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Books like Divergent and The Hunger Games
The books recommended to readers of Divergent by Veronica Roth and The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins — ranked by how well they match both, not just one.
On both listsThe Darkest Minds
Alexandra Bracken
Children with abilities, camps that sort them by threat level, and a girl concealing what she can do. Divergent's secret with a road-trip attached.
On both listsEnder's Game
Orson Scott Card
The serious version of initiation: a child pushed through escalating simulations by adults with a use for him. Tris's fear landscapes, forty years earlier.
On both listsThe Maze Runner
James Dashner
Teenagers dropped into a lethal arena by adults who watch and take notes. Strip Katniss's politics away and this is the pure survival engine underneath.
On both listsRed Queen
Victoria Aveyard
A poor girl hauled into a glittering court, dressed, renamed and marketed to the public while a rebellion quietly uses her. The Capitol makeover, extended into a whole plot.
On both listsThe 5th Wave
Rick Yancey
Opens with a girl alone in the woods with a rifle and a promise to her little brother, which is Katniss's exact emotional engine transplanted into an alien invasion.
On both listsLegend
Marie Lu
Two fifteen-year-olds on opposite sides of a rotten republic, one hunting the other. Lu matches Collins for pace and does the class divide with more teeth.
On both listsThe Giver
Lois Lowry
The quiet original: a community that assigns everyone a role at twelve, and one boy who is given the job of knowing what it costs.
On both listsThe Selection
Kiera Cass
The same machinery — girls chosen by lottery, filmed, styled and ranked for a national audience — except the prize is a crown rather than survival.
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