The House of the Scorpion

by Nancy Farmer • 2004

A clone raised in a drug empire must escape before the patriarch harvests his heart.

4.08

98k+

🧬 Clone Dystopia 🫀 Proving Humanity 🛡️ Gruff Mentor 🤝 Found Family 💔 Sacrificial Love

The House of the Scorpion 91%

A clone raised in a drug empire must escape before the patriarch harvests his heart.

by Nancy Farmer 2004

4.08

98k+ ratings

🧬 Clone Dystopia 🫀 Proving Humanity 🛡️ Gruff Mentor 🤝 Found Family 💔 Sacrificial Love

Torchfire

by Moira Buffini • 2025

A hunted telepath forges a forbidden bond with a captive who could bring down the regime.

4.38

873

🧠 Telepathic Resistance 🫂 Found Family 🌱 Hopepunk ☁️ Sky Civilizations 🏰 Dystopian Fantasy

Torchfire 91%

A hunted telepath forges a forbidden bond with a captive who could bring down the regime.

by Moira Buffini 2025

4.38

873 ratings

🧠 Telepathic Resistance 🫂 Found Family 🌱 Hopepunk ☁️ Sky Civilizations 🏰 Dystopian Fantasy

The Six

by Mark Alpert • 2015

A paralyzed teen uploads his mind into a robot to fight his father's rogue AI.

3.81

1k+

🧠 Mind Uploading 🤖 Rogue AI ♿ Disabled Protagonist 🪖 Teen Soldiers ❤️ Found Family

The Six 91%

A paralyzed teen uploads his mind into a robot to fight his father's rogue AI.

by Mark Alpert 2015

3.81

1k+ ratings

🧠 Mind Uploading 🤖 Rogue AI ♿ Disabled Protagonist 🪖 Teen Soldiers ❤️ Found Family

Brilliance

by Marcus Sakey • 2013

An agent who reads patterns to hunt gifted terrorists learns his own agency faked the attacks.

3.98

33k+

🔮 Near-Future Thriller 🏛️ Government Conspiracy 🔍 Hunting His Own Kind 🏃 Rogue Agent 😰 Paranoid Atmosphere

Brilliance 91%

An agent who reads patterns to hunt gifted terrorists learns his own agency faked the attacks.

by Marcus Sakey 2013

3.98

33k+ ratings

🔮 Near-Future Thriller 🏛️ Government Conspiracy 🔍 Hunting His Own Kind 🏃 Rogue Agent 😰 Paranoid Atmosphere

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

Darwin's Children

by Greg Bear • 2004

Their daughter is evolution's next step. The government calls her a threat. They call her family.

3.66

6k+

🧬 Hard Sf Biology 🦎 Speculative Evolution 😢 Persecuted Children 🏃 Family On The Run 🏕️ Internment Camps

Darwin's Children 91%

Their daughter is evolution's next step. The government calls her a threat. They call her family.

by Greg Bear 2004

3.66

6k+ ratings

🧬 Hard Sf Biology 🦎 Speculative Evolution 😢 Persecuted Children 🏃 Family On The Run 🏕️ Internment Camps

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 91%

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

Red Rising

by Pierce Brown • 2014

Reshaped as a Gold, a slave miner infiltrates the empire's war academy to destroy from inside.

4.27

823k+

🧬 Genetic Caste System 🏛️ Space Roman Empire ⚔️ Deadly Training Academy 🌋 Unlikely Rebel 👥 Found Family

Red Rising 91%

Reshaped as a Gold, a slave miner infiltrates the empire's war academy to destroy from inside.

by Pierce Brown 2014

4.27

823k+ ratings

🧬 Genetic Caste System 🏛️ Space Roman Empire ⚔️ Deadly Training Academy 🌋 Unlikely Rebel 👥 Found Family

Carve the Mark

by Veronica Roth • 2017

A death-marked boy becomes the only comfort for a tyrant's sister whose touch brings agony.

3.78

97k+

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🌌 Space Fantasy ⚔️ Arena Battles 🥀 Cursed Touch 🧠 Memory Manipulation

Carve the Mark 91%

A death-marked boy becomes the only comfort for a tyrant's sister whose touch brings agony.

by Veronica Roth 2017

3.78

97k+ ratings

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🌌 Space Fantasy ⚔️ Arena Battles 🥀 Cursed Touch 🧠 Memory Manipulation

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