The Hunger Games

1. 8012
   Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (ekissel)
2. 522
   Battle Royale by Koushun Takami (Kira, k1tsune)

   Kira: Battle Royale is more violent and lengthy but has a similar plot, with a class of children randomly selected each year to fight classmates to the death.

   k1tsune: Very similar.

3. 559
   The Giver by Lois Lowry (writecathy)
4. 5411
   Uglies by Scott Westerfeld (elephantshoe, TheDivineOomba, notemily, electronicmemory)

   elephantshoe: futuristic world again, but the teens have to compete and fight to the death in a televised reality show.

   notemily: A similar oppressive government, with a mysterious place "outside" the dystopia that may or may not exist.

5. 404
   Divergent by Veronica Roth (foggidawn, anytsuj, readr, Tsana, frankiejones, al.vick)

   readr: Both stories feature a young woman fighting to survive in a brutal situation.

   Tsana: Similar dystopian teenager must fight the system YA book.

6. 354
   Graceling by Kristin Cashore (librarymeg, FantasyGirl2, saltypepper)

   saltypepper: The heroines' voices are very similar, maybe due to their similar response to the awful circumstances they find themselves in.

7. 4414
   The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (redpersephone, FFortuna)

   redpersephone: For adult or late teen fans, this has a female protagonist living in a dystopia where everyone has his or her own motives and secrets. Less gore, more sex.

   FFortuna: The Handmaid's Tale is more adult, but really not by much. They're very similar dystopias and both feature excellent, deep-first-person narratives.

8. 301
   Tomorrow, When The War Began by John Marsden (BookLizard)

   BookLizard: The Hunger Games and Tomorrow, When the War Began have the same kind of feel - technically they're Science Fiction novels, but they feel more like survival stories with a bit of romance mixed in. I highly recommend both series.

9. 291
   The Maze Runner by James Dashner (smammers, christmas6391, BrrgleBee)

   christmas6391: "Teenagers thrown into a hostile environment with no way out because of their corrupt societies," can be used to describe both of these books. The difference? In The Maze Runner, none of them remember anything before waking up in the maze.

10. 349
    Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (TheDivineOomba)
11. 295
    Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (SandSing7)
12. 263
    The Long Walk by Stephen King (LadyHazy)

    LadyHazy: (not for young adult readers though, it's a lot more violent)

13. 242
    Matched by Ally Condie (Aerrin99)

    Aerrin99: Both books feature central heroines living in dystopian worlds that aren't quite what they seem. They each have an engaging romance and a story that digs behind the curtain of the society their characters live in.

14. 192
    The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau (Bitter_Grace)
15. 182
    The Running Man by Stephen King (MyriadBooks, levasssp)

    levasssp: similar plot. The Running Man is a TV gameshow that pits one man against hunters in an arena. If he makes it to the end alive, he wins.

16. 141
    Unwind by Neal Shusterman (KenJenningsFan74)
17. 120
    How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff (VaterOlsen)
18. 2212
    1984 by George Orwell (GabbyReElle)
19. 100
    Birthmarked by Caragh M. O'Brien (PamFamilyLibrary, kathleen.morrow)

    PamFamilyLibrary: Intelligent, quickly paced YA dystopia.

    kathleen.morrow: Both have strong heroines in a dystopian society. Additionally, both have an interesting, but not overpowering romantic subplot.

20. 101
    The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness (Anonymous user, aliklein, lottpoet)

    Anonymous user: Its just plain amazingly written

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