29 Books like Unwind

The Haven

by Carol Lynch Williams • 2014

Genetically engineered as spare parts, Shiloh must break out of the hospital that farms her friends.

3.32

1k+

🏥 Medical Dystopia 💀 Organ Harvesting ⚡ Dystopian Rebellion

The Haven 94%

Genetically engineered as spare parts, Shiloh must break out of the hospital that farms her friends.

by Carol Lynch Williams 2014

3.32

1k+ ratings

🏥 Medical Dystopia 💀 Organ Harvesting ⚡ Dystopian Rebellion

The Loop

by Ben Oliver • 2020

In a jail that harvests fear, a teen relies on secret friendships until the rain stops.

3.9

9k+

🏚️ Dystopian Prison 📡 Ai Surveillance 🫂 Found Family

The Loop 94%

In a jail that harvests fear, a teen relies on secret friendships until the rain stops.

by Ben Oliver 2020

3.9

9k+ ratings

🏚️ Dystopian Prison 📡 Ai Surveillance 🫂 Found Family

Le Programme

by Sandra Dussault • 2018

To protect his brother, a teen fugitive finds a hidden village of young murderers.

4.18

437

🔮 Simulated World 🤝 Found Family 💔 Sacrifice For Sibling

Le Programme 93%

To protect his brother, a teen fugitive finds a hidden village of young murderers.

by Sandra Dussault 2018

4.18

437 ratings

🔮 Simulated World 🤝 Found Family 💔 Sacrifice For Sibling

Starters

by Lissa Price • 2012

A teen rents out her body. The woman inside it has a gun and a senator's address.

3.88

46k+

🏦 Dystopian Body Rental 🧠 Consciousness Sharing 🎯 Political Assassination

Starters 93%

A teen rents out her body. The woman inside it has a gun and a senator's address.

by Lissa Price 2012

3.88

46k+ ratings

🏦 Dystopian Body Rental 🧠 Consciousness Sharing 🎯 Political Assassination

Partials

by Dan Wells • 2012

To save the last newborns from extinction, a medic kidnaps a genetically engineered enemy soldier.

3.93

60k+

🦠 Virus Apocalypse 🤰 Dystopian Pregnancy 🤖 Engineered Beings

Partials 93%

To save the last newborns from extinction, a medic kidnaps a genetically engineered enemy soldier.

by Dan Wells 2012

3.93

60k+ ratings

🦠 Virus Apocalypse 🤰 Dystopian Pregnancy 🤖 Engineered Beings

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 93%

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

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 93%

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

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 93%

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

The Darkest Minds

by Alexandra Bracken • 2012

Psychic runaway hides a monstrous power while falling for the boy leading the search for safety.

4.15

208k+

🧠 Psychic Abilities 🧡 Found Family 💭 Memory Manipulation

The Darkest Minds 93%

Psychic runaway hides a monstrous power while falling for the boy leading the search for safety.

by Alexandra Bracken 2012

4.15

208k+ ratings

🧠 Psychic Abilities 🧡 Found Family 💭 Memory Manipulation

The House of the Scorpion

by Nancy Farmer • 2004

A clone raised in a drug empire must escape before the patriarch harvests his heart.

4.08

98k+

🧬 Clone Dystopia 🫀 Proving Humanity 🛡️ Gruff Mentor

The House of the Scorpion 93%

A clone raised in a drug empire must escape before the patriarch harvests his heart.

by Nancy Farmer 2004

4.08

98k+ ratings

🧬 Clone Dystopia 🫀 Proving Humanity 🛡️ Gruff Mentor

The Angel Experiment

by James Patterson • 2005

Six winged experiments. One recaptured. Their leader follows a voice toward the lab that made them.

4.07

234k+

🧬 Genetic Engineering 🖤 Found Family 🏃 Kids On The Run

The Angel Experiment 93%

Six winged experiments. One recaptured. Their leader follows a voice toward the lab that made them.

by James Patterson 2005

4.07

234k+ ratings

🧬 Genetic Engineering 🖤 Found Family 🏃 Kids On The Run

The Rule of Three

by Eric Walters • 2014

A tech collapse forces a teen to lead his neighborhood's defense against a ruthless enemy.

4.00

8k+

💻 Tech Collapse 🫂 Found Family 🛡️ Makeshift Militia

The Rule of Three 93%

A tech collapse forces a teen to lead his neighborhood's defense against a ruthless enemy.

by Eric Walters 2014

4.00

8k+ ratings

💻 Tech Collapse 🫂 Found Family 🛡️ Makeshift Militia

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

Monument 14

by Emmy Laybourne • 2012

Trapped in a superstore by a freak hailstorm, fourteen kids discover the air outside is lethal.

3.90

25k+

🌀 Disaster Survival 👦 Kids Without Adults 🫂 Found Family

Monument 14 92%

Trapped in a superstore by a freak hailstorm, fourteen kids discover the air outside is lethal.

by Emmy Laybourne 2012

3.90

25k+ ratings

🌀 Disaster Survival 👦 Kids Without Adults 🫂 Found Family

Parable of the Sower

by Octavia E. Butler • 1993

An empathic teen invents a faith of change and leads a band through a scorched California.

4.19

274k+

🌍 Afrofuturism 🌡️ Climate Dystopia 🫂 Found Family

Parable of the Sower 92%

An empathic teen invents a faith of change and leads a band through a scorched California.

by Octavia E. Butler 1993

4.19

274k+ ratings

🌍 Afrofuturism 🌡️ Climate Dystopia 🫂 Found Family

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

Sanctuary 92%

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

SYLO

by D.J. MacHale • 2013

When soldiers seal off his island, a teen discovers the quarantine hides a secret worth killing for.

3.92

5k+

🏝️ Isolated Island 🕵️ Government Conspiracy 🧪 Biological Experimentation

SYLO 92%

When soldiers seal off his island, a teen discovers the quarantine hides a secret worth killing for.

by D.J. MacHale 2013

3.92

5k+ ratings

🏝️ Isolated Island 🕵️ Government Conspiracy 🧪 Biological Experimentation

Scythe

by Neal Shusterman • 2016

In a deathless world, two teens become scythes, until the order demands one kill the other.

4.32

422k+

💀 Post-Mortal World 🗡️ Apprentice Assassin ❤️ Rivals-To-Lovers

Scythe 92%

In a deathless world, two teens become scythes, until the order demands one kill the other.

by Neal Shusterman 2016

4.32

422k+ ratings

💀 Post-Mortal World 🗡️ Apprentice Assassin ❤️ Rivals-To-Lovers

Infinity Lost

by S. Harrison • 2015

A girl discovers her memories are fake: she's the deadliest weapon her father ever built.

3.64

4k+

🏢 Corporate Dystopia 🧠 Memory Manipulation 🎭 Split Personality

Infinity Lost 92%

A girl discovers her memories are fake: she's the deadliest weapon her father ever built.

by S. Harrison 2015

3.64

4k+ ratings

🏢 Corporate Dystopia 🧠 Memory Manipulation 🎭 Split Personality

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

The Program

by Suzanne Young • 2013

The cure for sadness is forgetting. Sloane's grief and love mark her for The Program.

4.04

61k+

🖤 Dystopian Romance 🧠 Memory Erasure 💔 Forbidden Love

The Program 92%

The cure for sadness is forgetting. Sloane's grief and love mark her for The Program.

by Suzanne Young 2013

4.04

61k+ ratings

🖤 Dystopian Romance 🧠 Memory Erasure 💔 Forbidden Love

The Marrow Thieves

by Cherie Dimaline • 2017

A dreamless world hunts an Indigenous boy whose found family keeps the last dreams alive.

3.94

45k+

🌌 Indigenous Futurism 🫂 Found Family 🏚️ Dystopian Survival

The Marrow Thieves 92%

A dreamless world hunts an Indigenous boy whose found family keeps the last dreams alive.

by Cherie Dimaline 2017

3.94

45k+ ratings

🌌 Indigenous Futurism 🫂 Found Family 🏚️ Dystopian Survival

The Death House

by Sarah Pinborough • 2015

Banished to a remote house for condemned children, a boy finds hope in a defiant newcomer.

3.61

5k+

🔒 Boarding School Dystopia 🧬 Genetic Discrimination 💔 Doomed Lovers

The Death House 92%

Banished to a remote house for condemned children, a boy finds hope in a defiant newcomer.

by Sarah Pinborough 2015

3.61

5k+ ratings

🔒 Boarding School Dystopia 🧬 Genetic Discrimination 💔 Doomed Lovers

The 5th Wave

by Rick Yancey • 2013

Alien invaders wear human faces. A teenage girl crosses the wasteland to rescue her brother.

4.00

481k+

👽 Alien Infiltration 😰 Body Snatcher Paranoia 💔 Enemies To Lovers

The 5th Wave 92%

Alien invaders wear human faces. A teenage girl crosses the wasteland to rescue her brother.

by Rick Yancey 2013

4.00

481k+ ratings

👽 Alien Infiltration 😰 Body Snatcher Paranoia 💔 Enemies To Lovers

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

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

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

Dark Inside

by Jeyn Roberts • 2011

An ancient evil spreads after the quakes, turning people into killers. Four teens fight to survive.

3.92

9k+

🧟 Infected Apocalypse 👁️ Ancient Evil Unleashed 🗣️ Multiple Perspectives

Dark Inside 92%

An ancient evil spreads after the quakes, turning people into killers. Four teens fight to survive.

by Jeyn Roberts 2011

3.92

9k+ ratings

🧟 Infected Apocalypse 👁️ Ancient Evil Unleashed 🗣️ Multiple Perspectives

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 Forest of Hands and Teeth

by Carrie Ryan • 2009

Surrounded by the undead, a girl clings to her mother's dream of an ocean beyond the forest.

3.60

88k+

🧟 Zombie Apocalypse ⛪ Religious Dystopia 💔 Forbidden Romance

The Forest of Hands and Teeth 92%

Surrounded by the undead, a girl clings to her mother's dream of an ocean beyond the forest.

by Carrie Ryan 2009

3.60

88k+ ratings

🧟 Zombie Apocalypse ⛪ Religious Dystopia 💔 Forbidden Romance

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