If you liked The Hunger Games...

You’ve read The Hunger Games and its sequels, Catching Fire and Mockingjay. Now what? If you’re looking for more thrilling page-turners, let members of Chicago Public Library’s Teen Advisory Council give you some suggestions!

Divergent
By Veronica Roth
Reviewed by Jia Jia, 17
Are you looking for another page-turning thriller like Katniss' dangerous journey in The Hunger Games? Try Divergent by Veronica Roth and join Tris, who lives in a dystopian Chicago, where society is divided into factions based on personality.  On her journey, she, and you, will find out why it's so dangerous to be "divergent."
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Enclave
By Ann Aguirre
Reviewed by Jia Jia, 17
If you are looking for another strong female character like Katniss, then you should check out Deuce, from Enclave by Ann Aguirre. In a post-apocalyptic future, Deuce is partnered with a mysterious outsider, and begins to see that the strict ways of the elders may be wrong. Join Deuce in her adventure of rediscovering the world above ground with an unlikely friend. Will she survive?

Eragon
By Christopher Paolini
Reviewed by Sam, 14
If you enjoyed the action scenes in The Hunger Games, you’ll love this action-packed book full of fighting, elves, dragons, and more. Can a young farm boy really survive in the harsh medieval reality that is Alagäesia? Find out in Eragon, the brilliant opening book of the "Inheritance Cycle".
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The Forest of Hands and Teeth
By Carrie Ryan
Reviewed by Angela, 16
If you think living in District 12 was confined, check out The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan. In a future full of zombies, Mary's village is surrounded by a fence that protects the village not only from the Forest of Hands and Teeth, but also the zombies that surround it, but Mary wants to know what is beyond her village.
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Graceling
By Kristin Cashore
Reviewed by Feng Dan, 17
Join Katsa in Graceling as she goes on a breathtaking journey to find out the truth behind her killing grace. She never expects herself to fall in love, nor does she expect to come across a secret that can destroy the seven kingdoms. If you’re in love with Katniss’ character from The Hunger Games, you’ll love Katsa’s story.
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Gregor the Overlander
By Suzanne Collins
Reviewed by John Joe, 18
Do you love Suzanne Collins? Can't wait to read more of her books? Try Gregor the Overlander, her novel for younger readers. Gregor is a boy living in an apartment in New York caring for his baby sister, but when she craws down the laundry chute and he follows her, he ends up in a whole new world entirely underground filled with giant bats and cockroaches. Can he and his sister make it back above? Read the first book in the incredible "Underland Chronicles"!
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Incarceron
By Catherine Fisher
Reviewed by John Joe, 18
Like the survival element of The Hunger Games? Then follow Finn as he tries to escape his world that is a prison and Claudia who disobeys her father's wishes to try and help him.
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The Knife of Never Letting Go
By Patrick Ness
Reviewed by Viktor, 17
If you really like reading about the survival of two teens who come together against all odds, you'll love reading about Todd and Viola, who like Katniss and Peeta in The Hunger Games have to work together to beat the odds and survive against the pack of townsmen hunting them down through the New World.
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Matched
By Ally Condie
Reviewed by Jessenia, 17
Cassia is excited to finally have her Matched Banquet. Discovering her ideal mate seems like the perfect way to live the rest of her life. When she is “matched” to her best friend, Xander, she knows everything will turn out just fine, until her match screen quickly flashes Ky's face instead of Xander. What does this mean? As she struggles to find out the secrets of her society, Cassia grows closer to Ky and uncovers more than she should know. If you like Katniss’ journey to reveal the Capitol’s secrets, check out Matched where another strong character struggles to uncover the truth.
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The Maze Runner
By James Dashner
Reviewed by Araceli, 16
If you devoured the post-apocalyptic adventure in The Hunger Games you will absolutely love The Maze Runner, in which Thomas is plunked down into a dystopian society of teenage boys in The Glade. They are stranded, surrounded by an ever changing maze filled with atrocious monsters, called Grievers, who torment their world. None of the boys know why or how they got there; they just know they need to survive.
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Ship Breaker
By Paolo Bacigalupi
Reviewed by John Joe, 18
If you thought people in district 12 had a rough life, imagine having to risk your life crawling through ruined ships to find scrap metal on a daily basis. That's the life of Nailer in Ship Breaker, but when he discovers a wealthy girl in the wreckage of an aristocratic ship he sees a chance to change his life, and takes it.
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Uglies
By Scott Westerfeld
Reviewed by Victoria, 14
Leading-lady Tally Youngblood from Uglies by Scott Westerfeld gives Katniss Everdeen a "run for her money" when it comes to best female heroine. Unlike her best friend Shay, Tally is ecstatic to turn sixteen and undergo the operation that will turn her from an Ugly to a bubbly Pretty. Nearing her sixteenth birthday, things take a turn for the worst when Shay disappears and Tally is forced to choose between going out into the wild to find her best friend, or to power on and turn into a Pretty.

Unwind
By Neal Susterman
Reviewed by Feng Dan, 17
Do you admire Katniss’ fighting skills in The Hunger Games? Why don’t you sail into Unwind and join Connor, Risa and Lev as they fight to keep their body parts intact? In a crazy society where heartless parents give up their children to be “unwound,” do Connor, Risa and Lev have what it takes to survive and get others to fight on their side?
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Wither
By Lauren DeStefano
Reviewed by Jia Jia, 17
Do you want to read more about characters that decide to take their futures into their own hands? Read Wither by Lauren DeStefano! In a not-too-distant future, scientists will create a medicine that can cure cancer, but they did not foresee the consequences on following generations. Now all females will die when they are 20 years old and males live only to 25. Rhine is trying to escape her fate as her 20th birthday approaches...