Hunger Games Read-alikes

The Diary of Pelly DAdlington, L.J.YA F Adlingto
When Toni V, a construction worker on a futuristic colony, finds the diary of a teenage girl whose life has been turned upside-down by holocaust-like events, he begins to question his own beliefs.
CandorBachorz, PamYA F Bachorz
For a fee, "model teen" Oscar Banks has been secretly--and selectively--sabotaging the subliminal messages that program the behavior of the residents of Candor, Florida, until his attraction to a rebellious new girl threatens to expose his subterfuge.
TakenBloor, EdwardYA F Bloor
In 2036 kidnapping rich children has become an industry, but when thirteen-year-old Charity Meyers is taken and held for ransom, she soon discovers that this particular kidnapping is not what it seems.
The CompoundBodeen, S.A. YA F Bodeen
After his parents, two sisters, and he have spent six years in a vast underground compound built by his wealthy father to protect them from a nuclear holocaust, fifteen-year-old Eli, whose twin brother and grandmother were left behind, discovers that his father has perpetrated a monstrous hoax on them all.
The Destiny of Linus HoppeBondoux, Anne-LaureYA F Bondoux
In a utopian world, fourteen-year-old Linus, is approaching the test to determine which Realm he will live in. But Linus opts to reject the accepted way of life and ventures to change his destiny.
Ender's GameCard, Orson ScottYA F Card
A veteran of years of simulated war games, Ender believes he is engaged in one more computer war game when in truth he is commanding the last fleet of Earth against an alien race seeking the complete destruction of Earth.
GracelingCashore, KristinYA F Cashore
In a world where some people are born with extreme and often-feared skills called Graces, Katsa struggles for redemption from her own horrifying Grace, the Grace of killing, and teams up with another young fighter to save their land from a corrupt king.
The White MountainsChristopher, JohnYA F Christop
Will Parker and his companions make a perilous journey toward an outpost of freedom where they hope to escape from the ruling Tripods, who capture mature human beings and make them docile servants.
The SupernaturalistColfer, EoinYA F Colfer
In futuristic Satellite City, fourteen-year-old Cosmo Hill escapes from his abusive orphanage and teams up with three other people who share his unusual ability to see supernatural creatures. Together they determine the nature and purpose of the swarming blue Parasites that are invisible to most humans.
The Maze RunnerDashner, JamesYA F Dashner
Sixteen-year-old Thomas wakes up with no memory in the middle of a maze and realizes he must work with the community in which he finds himself if he is to escape.
The SilencedDeVita, JamesYA F DeVita
Consigned to a prison-like Youth Training Facility because of her parents' political activities, Marena organizes a resistance movement to combat the restrictive policies of the ruling Zero Tolerance party.
Little BrotherDoctorow, CoryYA F Doctorow
After being interrogated for days by the Department of Homeland Security in the aftermath of a major terrorist attack on San Francisco, seventeen-year-old Marcus, released into what is now a police state, uses his expertise in computer hacking to set things right.
The Sky InsideDunkle, Clare B.YA F Dunkle
Life in the suburb might seem orderly, but there's a darker side. What happens to the people who suddenly disappear? And why is the government threatening to recall the latest batch of Wonder Children, the precocious kids--like Martin's sister Cassie--who are asking too many questions? Martin is determined to find her, even if it means leaving the domed world he's always known.
City of EmberDuPrau, JeanneYA F DuPrau
In the year 241, twelve-year-old Lina trades jobs on Assignment Day to be a Messenger to run to new places in her decaying but beloved city, perhaps even to glimpse Unknown Regions.
The House of the ScorpionFarmer, NancyYA F Farmer
In a future where humans despise clones, Matt enjoys special status as the young clone of El Patron, the 142-year-old leader of a corrupt drug empire nestled between Mexico and the United States.
IncarceronFisher, Catherine YA F Fisher
To free herself from an upcoming arranged marriage, Claudia, the daughter of the Warden of Incarceron, a futuristic prison with a mind of its own, decides to help a young prisoner escape.
SaltGee, MauriceYA F Gee
Hari, one of the enslaved people from Blood Burrow, and Pearl, a member of the ruling families known as Company, forge an unusual alliance and become reluctant traveling companions, as they undertake a desperate pilgrimage to save the world from a terror beyond their greatest imaginings.
Eon: Dragoneye RebornGoodman, AlisonYA F Goodman
Eon has disguised herself as a boy in order to study Dragon Magic and become a Dragoneye, one of a select group that forms a conduit to the power of energy dragons, but if the secret of her sex comes out, she will be killed.
GoneGrant, MichaelYA F Grant
In a small town on the coast of California, everyone over the age of fourteen suddenly disappears, setting up a battle between the remaining town residents and the students from a local private school, as well as those who have "The Power" and are able to perform supernatural feats and those who do not.
Among the HiddenHaddix, Margaret PetersonYA F Haddix
Luke is one of the shadow children, a third child forbidden by the Population Police. He’s lived his entire life in hiding. Then Luke meets another shadow child. Jen is willing to risk everything to come out of the shadows--does Luke dare to become involved in her dangerous plan?
Dr. Franklin's IslandHalam, AnnYA F Halam
When their plane crashes over the Pacific Ocean, three science students are left stranded on a tropical island and then imprisoned by a doctor who is performing horrifying experiments on humans involving the transfer of animal genes.
RashHautman, PeteYA F Hautman
In a future society that has decided it would "rather be safe than free," sixteen-year-old Bo's anger control problems land him in a tundra jail where he survives with the help of his running skills and an artificial intelligence program named Bork.
EpicKostick, ConorYA F Kostick
On New Earth, a world based on a video role-playing game, fourteen-year-old Erik persuades his friends to aid him in some unusual gambits in order to save Erik's father from exile and safeguard the futures of each of their families.
Carbon Diaries 2015Lloyd, SaciYA F Lloyd
In 2015, when England becomes the first nation to introduce carbon dioxide rationing in a drastic bid to combat climate change, sixteen-year-old Laura documents the first year of rationing as her family spirals out of control.
The GiverLowry, LoisYA F Lowry
Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives.
The DeclarationMalley, GemmaYA F Malley
In 2140 England, where drugs enable people to live forever and children are illegal, teenaged Anna, an obedient "Surplus" training to become a house servant, discovers that her birth parents are trying to find her.
Tomorrow, When the War BeganMarsden, JohnYA F Marsden
Seven Australian teenagers return from a camping trip in the bush to discover that their country has been invaded and they must hide to stay alive.
The Secret under My SkinMcNaughton, Janet ElizabethYA F McNaught
In the year 2368, humans exist under dire environmental conditions and one young woman, rescued from a work camp and chosen for a special duty, uses her love of learning to discover the truth about the planet's future and her own dark past.
The Knife of Never Letting GoNess, PatrickYA F Ness
Pursued by power-hungry Prentiss and mad minister Aaron, young Todd and Viola set out across New World searching for answers about the colony's true past and seeking a way to warn the ship bringing hopeful settlers from Old World.
Shade's ChildrenNix, GarthYA F Nix
In a city of the future, nonhuman creatures keep children until the age of fourteen, at which time their brains are harvested.
BirthmarkedO'Brien, Caragh M. YA F O'Brien
When her midwife mother is forcibly taken away by the very people she serves, sixteen-year-old Gaia Stone starts to question the role of the Enclave and whether it deserves the loyalty her family has so faithfully given.
Z for ZachariahO'Brien, Robert C. YA F O'Brien
Seemingly the only person left alive after a nuclear war, a sixteen-year-old girl is relieved to see a man arrive into her valley until she realizes that he is a tyrant and she must somehow escape.
HatchetPaulsen, GaryYA F Paulsen
After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the wilderness, learning to survive initially with only the aid of a hatchet given him by his mother.
The Adoration of Jenna FoxPearson, Mary E. YA F Pearson
In the not-too-distant future, when biotechnological advances have made synthetic bodies and brains possible but illegal, a seventeen-year-old girl, recovering from a serious accident and suffering from memory lapses, learns a startling secret about her existence.
Life As We Knew ItPfeffer, Susan BethYA F Pfeffer
Through journal entries, sixteen-year-old Miranda describes her family's struggle to survive after a meteor hits the moon, causing worldwide tsunamis, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions.
Mortal EnginesReeve, PhilipYA F Reeve
In the distant future, when cities move about and consume smaller towns, a fifteen-year-old apprentice is pushed out of London by the man he most admires and must seek answers in the perilous Out-Country, aided by one girl and the memory of another.
The Forest of Hands and TeethRyan, CarrieYA F Ryan
Through twists and turns of fate, orphaned Mary seeks knowledge of life, love, and especially what lies beyond her walled village and the surrounding forest, where dwell the Unconsecrated, aggressive flesh-eating people who were once dead.
UnwindShusterman, NealYA F Shusterm
In a future world where those between the ages of thirteen and eighteen can have their lives "unwound" and their body parts harvested for use by others, three teens go to extreme lengths to uphold their beliefs--and, perhaps, save their own lives.
TruesightStahler, DavidYA F Stahler
In a distant frontier world Jacob is uncertain of his future in a community that considers blindness a virtue and "Seers" as aberrations.
Heir ApparentVande Velde, VivianYA F Vande Velde
While playing a total immersion virtual reality game of kings and intrigue, fourteen-year-old Giannine learns that demonstrators have damaged the equipment to which she is connected, and she must win the game quickly or be damaged herself.
UgliesWesterfeld, ScottYA F Westerfe
Just before their sixteenth birthdays, when they will will be transformed into beauties whose only job is to have a great time, Tally's best friend runs away and Tally must find her and turn her in, or never become pretty at all.
Surviving Antarctica: Reality TV 2083White, AndreaYA F White
In the year 2083, five fourteen-year-olds who were deprived by chance of the opportunity to continue their educations, reenact Scott's 1910-1913 expedition to the South Pole as contestants on a reality television show, secretly aided by a Department of Entertainment employee.
The Storm ThiefWooding, ChrisYA F Wooding
With the help of a golem, two teenaged thieves try to survive on the city island of Orokos, where unpredictable probability storms continually change both the landscape and the inhabitants.
The Last Book in the UniversePhilbrick, W.R. YA Philbric
After an earthquake has destroyed much of the planet, an epileptic teenager nicknamed Spaz begins the heroic fight to bring human intelligence back to the Earth.
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