18 Books like Catching Fire

The Princess Games

by Cordelia K. Castel • 2020

Blackmailed into a televised bride competition, she must outlast a court where love is a weapon.

3.99

9k+

🔪 Deadly Competition 📺 Televised Spectacle 💪 Reluctant Heroine

The Princess Games 96%

Blackmailed into a televised bride competition, she must outlast a court where love is a weapon.

by Cordelia K. Castel 2020

3.99

9k+ ratings

🔪 Deadly Competition 📺 Televised Spectacle 💪 Reluctant Heroine

The Testing

by Joelle Charbonneau • 2013

The Testing chooses future leaders by killing most candidates. Cia must be the exception.

4.05

84k+

🗡️ Deadly Competition 🏕️ Survival Trials 💕 Friends To Lovers

The Testing 95%

The Testing chooses future leaders by killing most candidates. Cia must be the exception.

by Joelle Charbonneau 2013

4.05

84k+ ratings

🗡️ Deadly Competition 🏕️ Survival Trials 💕 Friends To Lovers

Legend

by Marie Lu • 2011

A prodigy soldier hunts a slum fugitive for her brother's murder, but he isn't a monster.

4.15

567k+

🏚️ Dystopian America 💖 Enemies To Lovers 👥 Dual Pov

Legend 95%

A prodigy soldier hunts a slum fugitive for her brother's murder, but he isn't a monster.

by Marie Lu 2011

4.15

567k+ ratings

🏚️ Dystopian America 💖 Enemies To Lovers 👥 Dual Pov

Shadow Fall

by Audrey Grey • 2016

A pit girl with a new face fights for the last seat beside her former hunter.

3.87

2k+

🔥 Enemies To Lovers ⚔️ Deadly Competition 🏛️ Caste Society

Shadow Fall 94%

A pit girl with a new face fights for the last seat beside her former hunter.

by Audrey Grey 2016

3.87

2k+ ratings

🔥 Enemies To Lovers ⚔️ Deadly Competition 🏛️ Caste Society

Delirium

by Lauren Oliver • 2011

Love has been cured out of everyone except one boy, and he's about to infect her.

3.95

480k+

🖤 Dystopian Romance 💔 Forbidden Romance 🌸 Good Girl Rebels

Delirium 94%

Love has been cured out of everyone except one boy, and he's about to infect her.

by Lauren Oliver 2011

3.95

480k+ ratings

🖤 Dystopian Romance 💔 Forbidden Romance 🌸 Good Girl Rebels

Unite Me

by Tahereh Mafi • 2014

He lost the girl whose touch kills. Her diary shows him the monster he's become.

3.86

85k+

🔥 Dystopian Romance 💔 Love Triangle 🖤 Morally Grey Love Interest

Unite Me 93%

He lost the girl whose touch kills. Her diary shows him the monster he's become.

by Tahereh Mafi 2014

3.86

85k+ ratings

🔥 Dystopian Romance 💔 Love Triangle 🖤 Morally Grey Love Interest

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

The Gender Game 93%

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

Matched

by Ally Condie • 2010

Matched with her best friend, a glitch reveals a forbidden face. Cassia cannot look away.

3.62

817k+

🫶 Love Triangle 💔 Forbidden Love 💕 Dystopian Romance

Matched 93%

Matched with her best friend, a glitch reveals a forbidden face. Cassia cannot look away.

by Ally Condie 2010

3.62

817k+ ratings

🫶 Love Triangle 💔 Forbidden Love 💕 Dystopian Romance

Shatter Me

by Tahereh Mafi • 2011

Her touch kills and she has been alone for months. Then a soldier survives her skin.

3.84

1.2M+

🏙️ Dystopian Romance 💕 Childhood Sweethearts 💔 Love Triangle

Shatter Me 93%

Her touch kills and she has been alone for months. Then a soldier survives her skin.

by Tahereh Mafi 2011

3.84

1.2M+ ratings

🏙️ Dystopian Romance 💕 Childhood Sweethearts 💔 Love Triangle

Divergent

by Veronica Roth • 2011

At sixteen she picks the warrior caste and buries a secret: her mind cannot be controlled.

4.13

4.4M+

🏘️ Faction-Based Society 🏙️ Dystopian Chicago ⚔️ Initiation Trials

Divergent 92%

At sixteen she picks the warrior caste and buries a secret: her mind cannot be controlled.

by Veronica Roth 2011

4.13

4.4M+ ratings

🏘️ Faction-Based Society 🏙️ Dystopian Chicago ⚔️ Initiation Trials

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

Recruitment 92%

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

The Girl Who Dared to Think

by Bella Forrest • 2017

A Squire marked for deletion swallows a forbidden pill, joining a fugitive to trick the Tower's AI.

4.23

9k+

🏷️ Ranking Dystopia ❤️ Enemies To Lovers 👪 Found Family

The Girl Who Dared to Think 92%

A Squire marked for deletion swallows a forbidden pill, joining a fugitive to trick the Tower's AI.

by Bella Forrest 2017

4.23

9k+ ratings

🏷️ Ranking Dystopia ❤️ Enemies To Lovers 👪 Found Family

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

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

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

Fortune Falls 92%

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

Fable for the End of the World

by Ava Reid • 2025

A teenage taxidermist, chosen as prey for a televised hunt, discovers her killer is as trapped.

3.66

15k+

🎯 Televised Death Match 🏢 Corporate Dystopia 💘 Enemies To Lovers

Fable for the End of the World 92%

A teenage taxidermist, chosen as prey for a televised hunt, discovers her killer is as trapped.

by Ava Reid 2025

3.66

15k+ ratings

🎯 Televised Death Match 🏢 Corporate Dystopia 💘 Enemies To Lovers

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

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

Uglies

by Scott Westerfeld • 2005

Weeks before her beauty surgery, Tally must hunt down her runaway friend or stay ugly forever.

3.84

710k+

🏴 Dystopian Rebellion 💊 Brainwashed Society 🏕️ Hidden Rebel Community

Uglies 91%

Weeks before her beauty surgery, Tally must hunt down her runaway friend or stay ugly forever.

by Scott Westerfeld 2005

3.84

710k+ ratings

🏴 Dystopian Rebellion 💊 Brainwashed Society 🏕️ Hidden Rebel Community

Red Queen

by Victoria Aveyard • 2015

A Red thief's forbidden power traps her as a fake princess and a rebel spy.

3.98

1.2M+

🧬 Superhuman Society 🔥 Dystopian Rebellion 💘 Love Triangle

Red Queen 91%

A Red thief's forbidden power traps her as a fake princess and a rebel spy.

by Victoria Aveyard 2015

3.98

1.2M+ ratings

🧬 Superhuman Society 🔥 Dystopian Rebellion 💘 Love Triangle

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