13 Top fantasy books like Green Rising by Lauren James

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Green Rising

By: Lauren James

3.77

Format: 370 pages, Paperback

Set in a near-future world on the brink of ecological catastrophe, Lauren James’ novel is a grippin…

If you liked the fantasy plot in Green Rising by Lauren James , here is a list of 13 books like this:

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1. The Fandom

By: Anna Day

4.01

Format: 205 pages, Paperback

Cosplay ready, Violet and her friends are at Comic-Con. They can't wait to meet the fandom of mega … read more

Similar categories in Anna Day's The Fandom book and Lauren James's Green Rising

  • young adult
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • science fiction
  • fantasy

2. Wild Wings

By: Gill Lewis , Yuta Onoda

4.15

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The majestic Osprey is an endangered bird that hasn't been seen in Scotland for years, so when Iona… read more

Similar categories in Gill Lewis's Wild Wings book and Lauren James's Green Rising

  • fiction
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3. Crossing the Line

By: Tia Fisher

4.28

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

'Do you feel safe?' A powerful novel exploring how teenagers can be swept up into county lines. … read more

Similar categories in Tia Fisher's Crossing the Line book and Lauren James's Green Rising

  • young adult
  • contemporary
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4. Steady For This

By: Nathanael Lessore

3.90

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

MEET MC GROWLS, WANNABE RAPPER AND STAR OF THE SHOW IN THIS HILARIOUS AND HEARTWARMING TEEN DEBUT. … read more

Similar categories in Nathanael Lessore's Steady For This book and Lauren James's Green Rising

  • fiction
  • young adult
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5. The Boy Lost in the Maze

By: Joseph Coelho

3.82

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In his new verse novel, Joseph Coelho brilliantly blends Greek myth with a 21st century quest. In … read more

Similar categories in Joseph Coelho's The Boy Lost in the Maze book and Lauren James's Green Rising

  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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6. Away With Words

By: Sophie Cameron

3.89

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Shortlisted for the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing 2024 Shortlisted for the UKLA Book Awards 2024… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Cameron's Away With Words book and Lauren James's Green Rising

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
  • queer
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7. HappyHead (HappyHead, #1)

By: Josh Silver

4.04

Format: 383 pages, Paperback

Shortlisted for the YA Book Prize, 2024 Nominated for the Carnegie Medal for Writing, 2024 An Ama… read more

Similar categories in Josh Silver's HappyHead (HappyHead, #1) book and Lauren James's Green Rising

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • science fiction
  • queer
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8. When Shadows Fall

By: Sita Brahmachari

3.70

Format: None pages, Audio CD

A heart-breaking and poignant novel from award-winning author Sita Brahmachari. Kai, Orla and Zak g… read more

Similar categories in Sita Brahmachari's When Shadows Fall book and Lauren James's Green Rising

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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9. The Eternal Return of Clara Hart

By: Louise Finch

3.86

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Spence and Anthony have been friends for years, but it’s only when he witnesses a classmate die in … read more

Similar categories in Louise Finch's The Eternal Return of Clara Hart book and Lauren James's Green Rising

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
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10. The Way Past Winter

By: Kiran Millwood Hargrave

3.85

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Mila and her sisters live with their brother Oskar in a small forest cabin in the snow. One night, … read more

Similar categories in Kiran Millwood Hargrave's The Way Past Winter book and Lauren James's Green Rising

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
"MIla took a deep breath as she entered, inhaling the warm biscuity smell of the dogs, so comforting even in her saddest moments."

-Kiran Millwood Hargrave, The Way Past Winter

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11. Catch Your Death

By: Ravena Guron

4.10

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

Trapped in a mansion with a murderer and a family of liars - how would you survive? A mind-blowi… read more

Similar categories in Ravena Guron's Catch Your Death book and Lauren James's Green Rising

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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12. Unraveller

By: Frances Hardinge

4.10

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A dark YA fantasy about learning to use your power and finding peace, from award-winning author Fra… read more

Similar categories in Frances Hardinge's Unraveller book and Lauren James's Green Rising

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
"I don't think about "being happy" unless I'm with you, and then I never am. Humans are never happy."

-Frances Hardinge, Unraveller

"Changing a law is like digging a new field. You'll break ancient roots and blunt your spade with a lot of stones, but eventually plants will grow in your furrows, and your new hedge will thrive and i…"

-Frances Hardinge, Unraveller

"You'd know you were a boy, so she would too. If someone knows they're a man or boy, that's what matters. Outside appearences aren't important. It's what's inside that counts—who we are in our souls. …"

-Frances Hardinge, Unraveller

"You'd be better at it than me' he told Nettle when he visited her. 'This sort of Unravelling doesn't feel like I'm using a magical gift. Sometimes it's like I'm a ghost walking alongside somebody on …"

-Frances Hardinge, Unraveller

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13. A Season for Scandal (The Agency for Scandal, #2)

By: Laura Wood

4.43

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

An all-female detective agency righting wrongs at the end of the nineteenth century; infiltrating a… read more

Similar categories in Laura Wood's A Season for Scandal (The Agency for Scandal, #2) book and Lauren James's Green Rising

  • fiction
  • young adult
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14. Grace Notes

By: Karen Comer

4.16

Format: 327 pages, Paperback

  , This song has a grace note a tiny note that's there for embellishment but can easily be ignored… read more

Similar categories in Karen Comer's Grace Notes book and Lauren James's Green Rising

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"Restrictions can't stop our music, can't stop us."

-Karen Comer, Grace Notes

"together we weave a set of colours so beautiful that surely every listener's heart expands"

-Karen Comer, Grace Notes

"The world has stopped still, yet we can feel our frenzied, uncertain energy spinning the Earth."

-Karen Comer, Grace Notes

"Surely traditions have to evolve? Surely daughters can choose their own happiness? Surely our world can handle this new virus?"

-Karen Comer, Grace Notes

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15. Keedie

By: Elle McNicoll

4.69

Format: 270 pages, Paperback

Set in Juniper five years before A Kind of Spark, Keedie is a powerful coming-of-age story that tho… read more

Similar categories in Elle McNicoll's Keedie book and Lauren James's Green Rising

  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • lgbt
"I can't stand people who say they're good when they're not."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

"I may be forced to mask, but they choose to wear numerous faces."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

"You have to be the cartographer of your own heart. Make it into a map."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

"She's like the sunflower. She'll find the sun no matter how much darkness other people try to put her in."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

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16. Needle

By: Patrice Lawrence

3.69

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Award-winning author Patrice Lawrence explores the harsh reality of the criminal justice system for… read more

Similar categories in Patrice Lawrence's Needle book and Lauren James's Green Rising

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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17. The Light in Everything

By: Katya Balen

4.32

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the author of October, October, shortlisted for the 2022 CILIP Carnegie Medal, comes a life-af… read more

Similar categories in Katya Balen's The Light in Everything book and Lauren James's Green Rising

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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18. Immortal Games, The

By: Annaliese Avery

3.66

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

The Blood Moon marks the start of the Immortal Games. The Gods of Olympus randomly select humans as… read more

Similar categories in Annaliese Avery's Immortal Games, The book and Lauren James's Green Rising

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
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19. The Midnight Guardians

By: Ross Montgomery

4.29

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

WATERSTONES CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE MONTH FOR NOVEMBER! HIVE CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE MONTH FOR NOVEM… read more

Similar categories in Ross Montgomery's The Midnight Guardians book and Lauren James's Green Rising

  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Butterfly Assassin (The Butterfly Assassin #1) by Finn Longman

20. The Butterfly Assassin (The Butterfly Assassin #1)

By: Finn Longman

3.90

Format: 412 pages, ebook

Innocent by day, killer by night: a dark, twisting thriller about a teen assassin’s attempt to live… read more

Similar categories in Finn Longman's The Butterfly Assassin (The Butterfly Assassin #1) book and Lauren James's Green Rising

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
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21. The Blue Book of Nebo

By: Manon Steffan Ros

4.16

Format: 156 pages, ebook

Prize-winner in three categories of the 2019 Wales Book of the Year Award, The Blue Book of Nebo p… read more

Similar categories in Manon Steffan Ros's The Blue Book of Nebo book and Lauren James's Green Rising

  • science fiction
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • young adult
"Diuen que els vincles de sang no es tornen mai aigua, però els veu que l'aigua es pot tornar sang."

-Manon Steffan Ros, The Blue Book of Nebo

"La humanitat és una cosa espectacular, tan preparada per estimar sense conviccions, sense complexos."

-Manon Steffan Ros, The Blue Book of Nebo

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22. We Who Hunt The Hollow (Hollow, #1)

By: Kate Murray

3.73

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A firecracker urban fantasy about the youngest daughter of a family of women warriors, and the powe… read more

Similar categories in Kate Murray's We Who Hunt The Hollow (Hollow, #1) book and Lauren James's Green Rising

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • lgbt
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23. When Our Worlds Collided

By: Danielle Jawando

4.28

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

When fourteen-year-old Shaq is stabbed outside of a busy shopping centre in Manchester, three teena… read more

Similar categories in Danielle Jawando's When Our Worlds Collided book and Lauren James's Green Rising

  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • lgbt
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24. Green Rising

By: Lauren James

3.77

Format: 370 pages, Paperback

Set in a near-future world on the brink of ecological catastrophe, Lauren James’ novel is a grippin… read more

Similar categories in Lauren James's Green Rising book and Lauren James's Green Rising

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • science fiction
  • climate change
  • climate change fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of The Cats We Meet Along the Way by Nadia Mikail

25. The Cats We Meet Along the Way

By: Nadia Mikail

3.49

Format: 151 pages, Paperback

A stunning debut young adult novel set in Malaysia, charting Aisha and her family on a roadtrip thr… read more

Similar categories in Nadia Mikail's The Cats We Meet Along the Way book and Lauren James's Green Rising

  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"What happened when someone who made a home a home for you was not there to make it one any more?"

-Nadia Mikail, The Cats We Meet Along the Way

Cover of Where The World Turns Wild by Nicola Penfold

26. Where The World Turns Wild

By: Nicola Penfold

4.21

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Juniper Greene lives in a walled city from which nature has been banished, following the outbreak o… read more

Similar categories in Nicola Penfold's Where The World Turns Wild book and Lauren James's Green Rising

  • science fiction
  • dystopia
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Show Us Who You Are by Elle McNicoll

27. Show Us Who You Are

By: Elle McNicoll

4.41

Format: 310 pages, Paperback

The second book from the author of A Kind Of Spark, with Neurodivergent characters you'll root for … read more

Similar categories in Elle McNicoll's Show Us Who You Are book and Lauren James's Green Rising

  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"There are no useless facts, Cora."

-Elle McNicoll, Show Us Who You Are

"Grief is just love asking for more time."

-Elle McNicoll, Show Us Who You Are

"As soon as I gave up caring, everything got easier."

-Elle McNicoll, Show Us Who You Are

"People's minds are all so different. All capable of different things."

-Elle McNicoll, Show Us Who You Are

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28. Once Upon A Fever

By: Angharad Walker

3.71

Format: 314 pages, Paperback

Since the world fell sick with fantastical illnesses, sisters Payton and Ani have grown up in the h… read more

Similar categories in Angharad Walker's Once Upon A Fever book and Lauren James's Green Rising

  • dystopia
  • fantasy
  • young adult
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29. Wrath

By: Marcus Sedgwick

3.75

Format: 116 pages, Kindle Edition

From the multi-award-winning author of Midwinterblood and The Ghosts of Heaven comes a suspenseful,… read more

Similar categories in Marcus Sedgwick's Wrath book and Lauren James's Green Rising

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of The Stand In by A.J. Rushby

30. The Stand In

By: A.J. Rushby

3.49

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

When new girl Millie shows up at Lena’s boarding school, she arrives with a question. Why is Lena p… read more

Similar categories in A.J. Rushby's The Stand In book and Lauren James's Green Rising

  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of The Summer We Turned Green by William Sutcliffe

31. The Summer We Turned Green

By: William Sutcliffe

3.93

Format: 333 pages, Hardcover

It’s the summer holidays and 13-year-old Luke has just had his life turned upside down. First his o… read more

Similar categories in William Sutcliffe's The Summer We Turned Green book and Lauren James's Green Rising

  • climate change
  • young adult

26 Top fiction books like Green Rising by Lauren James

Transform Your Habits

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Anna Day

4.01

Wild Wings

Gill Lewis , Yuta Onoda

4.15

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Steady For This

Nathanael Lessore

3.90

Transform Your Habits

Away With Words

Sophie Cameron

3.89

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Transform Your Habits

The Final Year

Matt Goodfellow

4.71

Transform Your Habits

Steady For This

Nathanael Lessore

3.90

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Safiyyah's War

Hiba Noor Khan

4.32

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3.89

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