34 Books like The Marrow Thieves

Moon of the Turning Leaves

by Waubgeshig Rice

Six Anishinaabe scouts journey through a dead America toward the homeland their people once lost.

4.22

11k+

🌱 Indigenous Futurism 👵 Generational Wisdom 🏕️ Ancestral Homeland 🛶 Rites Of Passage 🤲 Community Survival

Moon of the Turning Leaves 97%

Six Anishinaabe scouts journey through a dead America toward the homeland their people once lost.

by Waubgeshig Rice 2023

4.22

11k+ ratings

🌱 Indigenous Futurism 👵 Generational Wisdom 🏕️ Ancestral Homeland 🛶 Rites Of Passage 🤲 Community Survival

Moon of the Crusted Snow

by Waubgeshig Rice • 2018

The power fails in a remote Anishinaabe community. A stranger arrives. The cities have fallen.

3.82

46k+

🖤 Literary Horror 🌾 Indigenous Futurism 😈 Charismatic Outsider 📉 Slow Burn Collapse ❄️ Atmospheric Winter

Moon of the Crusted Snow 94%

The power fails in a remote Anishinaabe community. A stranger arrives. The cities have fallen.

by Waubgeshig Rice 2018

3.82

46k+ ratings

🖤 Literary Horror 🌾 Indigenous Futurism 😈 Charismatic Outsider 📉 Slow Burn Collapse ❄️ Atmospheric Winter

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 94%

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

Walking in Two Worlds

by Wab Kinew • 2021

A Native teen rules a VR world with sacred magic, but a hateful clan needs her erased.

3.47

1k+

🖥️ Indigenous Futurism 🎮 Virtual Reality Fantasy 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🏘️ Contemporary Rez Life 🌿 Cultural Reclamation

Walking in Two Worlds 93%

A Native teen rules a VR world with sacred magic, but a hateful clan needs her erased.

by Wab Kinew 2021

3.47

1k+ ratings

🖥️ Indigenous Futurism 🎮 Virtual Reality Fantasy 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🏘️ Contemporary Rez Life 🌿 Cultural Reclamation

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

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 93%

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

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 93%

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

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 93%

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

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 92%

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

Tiohtiáke

by Michel Jean • 2021

An Innu ex-con, banished to Montreal's streets, must survive the winter and the violence inside.

4.19

4k+

🌆 Indigenous Urban Life 🌃 Street Survival 🤝 Found Family 💔 Generational Trauma 🌿 Cultural Reconnection

Tiohtiáke 92%

An Innu ex-con, banished to Montreal's streets, must survive the winter and the violence inside.

by Michel Jean 2021

4.19

4k+ ratings

🌆 Indigenous Urban Life 🌃 Street Survival 🤝 Found Family 💔 Generational Trauma 🌿 Cultural Reconnection

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 92%

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

The Seep

by Chana Porter • 2020

When her wife chooses rebirth, Trina defies an alien paradise that has banned sorrow.

3.63

10k+

🪶 Indigenous Futurism 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Protagonist 💔 Ambiguous Loss 😢 Grief In Utopia ⚛️ Post-Scarcity Society

The Seep 92%

When her wife chooses rebirth, Trina defies an alien paradise that has banned sorrow.

by Chana Porter 2020

3.63

10k+ ratings

🪶 Indigenous Futurism 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Protagonist 💔 Ambiguous Loss 😢 Grief In Utopia ⚛️ Post-Scarcity Society

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 92%

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 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

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

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

Parable of the Sower

by Octavia E. Butler • 1993

An empathic teen invents a faith of change and leads a band through a scorched California.

4.19

274k+

🌍 Afrofuturism 🌡️ Climate Dystopia 🫂 Found Family 🧭 Survival Journey 🤔 Philosophical Sf

Parable of the Sower 92%

An empathic teen invents a faith of change and leads a band through a scorched California.

by Octavia E. Butler 1993

4.19

274k+ ratings

🌍 Afrofuturism 🌡️ Climate Dystopia 🫂 Found Family 🧭 Survival Journey 🤔 Philosophical Sf

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 92%

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

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 92%

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

Five Little Indians

by Michelle Good • 2020

Five Indigenous teens survive a residential school, then step into a city built to erase them.

4.46

47k+

🏫 Residential Schools 💝 Chosen Family 🕯️ Generational Trauma 👯 Female Friendship 💔 Emotionally Raw

Five Little Indians 92%

Five Indigenous teens survive a residential school, then step into a city built to erase them.

by Michelle Good 2020

4.46

47k+ ratings

🏫 Residential Schools 💝 Chosen Family 🕯️ Generational Trauma 👯 Female Friendship 💔 Emotionally Raw

The Light Pirate

by Lily Brooks-Dalton • 2022

As Florida drowns, a hurricane-born girl discovers the water lights up at her touch.

4.03

44k+

🌀 Climate Fiction 👨‍👩‍👧 Generational Saga 🤝 Found Family 🧑‍🏫 Mentor And Apprentice 🌿 Woman In The Wilderness

The Light Pirate 92%

As Florida drowns, a hurricane-born girl discovers the water lights up at her touch.

by Lily Brooks-Dalton 2022

4.03

44k+ ratings

🌀 Climate Fiction 👨‍👩‍👧 Generational Saga 🤝 Found Family 🧑‍🏫 Mentor And Apprentice 🌿 Woman In The Wilderness

The Last Cuentista

by Donna Barba Higuera • 2021

A storyteller wakes on a colony ship to find the rulers erased every memory but hers.

4.04

29k+

🚀 Generational Starship 🧠 Memory Erasure 📖 Story As Resistance 💔 Sibling Sacrifice 🫂 Found Family

The Last Cuentista 92%

A storyteller wakes on a colony ship to find the rulers erased every memory but hers.

by Donna Barba Higuera 2021

4.04

29k+ ratings

🚀 Generational Starship 🧠 Memory Erasure 📖 Story As Resistance 💔 Sibling Sacrifice 🫂 Found Family

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 91%

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

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 91%

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 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

The Thinning

by Inga Simpson • 2024

An off-grid teen rescues an altered child, forcing her and her mother to flee near-future Australia.

3.56

942

🌍 Climate Fiction 📖 Literary Dystopia 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond 🧬 Engineered Children 🌿 Ecological Resistance

The Thinning 91%

An off-grid teen rescues an altered child, forcing her and her mother to flee near-future Australia.

by Inga Simpson 2024

3.56

942 ratings

🌍 Climate Fiction 📖 Literary Dystopia 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond 🧬 Engineered Children 🌿 Ecological Resistance

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 91%

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

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

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

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

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 91%

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

Flight

by Sherman Alexie • 2007

Shot in a bank, a Native foster kid hurtles through strangers' lives across American history.

3.89

18k+

🌀 Body-Swap Time Travel 🪶 Native Coming Of Age 🏚️ Foster Care Trauma 🫂 Found Family 🔗 Generational Trauma

Flight 91%

Shot in a bank, a Native foster kid hurtles through strangers' lives across American history.

by Sherman Alexie 2007

3.89

18k+ ratings

🌀 Body-Swap Time Travel 🪶 Native Coming Of Age 🏚️ Foster Care Trauma 🫂 Found Family 🔗 Generational Trauma

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 91%

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

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 91%

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

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