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Suzanne Collins · 2010 · US · science fiction · young adult
Book 3 of 5 in The Hunger Games
★ 4.13 Goodreads · 3,898,388 ratings

Katniss Everdeen has survived the arena twice and her home lies in ruins, and now the rebels of District 13 want her to become the Mockingjay, the symbol of their war against the Capitol, while Peeta is in the Capitol's hands.

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12 books for readers of Mockingjay

The Children of Men

P. D. James · 1992 · UK 96% match ★ 3.66 Goodreads · 54,245 ratings
shares: rebellion, bleak, dystopian · easy read, dark

In a near-future England where humanity has become infertile, a disillusioned historian is drawn into a resistance movement against a totalitarian government.

The Poppy War

R. F. Kuang · 2018 · US 94% match ★ 4.15 Goodreads · 557,801 ratings
Book 1 of 3 in The Poppy War
shares: war · dark, violent

A war orphan with shamanic powers is drafted into a military academy where she must survive both the brutality of training and the awakening of ancient gods.

Legend

Marie Lu · 2011 · US 94% match ★ 4.15 Goodreads · 575,583 ratings
Book 1 of 4 in Legend
shares: rebellion, dystopian, young adult · easy read, fast-paced

In a future Los Angeles ruled by the Republic, fifteen-year-old prodigy June Iparis is sent to hunt down Day, the country's most wanted criminal, whom she believes killed her brother.

Red Rising

Pierce Brown · 2014 · US 94% match ★ 4.27 Goodreads · 1,005,632 ratings
Book 1 of 6 in Red Rising
shares: dystopian, war · easy read, violent

On a colonised Mars, a miner discovers the brutal caste system's darkest secret and is recruited for a revolution from the inside.

Unwind

Neal Shusterman · 2007 · US 94% match ★ 4.17 Goodreads · 256,261 ratings
Book 1 of 4 in Unwind Dystology
shares: dystopian, young adult, political · easy read, dark

After a war fought over abortion, the law lets parents have their children unwound between the ages of thirteen and eighteen, their bodies taken apart for transplants, and three teenagers marked for it, Connor, Risa and Lev, go on the run.

1984

George Orwell · 1949 · UK 94% match ★ 4.19 Goodreads
shares: propaganda, bleak, dystopian · dark, easy read

A man in a totalitarian superstate falls in love, commits thoughtcrime, and discovers that the Party's true weapon is not punishment but the erasure of truth itself.

Wool

Hugh Howey · 2012 · US 93% match ★ 4.22 Goodreads · 296,200 ratings
Book 1 of 3 in Silo
shares: rebellion, dystopian · easy read, dark

Thousands of people live in a vast underground silo, and the worst crime is asking to go outside, until Juliette, a mechanic from the deep levels, is made sheriff and starts asking why.

Red Queen

Victoria Aveyard · 2015 · US 92% match ★ 3.97 Goodreads · 1,228,617 ratings
Book 1 of 4 in Red Queen
shares: rebellion, dystopian, young adult · easy read, earnest

In a kingdom where silver-blooded nobles with powers rule red-blooded commoners, Mare Barrow, a Red thief, shows in front of the whole court that she has a power of her own, and the king hides her in plain sight as a lost Silver noblewoman.

Divergent

Veronica Roth · 2011 · US 92% match ★ 4.13 Goodreads · 4,503,130 ratings
Book 1 of 3 in Divergent
shares: dystopian, young adult · easy read, fast-paced

In a future Chicago divided into five factions, each devoted to a single virtue, sixteen-year-old Beatrice Prior must choose where she belongs, and the test meant to guide her shows that she fits no single faction, a secret that could get her killed.

An Ember in the Ashes

Sabaa Tahir · 2015 · US 92% match ★ 4.23 Goodreads · 365,391 ratings
Book 1 of 4 in An Ember in the Ashes
shares: rebellion, young adult, war · easy read, dark

Laia, a Scholar girl whose brother is arrested for treason, spies for the rebels as a slave at the Martial Empire's brutal military academy, where Elias, its finest soldier, secretly wants out.

The Marrow Thieves

Cherie Dimaline · 2017 · Canada 91% match ★ 3.92 Goodreads · 46,879 ratings
shares: dystopian, young adult · easy read, dark

In a future North America ravaged by climate change, where people have lost the ability to dream, Indigenous people are hunted for their bone marrow, and Frenchie, a Métis boy, flees north with others.

Chain-Gang All-Stars

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah · 2023 · US 90% match ★ 4.10 Goodreads · 107,609 ratings
shares: dystopian, political · dark, violent

In a near-future America, incarcerated fighters earn their freedom through televised death-matches, and two star lovers consider how long they can keep winning.