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What to read after
"The Hunger Games"

Your kid finished The Hunger Games. Here are 8 books matched across 30 dimensions — not by what other people bought.

The book they finished

The Hunger Games

by Suzanne Collins

The dystopian survival story that launched a generation of readers

Kid 74 Parent 70 Teacher 77 Ages 12-16

8 books matched on the same reader profile

Each pick scored its match using the 30-dimension data we record on every book — interest hooks (e.g. epic worldbuilding, friendship arcs), character appeal, emotional core, tone, pacing. The "why it matches" line under each book tells you exactly why it should land.

1
The Scorch Trials

by James Dashner

Kid 62 Parent 53 Teacher 61 Ages 13-15
Why it matches "The Hunger Games"
- • Same genre (sci fi)
- • Both intense in tone
- • Same emotional weight (heavy)
- • Same tension source (survival)
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2
Divergent

by Veronica Roth

Kid 70 Parent 65 Teacher 71 Ages 14-16
Why it matches "The Hunger Games"
- • Same genre (sci fi)
- • Both intense in tone
- • Same pacing (slow burn to explosive)
- • Same emotional weight (heavy)
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3
The Giver

by Lois Lowry

Kid 72 Parent 81 Teacher 87 Ages 10-13
Why it matches "The Hunger Games"
- • Same genre (sci fi)
- • Both intense in tone
- • Same pacing (slow burn to explosive)
- • Same emotional weight (heavy)
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4
Illuminae

by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff

Kid 81 Parent 73 Teacher 74 Ages 14-17
Why it matches "The Hunger Games"
- • Same genre (sci fi)
- • Both intense in tone
- • Same emotional weight (heavy)
- • Same tension source (survival)
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5
Iron Widow

by Xiran Jay Zhao

Kid 73 Parent 68 Teacher 64 Ages 15-18
Why it matches "The Hunger Games"
- • Same genre (sci fi)
- • Both intense in tone
- • Same pacing (slow burn to explosive)
- • Same emotional weight (heavy)
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6
Prodigy

by Marie Lu

Kid 67 Parent 67 Teacher 67 Ages 13-15
Why it matches "The Hunger Games"
- • Same genre (sci fi)
- • Both intense in tone
- • Same emotional weight (heavy)
- • Both lean into rebellion revolution + romantic subplot
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7
The Power of Six

by Pittacus Lore

Kid 66 Parent 55 Teacher 54 Ages 13-15
Why it matches "The Hunger Games"
- • Same genre (sci fi)
- • Both intense in tone
- • Same pacing (slow burn to explosive)
- • Same emotional weight (heavy)
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8
Red Queen

by Victoria Aveyard

Kid 70 Parent 69 Teacher 61 Ages Ages 13-16
Why it matches "The Hunger Games"
- • Both intense in tone
- • Same pacing (slow burn to explosive)
- • Same emotional weight (heavy)
- • Shared humor: sarcastic deadpan
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How these matches are scored

We score every children's book on KidsBookCheck across 30 dimensions — kid-side (laugh-out-loud, plot twists, mental movie, heart-punch, character voice, etc.), parent-side (writing quality, moral reasoning, vocabulary, age-fit), and teacher-side (read-aloud power, discussion fuel, empathy building). Plus rich metadata: tone, pacing, emotional weight, interest hooks, character appeal, emotional core, tension source, humor style.

For every book, our profile-match algorithm finds others where the most heavily-weighted dimensions overlap. That's why these matches feel different from "readers also enjoyed" — we're matching by what hooks the same reader, not by who else bought it. More about our scoring →