23 Books like Red Rising

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 💍 Fake Marriage 😈 Morally Gray Heroine

The Gender Game 94%

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 💍 Fake Marriage 😈 Morally Gray Heroine

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 👑 Hidden Royalty 💔 Love Triangle

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 👑 Hidden Royalty 💔 Love Triangle

Sanctuary

by Caryn Lix • 2018

A space prison guard discovers her hidden chip as a breakout unleashes an alien creature onboard.

3.89

2k+

🚀 Space Prison ⚡ Teens With Powers 🫂 Found Family 🤝 Enemies To Allies 👾 Alien Assimilation

Sanctuary 93%

A space prison guard discovers her hidden chip as a breakout unleashes an alien creature onboard.

by Caryn Lix 2018

3.89

2k+ ratings

🚀 Space Prison ⚡ Teens With Powers 🫂 Found Family 🤝 Enemies To Allies 👾 Alien Assimilation

Memento

by Amie Kaufman • 2020

A grieving neurogrammer teaches a warship's AI about morality; it learns the trolley problem.

4.29

8k+

🚀 Space Opera 🧠 AI Consciousness 🚋 Trolley Problem 💔 Forbidden Romance 🔖 Memory Rituals

Memento 93%

A grieving neurogrammer teaches a warship's AI about morality; it learns the trolley problem.

by Amie Kaufman 2020

4.29

8k+ ratings

🚀 Space Opera 🧠 AI Consciousness 🚋 Trolley Problem 💔 Forbidden Romance 🔖 Memory Rituals

The Left Hand of God

by Paul Hoffman • 2010

Forged inside a brutal fortress, a boy escapes and learns he is the destroyer prophecy foretold.

3.65

19k+

🖤 Grimdark Fantasy ⚔️ Military Fantasy 🌑 Dark Chosen One 💀 Brutal Training Academy 🫂 Found Family

The Left Hand of God 93%

Forged inside a brutal fortress, a boy escapes and learns he is the destroyer prophecy foretold.

by Paul Hoffman 2010

3.65

19k+ ratings

🖤 Grimdark Fantasy ⚔️ Military Fantasy 🌑 Dark Chosen One 💀 Brutal Training Academy 🫂 Found Family

The Knife of Never Letting Go

by Patrick Ness • 2008

On a world of broadcast thoughts, a boy meets a quiet girl and a violent pursuit ignites.

3.97

205k+

🚀 Planet Colonization 🔍 Lost Colony Secrets 🏃 Relentless Pursuer 🐕 Loyal Animal Companion 🌑 Bleak Coming Of Age

The Knife of Never Letting Go 93%

On a world of broadcast thoughts, a boy meets a quiet girl and a violent pursuit ignites.

by Patrick Ness 2008

3.97

205k+ ratings

🚀 Planet Colonization 🔍 Lost Colony Secrets 🏃 Relentless Pursuer 🐕 Loyal Animal Companion 🌑 Bleak Coming Of Age

Legacy of the Force

by Aaron Allston • 2006

A Jedi hero hunts his family. The Sith training him says the true price hasn't arrived.

3.89

9k+

🖤 Fallen Hero Arc 🌌 Political Space Opera 🐍 Mentor As Corrupter 💔 Family Betrayal 🗡️ Coming Of Age Quest

Legacy of the Force 93%

A Jedi hero hunts his family. The Sith training him says the true price hasn't arrived.

by Aaron Allston 2006

3.89

9k+ ratings

🖤 Fallen Hero Arc 🌌 Political Space Opera 🐍 Mentor As Corrupter 💔 Family Betrayal 🗡️ Coming Of Age Quest

Empire of Silence

by Christopher Ruocchio • 2018

Disowned and hunted, a nobleman fights in the gladiator pits of a backwater planet.

3.95

55k+

🏛️ Galactic Empire 👑 Fallen Noble 🤝 Found Family 👽 Alien Diplomacy 📜 Forbidden Knowledge

Empire of Silence 92%

Disowned and hunted, a nobleman fights in the gladiator pits of a backwater planet.

by Christopher Ruocchio 2018

3.95

55k+ ratings

🏛️ Galactic Empire 👑 Fallen Noble 🤝 Found Family 👽 Alien Diplomacy 📜 Forbidden Knowledge

A Hole in the Sky

by Peter F. Hamilton • 2021

On a dying starship, siblings flee ritual death into forbidden wilds hiding alien foes.

3.79

1k+

🚀 Generation Ship 👑 Hidden Heir ⚙️ Forbidden Technology 🤖 AI Companion 💀 Ritualized Death

A Hole in the Sky 92%

On a dying starship, siblings flee ritual death into forbidden wilds hiding alien foes.

by Peter F. Hamilton 2021

3.79

1k+ ratings

🚀 Generation Ship 👑 Hidden Heir ⚙️ Forbidden Technology 🤖 AI Companion 💀 Ritualized Death

The 100

by Kass Morgan • 2013

One hundred teenage prisoners crash-land on a ravaged Earth and find they are not alone.

3.58

87k+

🔒 Juvenile Delinquents 🌲 Crash-Land Survival 💕 Survival Romance 🛡️ Protective Sibling 🔺 Love Triangle

The 100 92%

One hundred teenage prisoners crash-land on a ravaged Earth and find they are not alone.

by Kass Morgan 2013

3.58

87k+ ratings

🔒 Juvenile Delinquents 🌲 Crash-Land Survival 💕 Survival Romance 🛡️ Protective Sibling 🔺 Love Triangle

LIFEL1K3

by Jay Kristoff • 2018

A scavenger fights robots for medicine. When an android awakens, her hidden past comes hunting.

3.94

13k+

🤖 Sentient Androids 🫂 Found Family 🧠 Implanted Memories ⚡ Hidden Powers 🏚️ Dystopian Wasteland

LIFEL1K3 92%

A scavenger fights robots for medicine. When an android awakens, her hidden past comes hunting.

by Jay Kristoff 2018

3.94

13k+ ratings

🤖 Sentient Androids 🫂 Found Family 🧠 Implanted Memories ⚡ Hidden Powers 🏚️ Dystopian Wasteland

Star Wars

by Matthew Woodring Stover • 2005

The Jedi's brightest hope, to save his wife, makes a pact that forges a dark Empire.

4.32

26k+

🚀 Epic Space Opera 💔 Fallen Hero 🕶️ Dark Mentorship 🔮 Prophecy And Fate 😢 Tragic Space Opera

Star Wars 92%

The Jedi's brightest hope, to save his wife, makes a pact that forges a dark Empire.

by Matthew Woodring Stover 2005

4.32

26k+ ratings

🚀 Epic Space Opera 💔 Fallen Hero 🕶️ Dark Mentorship 🔮 Prophecy And Fate 😢 Tragic Space Opera

Operation Bounce House

by Matt Dinniman • 2026

A farmer wakes to find his colony turned into a children's live-fire mech game.

3.91

35k+

🎮 Death Game 🤖 Mech Combat 🐝 AI Companion ⚔️ Colonist Uprising 🩷 Found Family

Operation Bounce House 92%

A farmer wakes to find his colony turned into a children's live-fire mech game.

by Matt Dinniman 2026

3.91

35k+ ratings

🎮 Death Game 🤖 Mech Combat 🐝 AI Companion ⚔️ Colonist Uprising 🩷 Found Family

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 🦠 Engineered Plague 🕵️ Government Conspiracy

Legend 92%

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 🦠 Engineered Plague 🕵️ Government Conspiracy

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 🔥 Slow Burn Romance ✊ Underground Rebellion

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 🔥 Slow Burn Romance ✊ Underground Rebellion

Path of Destruction

by Drew Karpyshyn • 2006

Cast out and broken, a Sith apprentice studies forbidden secrets to destroy his own order.

4.35

38k+

🦹 Villain Origin Story 📈 Underdog Ascension 🗡️ Secret Training 🐍 Treacherous Alliance ⚫ Dark Power Fantasy

Path of Destruction 92%

Cast out and broken, a Sith apprentice studies forbidden secrets to destroy his own order.

by Drew Karpyshyn 2006

4.35

38k+ ratings

🦹 Villain Origin Story 📈 Underdog Ascension 🗡️ Secret Training 🐍 Treacherous Alliance ⚫ Dark Power Fantasy

Lockstep

by Karl Schroeder • 2014

After millennia in cryosleep, a boy wakes to find his siblings rule a hibernating galactic empire.

3.75

2k+

🧊 Cryosleep Society 😐 Reluctant Messiah 👑 Family Dynasty In Space ⚔️ Sibling Power Struggle 🤔 Introspective Sci-Fi

Lockstep 92%

After millennia in cryosleep, a boy wakes to find his siblings rule a hibernating galactic empire.

by Karl Schroeder 2014

3.75

2k+ ratings

🧊 Cryosleep Society 😐 Reluctant Messiah 👑 Family Dynasty In Space ⚔️ Sibling Power Struggle 🤔 Introspective Sci-Fi

Master and Apprentice

by Claudia Gray • 2019

A Jedi Master and apprentice must crown a princess, but a vision of bloodshed foretells disaster.

4.16

23k+

🧑‍🏫 Mentor Mentee 🔮 Prophetic Dreams 🕵️ Honorable Thieves 🏰 Palace Coup 📜 Political Conspiracy

Master and Apprentice 92%

A Jedi Master and apprentice must crown a princess, but a vision of bloodshed foretells disaster.

by Claudia Gray 2019

4.16

23k+ ratings

🧑‍🏫 Mentor Mentee 🔮 Prophetic Dreams 🕵️ Honorable Thieves 🏰 Palace Coup 📜 Political Conspiracy

Tarkin

by James Luceno • 2014

Tarkin and Vader hunt a stolen warship while a rebel's vendetta and a traitor's scheme collide.

3.76

21k+

🦹 Villain Protagonist 🚀 Military Sci-Fi ⚔️ Uneasy Allies 🏛️ Political Intrigue 🔥 Rebel Insurgency

Tarkin 92%

Tarkin and Vader hunt a stolen warship while a rebel's vendetta and a traitor's scheme collide.

by James Luceno 2014

3.76

21k+ ratings

🦹 Villain Protagonist 🚀 Military Sci-Fi ⚔️ Uneasy Allies 🏛️ Political Intrigue 🔥 Rebel Insurgency

A Girl from Nowhere

by James Maxwell • 2020

A lame orphan crosses a deadly wasteland chasing the legend of a white-walled city.

4.06

11k+

🏜️ Desert Wasteland ⚔️ Arena Combat 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family ♿ Disabled Protagonist 💕 Slow Burn Romance

A Girl from Nowhere 92%

A lame orphan crosses a deadly wasteland chasing the legend of a white-walled city.

by James Maxwell 2020

4.06

11k+ ratings

🏜️ Desert Wasteland ⚔️ Arena Combat 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family ♿ Disabled Protagonist 💕 Slow Burn Romance

Ahsoka

by E.K. Johnston • 2016

After the Jedi fall, Ahsoka Tano hides on a farming moon. But the Empire always finds what it hunts.

4.07

46k+

🖤 Post Order 66 🕯️ Hidden Jedi 👥 Found Family ⚔️ Reluctant Leader 💔 Survivor's Guilt

Ahsoka 92%

After the Jedi fall, Ahsoka Tano hides on a farming moon. But the Empire always finds what it hunts.

by E.K. Johnston 2016

4.07

46k+ ratings

🖤 Post Order 66 🕯️ Hidden Jedi 👥 Found Family ⚔️ Reluctant Leader 💔 Survivor's Guilt

Light of the Jedi

by Charles Soule • 2021

A freighter explodes in hyperspace, raining debris on a system. Jedi unite to stop the cataclysm.

3.92

34k+

💥 Space Disaster ⚔️ Master And Apprentice 🌟 Hopeful Sci-Fi 🎬 Cinematic Action 🚨 Rescue Mission

Light of the Jedi 92%

A freighter explodes in hyperspace, raining debris on a system. Jedi unite to stop the cataclysm.

by Charles Soule 2021

3.92

34k+ ratings

💥 Space Disaster ⚔️ Master And Apprentice 🌟 Hopeful Sci-Fi 🎬 Cinematic Action 🚨 Rescue Mission

Carve the Mark

by Veronica Roth • 2017

A death-marked boy becomes the only comfort for a tyrant's sister whose touch brings agony.

3.78

97k+

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🌌 Space Fantasy ⚔️ Arena Battles 🥀 Cursed Touch 🧠 Memory Manipulation

Carve the Mark 92%

A death-marked boy becomes the only comfort for a tyrant's sister whose touch brings agony.

by Veronica Roth 2017

3.78

97k+ ratings

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🌌 Space Fantasy ⚔️ Arena Battles 🥀 Cursed Touch 🧠 Memory Manipulation

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