My 14 yo son got back into reading with Divergent and Hunger Games series. He asked what he should read next? I’m assuming generally YA and Dystopian fit the bill. What comes to mind? He also likes history and music.
John Marsden: Tomorrow, When the War Began + sequels (seven books in all)
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Ready Played One
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The Search For Wondla by Tony DiTerlizzi
The Giver by Lois Lowery
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There’s two prequels for the Hunger Games series if he hasn’t read those.
Echoing the Maze Runner.
Maybe Ready Player One by Ernest Cline (PG-13), Snowglobe by Soyoung Park (YA), Hide by Kiersten White (its horror but skews more YA), The Uglies Series by Scott Westerfeld (YA)
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Ender’s Game
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Percy Jackson series but possibly some of the Pern books by Anne McCaffrey.
It’s a science fiction series that features telepathic, intelligent dragons and the existential threat of a burrowing space fungus called Thread. In the series, there is a faction of musicians and lore keepers called Harpers. The Harpers Hall Trilogy from the larger series are titled “Dragonsong”, “Dragonsinger”, and “Dragondrums”. The series is very large and written towards a general audience rather than teens or pre-teens although the Harper Hall Trilogy is the exception and aimed at YA. I was comfortably reading the entire series before 14, but my parents never attempted to restrict or censor my book selection. Should the trilogy prove popular you might want to read some of the others with him if that’s of concern in your family.
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Some good recs here already. I’ll add:
Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
Among the Hidden by Margaret Petersen Haddix
Renegades by Marissa Meyer
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi
I hope your son finds some great reads!
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Suzanne Collins has another series about Gregor the Overlander. It’s marketed as a little more juvenile than Hunger Games but it is pretty incredible.
It’s not a series & not dystopia but it is oddly similar The wiz mob & the grenadine kid by Colin meloy. It’s about a boy who becomes a pickpocket & gets involved in like this whole society of pickpockets
It’s a little bit of a bridge between middle grade & YA because it’s illustrated by Carson Ellis – who is such an incredible illustrator – But it’s such a good story
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Forgot to mention The Giver
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Scythe by Neal Shusterman
A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab
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*The Hunger Games* sequel and prequel
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Dungeon Crawler Carl
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Artemis Fowl series
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Scythe!
I’ve only read the first in the series so far but it was very good and I’ll be tackling the next ones this summer.
Another one that had very Harry Potter meets Divergent vibes is the Harbinger series by Jeff Wheeler. Read the entire series and lovvved it.
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The City of Ember series is a good option!
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He might like The 5th Wave trilogy
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14 is old enough to level up his reading to 1984 and Fahrenheit 451
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I really like the Shadow and Bone books, as well as the Six of Crows books. Same world, different story lines
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The Maze Runner
John Marsden: Tomorrow, When the War Began + sequels (seven books in all)
Ready Played One
The Search For Wondla by Tony DiTerlizzi
The Giver by Lois Lowery
There’s two prequels for the Hunger Games series if he hasn’t read those.
Echoing the Maze Runner.
Maybe Ready Player One by Ernest Cline (PG-13), Snowglobe by Soyoung Park (YA), Hide by Kiersten White (its horror but skews more YA), The Uglies Series by Scott Westerfeld (YA)
Ender’s Game
Percy Jackson series but possibly some of the Pern books by Anne McCaffrey.
It’s a science fiction series that features telepathic, intelligent dragons and the existential threat of a burrowing space fungus called Thread. In the series, there is a faction of musicians and lore keepers called Harpers. The Harpers Hall Trilogy from the larger series are titled “Dragonsong”, “Dragonsinger”, and “Dragondrums”. The series is very large and written towards a general audience rather than teens or pre-teens although the Harper Hall Trilogy is the exception and aimed at YA. I was comfortably reading the entire series before 14, but my parents never attempted to restrict or censor my book selection. Should the trilogy prove popular you might want to read some of the others with him if that’s of concern in your family.
Some good recs here already. I’ll add:
Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
Among the Hidden by Margaret Petersen Haddix
Renegades by Marissa Meyer
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi
I hope your son finds some great reads!
Suzanne Collins has another series about Gregor the Overlander. It’s marketed as a little more juvenile than Hunger Games but it is pretty incredible.
“Host” by Stephenie Meyer was pretty good
“The Fire Sermon” by Francesca Haig
The City of Ember series
Champion series by Marie Lu
The [Legend](https://www.goodreads.com/series/50673-legend) series by Marie Lu fits the YA Dystopian bill nicely.
Enders Game
It’s not a series & not dystopia but it is oddly similar The wiz mob & the grenadine kid by Colin meloy. It’s about a boy who becomes a pickpocket & gets involved in like this whole society of pickpockets
It’s a little bit of a bridge between middle grade & YA because it’s illustrated by Carson Ellis – who is such an incredible illustrator – But it’s such a good story
Forgot to mention The Giver
Scythe by Neal Shusterman
A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab
*The Hunger Games* sequel and prequel
Dungeon Crawler Carl
Artemis Fowl series
Scythe!
I’ve only read the first in the series so far but it was very good and I’ll be tackling the next ones this summer.
Another one that had very Harry Potter meets Divergent vibes is the Harbinger series by Jeff Wheeler. Read the entire series and lovvved it.
The City of Ember series is a good option!
He might like The 5th Wave trilogy
14 is old enough to level up his reading to 1984 and Fahrenheit 451
I really like the Shadow and Bone books, as well as the Six of Crows books. Same world, different story lines