Books like “Scythe”

What to read after “Scythe” by Neal Shusterman: a list matched by tropes, mood and atmosphere. Under each book you will see what it has in common.

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1
The Darkest Minds
Alexandra Bracken · 2012
Similar atmosphere: “Dystopia”
- Dystopia
- Coming of Age
After a disease kills most American children, the survivors develop dangerous powers and are locked in government camps. Sixteen-year-old Ruby escapes and joins a group of runaways searching for a safe haven, while learning the cost of her own abilities.
2
The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins · 2008
Similar atmosphere: “Dystopia”
In Panem, each district must send two teenagers to fight to the death on television. When Katniss Everdeen volunteers in her sister's place, she turns the Games into something the Capitol cannot fully control.
3
Uglies
Scott Westerfeld · 2005
Similar atmosphere: “Dystopia”
- Dystopia
- Coming of Age
In a future where everyone turns pretty at sixteen through surgery, fifteen-year-old Tally longs for the operation. When her friend runs away instead, Tally is sent to find her, and learns what the surgery and the society that demands it really cost.
4
The Giver
Lois Lowry · 1993
Similar atmosphere: “Dystopia”
Twelve-year-old Jonas lives in a community without pain or choice, where every life is planned. Chosen to receive memories from the Giver, he learns what the community gave up and decides what he must do with that knowledge.
5
Legend
Marie Lu · 2011
Similar atmosphere: “Dystopia”
- Dystopia
- Star-Crossed Lovers
In a divided nation, two teenagers on opposite sides play a deadly game of cat and mouse. June, a military prodigy, hunts the Republic's most wanted criminal, Day, without knowing anything about the boy behind the legend.
6
Delirium
Lauren Oliver · 2011
Similar atmosphere: “Dystopia”
In a world where love is treated as a disease, Lena counts down the days to the cure that will keep her safe. Weeks before her treatment she falls in love, and must choose between the orderly life promised to her and the risk of feeling.
7
Matched
Ally Condie · 2010
Similar atmosphere: “Dystopia”
In a society where the Officials choose who you love, Cassia is matched with her best friend, until a mistake shows her another face. Torn between two futures, she begins to question the system that decides everything for her.
8
Divergent
Veronica Roth · 2011
Similar atmosphere: “Dystopia”
- Dystopia
- Coming of Age
In a city divided into five factions, Beatrice Prior learns she does not belong to any of them. Choosing the warrior Dauntless, she hides her divergence while uncovering a plot that threatens everyone, and finds herself drawn to an instructor named Four.
9
Shatter Me
Tahereh Mafi · 2011
Similar atmosphere: “Dystopia”
Juliette's touch is lethal, so the world has locked her away. When a military faction offers her a chance to use her power, she must decide who to trust in a regime that would use her as a weapon.
10
Ready Player One
Ernest Cline · 2011
Similar atmosphere: “Dystopia”
- Dystopia
- Coming of Age
In a polluted future, most people escape into the OASIS, a vast virtual world. When its creator dies, he leaves his fortune to whoever finds the hidden egg, and teenager Wade joins a hunt that turns deadly.
11
The Maze Runner
James Dashner · 2009
Similar atmosphere: “Dystopia”
- Dystopia
Thomas wakes in a maze with no memory of who he is, surrounded by boys who arrived the same way. Each day the walls open and monstrous machines roam, and Thomas becomes sure he was part of the experiment that trapped them.
12
The Windup Girl
Paolo Bacigalupi · 2009
Similar atmosphere: “Dystopia”
- Dystopia
- Morally Grey Character
In a flooded, calorie-poor Bangkok kept alive by genetic engineering, an American trader hunts for lost seed banks while a manufactured woman bred as a servant tries to survive. Their paths cross with corporate enforcers and a city about to boil over.