8 Best science fiction books like The Initiation (The Initiation, #1) by Chris Babu

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The Initiation (The Initiation, #1)

By: Chris Babu

4.00

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Everyone is equal. But no one is safe.In a ruined world, Manhattan is now New America, a walled-in …

If you liked the science fiction plot in The Initiation (The Initiation, #1) by Chris Babu , here is a list of 8 books like this:

Cover of Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library (Mr. Lemoncello's Library, #1) by Chris Grabenstein

1. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library (Mr. Lemoncello's Library, #1)

By: Chris Grabenstein

4.12

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times BestsellerKyle Keeley is the class clown, popular with most kids, (if not the teac… read more

Similar categories in Chris Grabenstein's Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library (Mr. Lemoncello's Library, #1) book and Chris Babu's The Initiation (The Initiation, #1)

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • adventure
"Knowledge not shared remains unknown"

-Chris Grabenstein, Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library (Mr. Lemoncello's Library, #1)

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2. Red Mars (Mars Trilogy, #1)

By: Kim Stanley Robinson

3.86

Format: 572 pages, Mass Market Paperback

In his most ambitious project to date, award-winning author Kim Stanley Robinson utilizes years of … read more

Similar categories in Kim Stanley Robinson's Red Mars (Mars Trilogy, #1) book and Chris Babu's The Initiation (The Initiation, #1)

  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Why should I discuss it with you?"

-Kim Stanley Robinson, Red Mars (Mars Trilogy, #1)

"It's the love of right lures men to wrong."

-Kim Stanley Robinson, Red Mars (Mars Trilogy, #1)

"The beauty of Mars exists in the human mind,"

-Kim Stanley Robinson, Red Mars (Mars Trilogy, #1)

"In games there are rules, but in life the rules keep changing."

-Kim Stanley Robinson, Red Mars (Mars Trilogy, #1)

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3. The Unwanteds (Unwanteds, #1)

By: Lisa McMann

4.12

Format: 390 pages, Hardcover

Every year in Quill, thirteen-year-olds are sorted into categories: the strong, intelligent Wanteds… read more

Similar categories in Lisa McMann's The Unwanteds (Unwanteds, #1) book and Chris Babu's The Initiation (The Initiation, #1)

  • adventure
  • young adult
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"You were great,"

-Lisa McMann, The Unwanteds (Unwanteds, #1)

"Don’t die. (Clive in The Unwanteds)"

-Lisa McMann, The Unwanteds (Unwanteds, #1)

"It takes more than strength and intelligence to win a battle - it takes creativity and skill and common sense."

-Lisa McMann, The Unwanteds (Unwanteds, #1)

Cover of The Inexplicable Logic of My Life by Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Linh Duong

4. The Inexplicable Logic of My Life

By: Benjamin Alire Sáenz , Linh Duong

4.13

Format: 452 pages, Hardcover

A warmly humane look at universal questions of belonging, infused with humour, from the bestselling… read more

Similar categories in Benjamin Alire Sáenz's The Inexplicable Logic of My Life book and Chris Babu's The Initiation (The Initiation, #1)

  • fiction
  • young adult
"Writing is a journey."

-Benjamin Alire Sáenz, The Inexplicable Logic of My Life

"Time is something we don't have."

-Benjamin Alire Sáenz, The Inexplicable Logic of My Life

"Nobody tells anybody everything."

-Benjamin Alire Sáenz, The Inexplicable Logic of My Life

"Life wasn't always about deserve."

-Benjamin Alire Sáenz, The Inexplicable Logic of My Life

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5. Thunderhead (Arc of a Scythe, #2)

By: Neal Shusterman

4.39

Format: 504 pages, Hardcover

Rowan has gone rogue, and has taken it upon himself to put the Scythedom through a trial by fire. L… read more

Similar categories in Neal Shusterman's Thunderhead (Arc of a Scythe, #2) book and Chris Babu's The Initiation (The Initiation, #1)

  • teen
  • adventure
  • young adult
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
"Please,"

-Neal Shusterman, Thunderhead (Arc of a Scythe, #2)

"Death must exist for life to have meaning."

-Neal Shusterman, Thunderhead (Arc of a Scythe, #2)

"We are forever impaled upon our own wisdom."

-Neal Shusterman, Thunderhead (Arc of a Scythe, #2)

"Permission is the bloated corpse of freedom."

-Neal Shusterman, Thunderhead (Arc of a Scythe, #2)

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6. Everless (Everless, #1)

By: Sara Holland

3.79

Format: 362 pages, Hardcover

In the kingdom of Sempera, time is currency—extracted from blood, bound to iron, and consumed to ad… read more

Similar categories in Sara Holland's Everless (Everless, #1) book and Chris Babu's The Initiation (The Initiation, #1)

  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • teen
  • young adult
"Maybe I am a mystery— a secret— that needs unravelling..."

-Sara Holland, Everless (Everless, #1)

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7. Half Bad (The Half Bad Trilogy, #1)

By: Sally Green

3.73

Format: 394 pages, Hardcover

Wanted by no one. Hunted by everyone. Sixteen-year-old Nathan lives in a cage: beaten, shackled… read more

Similar categories in Sally Green's Half Bad (The Half Bad Trilogy, #1) book and Chris Babu's The Initiation (The Initiation, #1)

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
"Me gusta ser tan fácil de olvidar"

-Sally Green, Half Bad (The Half Bad Trilogy, #1)

"Tengo tantas ganas de verla que duele"

-Sally Green, Half Bad (The Half Bad Trilogy, #1)

"Vivos y respirando como si fuéramos uno"

-Sally Green, Half Bad (The Half Bad Trilogy, #1)

"Así que cierras los ojos y recuerdas cosas. A veces está bien hacer eso"

-Sally Green, Half Bad (The Half Bad Trilogy, #1)

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8. I Will Always Write Back: How One Letter Changed Two Lives

By: Caitlin Alifirenka , Martin Ganda , Liz Welch

3.44

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

The true story of an all-American girl and a boy from an impoverished city in Zimbabwe and the lett… read more

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9. Finding Audrey

By: Sophie Kinsella

3.75

Format: 286 pages, Hardcover

Audrey can't leave the house. she can't even take off her dark glasses inside the house. Then he… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Kinsella's Finding Audrey book and Chris Babu's The Initiation (The Initiation, #1)

  • fiction
  • young adult
"Other people's eyes are limitless and that's what scares me."

-Sophie Kinsella, Finding Audrey

"You can't even communicate in English. Real life is not a series of levels."

-Sophie Kinsella, Finding Audrey

"But, Audrey, that's what life is. We're all on a jagged graph. I know I am. Up a bit, down a bit. That's life."

-Sophie Kinsella, Finding Audrey

"She says screens are the cigarettes of our age. They're toxic, and we're only going to realize the damage they're doing when it's too late."

-Sophie Kinsella, Finding Audrey

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10. The Program (The Program, #1)

By: Suzanne Young

4.13

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

In Sloane's world, true feelings are forbidden, teen suicide is an epidemic, and the only solution … read more

Similar categories in Suzanne Young's The Program (The Program, #1) book and Chris Babu's The Initiation (The Initiation, #1)

  • young adult
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
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11. The Lost Continent (Wings of Fire, #11)

By: Tui T. Sutherland

4.46

Format: None pages, None

For centuries there have been rumors of another continent on the dragons' planet -- another land fa… read more

Similar categories in Tui T. Sutherland's The Lost Continent (Wings of Fire, #11) book and Chris Babu's The Initiation (The Initiation, #1)

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • adventure
"How funny it feels to know you so well when there are so many of you I’m never going to meet. I see you all the time, especially when I’m just on the edge of falling asleep."

-Tui T. Sutherland, The Lost Continent (Wings of Fire, #11)

"Your futures are full of joy. What a miracle it is to be a dragon, alive right now and part of this wonderful world. Do you ever stop to think about that? About what an odd and lucky thing it is to b…"

-Tui T. Sutherland, The Lost Continent (Wings of Fire, #11)

"She thought about that for a moment. He liked the way she stopped and thought carefully about the things he said. Most dragons already had their ideas settled in their heads; if they paused to think …"

-Tui T. Sutherland, The Lost Continent (Wings of Fire, #11)

12. Variant (Variant, #1)

By: Robison Wells

3.62

Format: 57 pages, Hardcover

Benson Fisher thought that a scholarship to Maxfield Academy would be the ticket out of his dead-en… read more

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13. Heist Society (Heist Society, #1)

By: Ally Carter

3.76

Format: 85 pages, Hardcover

When Katarina Bishop was three, her parents took her on a trip to the Louvre...to case it. For her … read more

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14. 172 Hours on the Moon

By: Johan Harstad , None

4.20

Format: 141 pages, Paperback

Three teenagers are going on the trip of a lifetime. Only one is coming back. It's been more than f… read more

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15. Alone

By: Cyn Balog

3.67

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

When her mom inherits an old, crumbling mansion, Seda's almost excited to spend the summer there. T… read more

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16. Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)

By: Seanan McGuire

4.09

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Dinosaurs and portals, and a girl who can find both in the latest book in the Hugo and Nebula Award… read more

Similar categories in Seanan McGuire's Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9) book and Chris Babu's The Initiation (The Initiation, #1)

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
"Because all the ways we're not normal are the way our normal homes want us to be."

-Seanan McGuire, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)

"We're your penance, silly, the whole chaotic bunch of us, and as part of your penance, I say you're not done suffering us yet."

-Seanan McGuire, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)

"If you want a life without terrible surprises, you should always look at the worst possible answer until you understand it all the way down to the bottom. Once you can do that, you'll know what's com…"

-Seanan McGuire, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)

"None of us is normal, and we'll either figure out how to pretend we are, or we'll find our doors home, and then we won't have to worry about it anymore, because all the ways we are not normal are the…"

-Seanan McGuire, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)

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17. Sunkissed

By: Kasie West

3.81

Format: 305 pages, Hardcover

Will the stars align? Avery has always used music as an escape. But after her best friend betray… read more

Similar categories in Kasie West's Sunkissed book and Chris Babu's The Initiation (The Initiation, #1)

  • fiction
  • young adult
"He gave me a slow smile. 'If she likes me back, she probably doesn't do a lot of thinking."

-Kasie West, Sunkissed

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18. Instructions for Dancing

By: Nicola Yoon

3.97

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

In this romantic page-turner from the author of Everything, Everything and The Sun is Also a Star, … read more

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  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
"Let's Taco Bout It"

-Nicola Yoon, Instructions for Dancing

"With those outfits, you two do not deserve music."

-Nicola Yoon, Instructions for Dancing

"One of the hazards of having friends, especially long time ones, is just how well they know you."

-Nicola Yoon, Instructions for Dancing

"The fifth thing I notice is that I'm noticing a lot of things. So I stop. ... I notice him some more."

-Nicola Yoon, Instructions for Dancing

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19. Romanov

By: Nadine Brandes

3.76

Format: 337 pages, Hardcover

The history books say I died. They don’t know the half of it. Anastasia “Nastya” Romanov was … read more

Similar categories in Nadine Brandes's Romanov book and Chris Babu's The Initiation (The Initiation, #1)

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
"And hope never abandoned us - only we could abandon it."

-Nadine Brandes, Romanov

"Papa always said that tears were the most fervent prayers, so I let them flow."

-Nadine Brandes, Romanov

"But I wasn't the only one with a gaping wound inside. We would all have to carry this pain."

-Nadine Brandes, Romanov

"But light could not be so swiftly overcome by darkness. Not when that light rested in a person's soul."

-Nadine Brandes, Romanov

Cover of Gleanings (Arc of a Scythe, #3.5) by Neal Shusterman

20. Gleanings (Arc of a Scythe, #3.5)

By: Neal Shusterman

4.04

Format: 423 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling Arc of the Scythe series continues with “captivating…thrilling” ( Sc… read more

Similar categories in Neal Shusterman's Gleanings (Arc of a Scythe, #3.5) book and Chris Babu's The Initiation (The Initiation, #1)

  • young adult
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
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21. Unbirthday

By: Liz Braswell

3.67

Format: 504 pages, Hardcover

The 10th installment in the New York Times best-selling A TWISTED TALE series asks: What if Wonderl… read more

Similar categories in Liz Braswell's Unbirthday book and Chris Babu's The Initiation (The Initiation, #1)

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
"And then, of course, she woke up."

-Liz Braswell, Unbirthday

"Trust in yourself and Wonderland."

-Liz Braswell, Unbirthday

"I have mine and you have yours It's needed in a painting But in the end none agree on the meaning of the thing."

-Liz Braswell, Unbirthday

" I have mine and you have yours It's needed in a painting But in the end none agree on the meaning of the thing. "

-Liz Braswell, Unbirthday

Cover of The Poison Jungle (Wings of Fire, #13) by Tui T. Sutherland

22. The Poison Jungle (Wings of Fire, #13)

By: Tui T. Sutherland

4.40

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

Some secrets are deadly. It's no secret that Sundew wants to destroy the HiveWings. It's her lif… read more

Similar categories in Tui T. Sutherland's The Poison Jungle (Wings of Fire, #13) book and Chris Babu's The Initiation (The Initiation, #1)

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • adventure
Cover of The Final Six (The Final Six, #1) by Alexandra Monir

23. The Final Six (The Final Six, #1)

By: Alexandra Monir

3.83

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

When Leo, an Italian championship swimmer, and Naomi, a science genius from California, are two of … read more

Similar categories in Alexandra Monir's The Final Six (The Final Six, #1) book and Chris Babu's The Initiation (The Initiation, #1)

  • young adult
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
"Remember what you always say: no problem has ever been solved by panicking."

-Alexandra Monir, The Final Six (The Final Six, #1)

"It's like we're in Hogwarts for space, but instead of teaching us magic, they're preparing us to get kicked off the planet."

-Alexandra Monir, The Final Six (The Final Six, #1)

"A funny thing happens when you have nothing left to live for. Your existence loses all its sharp edges. There are no more steep drops, no hills to climb. Colors blur and muddle together until your su…"

-Alexandra Monir, The Final Six (The Final Six, #1)

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24. Suddenly a Murder

By: Lauren Muñoz

3.65

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

Seven friends throw a 1920s-themed party, where it's all pretend--until one of them is murdered. On… read more

Similar categories in Lauren Muñoz's Suddenly a Murder book and Chris Babu's The Initiation (The Initiation, #1)

  • thriller
  • fiction
  • young adult
"He’s a Darcy in the streets but a Wickham in the sheets."

-Lauren Muñoz, Suddenly a Murder

Cover of The Dangerous Gift (Wings of Fire, #14) by Tui T. Sutherland

25. The Dangerous Gift (Wings of Fire, #14)

By: Tui T. Sutherland

4.47

Format: 316 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestselling series continues! Snowfall didn't expect to be queen of the Ic… read more

Similar categories in Tui T. Sutherland's The Dangerous Gift (Wings of Fire, #14) book and Chris Babu's The Initiation (The Initiation, #1)

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • adventure
Cover of The Maze Cutter (The Maze Cutter, #1) by James Dashner

26. The Maze Cutter (The Maze Cutter, #1)

By: James Dashner

3.32

Format: 328 pages, Hardcover

Seventy-three years after the events of The Death Cure, when Thomas and other immunes were sent to … read more

Similar categories in James Dashner's The Maze Cutter (The Maze Cutter, #1) book and Chris Babu's The Initiation (The Initiation, #1)

  • adventure
  • young adult
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • fantasy
"The boy known as Newt had not been immune to the Flare. No, he hadn't been immune in the slightest, unlike most of his friends in the Maze. But he was the cure. Yes. That boy. The one named Newt, Sub…"

-James Dashner, The Maze Cutter (The Maze Cutter, #1)

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27. The Book of Dreams

By: Nina George

3.83

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Henri Skinner is a hardened ex-war reporter on the run from his past. On his way to see his son, Sa… read more

Similar categories in Nina George's The Book of Dreams book and Chris Babu's The Initiation (The Initiation, #1)

  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Games Untold: An Inheritance Games Collection by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

28. Games Untold: An Inheritance Games Collection

By: Jennifer Lynn Barnes

4.57

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Romance, luxury, and secrets abound in this thrilling new collection that take readers deeper into … read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Lynn Barnes's Games Untold: An Inheritance Games Collection book and Chris Babu's The Initiation (The Initiation, #1)

  • thriller
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
Cover of Gravemaidens (Gravemaidens, #1) by Kelly Coon

29. Gravemaidens (Gravemaidens, #1)

By: Kelly Coon

3.44

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The start of a fierce fantasy duology about three maidens who are chosen for their land's greatest … read more

Similar categories in Kelly Coon's Gravemaidens (Gravemaidens, #1) book and Chris Babu's The Initiation (The Initiation, #1)

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
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30. Make the Fireflies Dance

By: Rachel Bateman

3.41

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A contemporary YA rom-com about blind dates, first kisses, and a surprise romance set around the en… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Bateman's Make the Fireflies Dance book and Chris Babu's The Initiation (The Initiation, #1)

  • young adult
Cover of The Initiation (The Initiation, #1) by Chris Babu

31. The Initiation (The Initiation, #1)

By: Chris Babu

4.00

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Everyone is equal. But no one is safe.In a ruined world, Manhattan is now New America, a walled-in … read more

Similar categories in Chris Babu's The Initiation (The Initiation, #1) book and Chris Babu's The Initiation (The Initiation, #1)

  • teen
  • adventure
  • young adult
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • fantasy

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