Books like The Maze Runner
If you liked The Maze Runner by James Dashner, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.
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The Scorch Trials
Because same series (The Maze Runner #2); also by James Dashner; shares tags: dystopia, young adult, science fiction.
Thomas and the Gladers cross a burned wasteland to reach haven while WICKED watches.
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The Death Cure
Because same series (The Maze Runner #3); also by James Dashner; shares tags: young adult, dystopia, science fiction.
Thomas refuses WICKED's final test, remembers too much, and runs with the Gladers toward a last cure and a ship north.
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The 5th Wave
Because shares tags: young adult, science fiction, dystopia.
Cassie Sullivan crosses ruined Ohio to save Sammy after four alien waves, trusting Evan Walker while doubting him.
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The Hunger Games
Because shares tags: young adult, dystopia, science fiction.
Suzanne Collins's The Hunger Games explained: the reaping, Rue, the tracker jackers, the nightlock berry standoff, and what the arena is…
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Catching Fire
Because shares tags: young adult, dystopia, science fiction.
Suzanne Collins's Catching Fire explained: the Quarter Quell, the arena's secret, Finnick and Johanna, and the moment the Games turn into a…
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Delirium
Because shares tags: young adult, dystopia, science fiction.
In a America where love is treated as disease, Lena Haloway counts down to her Cure until she meets Alex in Portland.
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Red Rising
Because shares tags: science fiction, dystopia, young adult.
Darrow, a Red miner on Mars, loses his wife and is remade as a Gold to infiltrate the Institute, where teens wage war for power and he…
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Legend
Because shares tags: young adult, dystopia, science fiction.
Day and June collide in the Republic: he is wanted for murder, she hunts him, then learns the truth about Metias and the plague.
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The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Because shares tags: dystopia, young adult, survival.
Young Coriolanus Snow mentors Lucy Gray in the 10th Hunger Games.
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Shatter Me
Because shares tags: young adult, dystopia, science fiction.
Juliette Ferrars, whose touch kills, is locked up by the Reestablishment until Adam and Warner pull her into war.
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Allegiant
Because shares tags: dystopia, young adult, science fiction.
Tris and Tobias leave walled Chicago to learn what lies past the fence. Allegiant closes the Divergent trilogy with Bureau secrets, exile,…
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The Giver
Because shares tags: dystopia, young adult, science fiction.
Lois Lowry's The Giver retold: Jonas's Assignment, the memories, release, and the sled ride out.
