Books like The Hunger Games
12 books with a reading profile close to The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. Escapist; an easy read.
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1
Whisper Network
Also escapist · thriller, narrative
Ames Garrett is positioned to become the next CEO of Truviv, a high-growth athletics company in Dallas.
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2
The Reckoning
by John Grisham
Also escapist · thriller, narrative
Pete Banning, a decorated war hero and prominent farmer in Clanton, Mississippi, walks into his pastor’s office in 1946 and shoots him dead.
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3
American Dirt
Also escapist · thriller, narrative
Lydia Quixano Pérez, a bookstore owner in Acapulco, survives a mass shooting that kills sixteen members of her family, including her journalist husband.
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4
This Is Where It Ends
Also escapist · thriller, narrative
Set over the course of fifty-four minutes at Opportunity High School, the narrative follows a school shooting from the perspectives of four students: Claire, Autumn, Sylv, and Tomas.
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5
The Grace Year
by Kim Liggett
Also escapist · thriller, narrative
In Garner County, sixteen-year-old girls are banished to the wilderness for their grace year, a period where they must release their supposed magic before entering marriage or labor.
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6
Recursion
by Blake Crouch
Also escapist · thriller, science fiction
New York City detective Barry Sutton investigates False Memory Syndrome, a condition where people experience vivid recollections of lives they never lived.
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7
Dark Matter
by Blake Crouch
Also escapist · thriller, science fiction
Jason Dessen is a physics professor living a quiet life in Chicago with his wife and son until a masked stranger kidnaps him at gunpoint.
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8
Billy Summers
by Stephen King
Also escapist · thriller, narrative
Billy Summers is a professional sniper who only accepts contracts to kill bad men.
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9
Allegiant
Also escapist · narrative, science fiction
The narrative follows Tris Prior and Tobias Eaton as they leave the ruins of Chicago to investigate what exists beyond the city’s walled perimeter.
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10
Catching Fire
Also escapist · thriller, science fiction
After surviving the Hunger Games through an act of shared defiance, Katniss Everdeen returns to District 12 only to find that her gesture has sparked uprisings across Panem.
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11
Grown
thriller, narrative
Enchanted Jones is a teenager with aspirations of becoming a professional singer.
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12
The Huntress
by Kate Quinn
thriller, narrative
Set against the aftermath of World War II, the narrative follows Ian Graham, a former war correspondent turned Nazi hunter, and Nina Markova, a fierce Soviet pilot from the Night Witches regiment.
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