Books like “Uglies”

What to read after “Uglies” by Scott Westerfeld: 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”
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
Scythe
Neal Shusterman · 2016
Similar atmosphere: “Dystopia”
- Dystopia
- Coming of Age
In a future where death has been conquered, professional Scythes must choose who dies in order to control the population. Two teenagers are apprenticed to a Scythe and trained to kill, even as they question the system and each other.
3
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.
4
Divergent
Veronica Roth · 2011
Similar atmosphere: “Dystopia”
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.
5
The Giver
Lois Lowry · 1993
Similar atmosphere: “Dystopia”
- Dystopia
- Coming of Age
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.
6
Legend
Marie Lu · 2011
Similar atmosphere: “Dystopia”
- Dystopia
- Rebellion
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.
7
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.
8
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.
9
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.
10
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.
11
Red Rising
Pierce Brown · 2014
Similar atmosphere: “Dystopia”
On a future Mars, a miner from the lowest caste learns that the paradise he was promised does not exist and that his people are slaves. He is remade as a member of the ruling class and sent into a brutal contest where he plans to bring the whole system down.
12
The Selection
Kiera Cass · 2012
Similar atmosphere: “Dystopia”
- Dystopia
- Love Triangle
In a future kingdom divided into castes, thirty-five girls are chosen to compete for the crown. America Singer enters only for the money, torn between a secret love back home and the young prince she is slowly getting to know.