5 must-read dystopia books like Arclight (Arclight, #1) by Josin L. McQuein

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Arclight (Arclight, #1)

By: Josin L. McQuein

4.00

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

No one crosses the wall of light . . . except for one girl who doesn't remember who she is, where s…

If you liked the dystopia plot in Arclight (Arclight, #1) by Josin L. McQuein , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. Let the Sky Fall (Sky Fall, #1)

By: Shannon Messenger

3.96

Format: 404 pages, Hardcover

Vane Weston should have died in the category-five tornado that killed his parents. Instead, he woke… read more

Similar categories in Shannon Messenger's Let the Sky Fall (Sky Fall, #1) book and Josin L. McQuein's Arclight (Arclight, #1)

  • romance
  • fantasy
  • young adult
"Violence isn't the answer."

-Shannon Messenger, Let the Sky Fall (Sky Fall, #1)

"Hope. Such a funny, fickle thing. We need a lot of it right now."

-Shannon Messenger, Let the Sky Fall (Sky Fall, #1)

"Who is this woman, and what has she done with my ever worrying mother?"

-Shannon Messenger, Let the Sky Fall (Sky Fall, #1)

"Come to me swiftly, carry no trace. Lift me softly, then flow and race."

-Shannon Messenger, Let the Sky Fall (Sky Fall, #1)

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2. The Bone Houses

By: Emily Lloyd-Jones

4.00

Format: 335 pages, Hardcover

Seventeen-year-old Aderyn ("Ryn") only cares about two things: her family, and her family's graveya… read more

Similar categories in Emily Lloyd-Jones's The Bone Houses book and Josin L. McQuein's Arclight (Arclight, #1)

  • romance
  • fantasy
  • young adult
"There were some pains so old they were almost a comfort."

-Emily Lloyd-Jones, The Bone Houses

"Perhaps she could draw memories of him from these people like water from a well."

-Emily Lloyd-Jones, The Bone Houses

"Atop the barn's roof, a lone chicken sat watching as figures began to emerge from the forest."

-Emily Lloyd-Jones, The Bone Houses

"She was half a wild creature that loved a graveyard, the first taste of misty night air, and the heft of a shovel. She knew how things died. And in her darkest moments, she feared she did not know ho…"

-Emily Lloyd-Jones, The Bone Houses

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3. Horns

By: Joe Hill

3.93

Format: 370 pages, Hardcover

Ignatius Perrish spent the night drunk and doing terrible things. He woke up the next morning with … read more

Similar categories in Joe Hill's Horns book and Josin L. McQuein's Arclight (Arclight, #1)

  • mystery
  • fantasy
"Love requires Context."

-Joe Hill, Horns

"I am; I was. I want to be."

-Joe Hill, Horns

"Pick a sin we can both live with, is what I ask."

-Joe Hill, Horns

"[...] In a lot of ways, I guess Satan was the first superhero."

-Joe Hill, Horns

Cover of Nyxia (The Nyxia Triad, #1) by Scott Reintgen

4. Nyxia (The Nyxia Triad, #1)

By: Scott Reintgen

4.20

Format: 32 pages, Kindle Edition

Emmett Atwater isn't just leaving Detroit; he's leaving Earth. Why the Babel Corporation recruited … read more

Similar categories in Scott Reintgen's Nyxia (The Nyxia Triad, #1) book and Josin L. McQuein's Arclight (Arclight, #1)

  • science fiction
  • dystopia
  • fantasy
  • young adult
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5. Walk on Earth a Stranger (The Gold Seer Trilogy, #1)

By: Rae Carson

4.17

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Gold is in my blood, in my breath, even in the flecks in my eyes. Lee Westfall has a strong, loving… read more

Similar categories in Rae Carson's Walk on Earth a Stranger (The Gold Seer Trilogy, #1) book and Josin L. McQuein's Arclight (Arclight, #1)

  • fantasy
  • young adult
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6. In the After (In the After, #1)

By: Demitria Lunetta

4.42

Format: 718 pages, Hardcover

They hear the most silent of footsteps. They are faster than anything you've ever seen. And They wo… read more

Similar categories in Demitria Lunetta's In the After (In the After, #1) book and Josin L. McQuein's Arclight (Arclight, #1)

  • science fiction
  • dystopia
  • post apocalyptic
  • young adult
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7. Arclight (Arclight, #1)

By: Josin L. McQuein

4.00

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

No one crosses the wall of light . . . except for one girl who doesn't remember who she is, where s… read more

Similar categories in Josin L. McQuein's Arclight (Arclight, #1) book and Josin L. McQuein's Arclight (Arclight, #1)

  • romance
  • post apocalyptic
  • young adult
  • dystopia
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • science fiction
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8. The Last Namsara (Iskari, #1)

By: Kristen Ciccarelli

3.67

Format: 346 pages, Hardcover

In the beginning, there was the Namsara: the child of sky and spirit, who carried love and laughter… read more

Similar categories in Kristen Ciccarelli's The Last Namsara (Iskari, #1) book and Josin L. McQuein's Arclight (Arclight, #1)

  • romance
  • fantasy
  • young adult
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9. Storm (The SYLO Chronicles, #2)

By: D.J. MacHale

4.02

Format: None pages, Hardcover

After a harrowing escape from Pemberwick Island, Tucker Pierce and his surviving friends--Tori, Ken… read more

Similar categories in D.J. MacHale's Storm (The SYLO Chronicles, #2) book and Josin L. McQuein's Arclight (Arclight, #1)

  • post apocalyptic
  • young adult
  • dystopia
  • mystery
  • science fiction

10. Isle of Blood and Stone (Isle of Blood and Stone, #1)

By: Makiia Lucier

3.76

Format: None pages, ebook

Ulises asked, "How can I look at these maps, see this riddle, and do nothing? They are my brothers.… read more

Similar categories in Makiia Lucier's Isle of Blood and Stone (Isle of Blood and Stone, #1) book and Josin L. McQuein's Arclight (Arclight, #1)

11. Fairest

By: Gail Carson Levine

3.57

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In the kingdom of Ayortha, who is the fairest of them all? Certainly not Aza. She is thoroughly con… read more

Similar categories in Gail Carson Levine's Fairest book and Josin L. McQuein's Arclight (Arclight, #1)

12. UnWholly (Unwind, #2)

By: Neal Shusterman

4.04

Format: 176 pages, ebook

It's finally here. The long-awaited sequel to the bestselling Unwind, which Publishers Weekly calle… read more

Similar categories in Neal Shusterman's UnWholly (Unwind, #2) book and Josin L. McQuein's Arclight (Arclight, #1)

13. Shadowland (The Mediator, #1)

By: Meg Cabot

3.72

Format: 640 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Suze is a mediator -- a liaison between the living and the dead. In other words, she sees dead peop… read more

Similar categories in Meg Cabot's Shadowland (The Mediator, #1) book and Josin L. McQuein's Arclight (Arclight, #1)

14. Parasite (Parasitology, #1)

By: Mira Grant

3.36

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A decade in the future, humanity thrives in the absence of sickness and disease. We owe our good he… read more

Similar categories in Mira Grant's Parasite (Parasitology, #1) book and Josin L. McQuein's Arclight (Arclight, #1)

15. These Broken Stars (Starbound, #1)

By: Amie Kaufman , Meagan Spooner

4.20

Format: 172 pages, Hardcover

Luxury spaceliner Icarus suddenly plummets from hyperspace into the nearest planet. Lilac LaRoux an… read more

Similar categories in Amie Kaufman's These Broken Stars (Starbound, #1) book and Josin L. McQuein's Arclight (Arclight, #1)

Cover of Hooky Volume 3 (Hooky, #3) by Míriam Bonastre Tur

16. Hooky Volume 3 (Hooky, #3)

By: Míriam Bonastre Tur

4.66

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The thrilling, heartfelt finale to the New York Times bestselling Hooky series, based on the belove… read more

Similar categories in Míriam Bonastre Tur's Hooky Volume 3 (Hooky, #3) book and Josin L. McQuein's Arclight (Arclight, #1)

  • romance
  • fantasy
  • young adult
"DONT YOU DARE BURY A CORPSE UNDER THIS BRIDGE"

-Míriam Bonastre Tur, Hooky Volume 3 (Hooky, #3)

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17. A Tempest of Tea (Blood and Tea, #1)

By: Hafsah Faizal

3.57

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

Why save the world when you can have tea? On the streets of White Roaring, Arthie Casimir is a c… read more

Similar categories in Hafsah Faizal's A Tempest of Tea (Blood and Tea, #1) book and Josin L. McQuein's Arclight (Arclight, #1)

  • romance
  • fantasy
  • young adult
"Every good love story starts with a bullet to the heart."

-Hafsah Faizal, A Tempest of Tea (Blood and Tea, #1)

"We understand what it's like to grieve with fire and not tears."

-Hafsah Faizal, A Tempest of Tea (Blood and Tea, #1)

"It was hard not to watch Arthie Casimir. The way she worked and schemed, at times as still as stone, other times as restless as a bee. For the most part, Arthie obscured her femininity. She was, afte…"

-Hafsah Faizal, A Tempest of Tea (Blood and Tea, #1)

Cover of Wake Me After the Apocalypse (Bunker, #1) by Jordan Rivet

18. Wake Me After the Apocalypse (Bunker, #1)

By: Jordan Rivet

4.10

Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition

When a killer comet hurtles for the earth, 18-year-old Joanna Murphy is selected to wait out the ap… read more

Similar categories in Jordan Rivet's Wake Me After the Apocalypse (Bunker, #1) book and Josin L. McQuein's Arclight (Arclight, #1)

  • science fiction
  • dystopia
  • post apocalyptic
  • young adult
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19. Dragonfruit

By: Makiia Lucier

3.89

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

From acclaimed author Makiia Lucier, a dazzling, romantic fantasy inspired by Pacific Island mythol… read more

Similar categories in Makiia Lucier's Dragonfruit book and Josin L. McQuein's Arclight (Arclight, #1)

  • romance
  • fantasy
  • young adult
"Sam was quiet. Sometimes it was hard to look at her"

-Makiia Lucier, Dragonfruit

"sam was quiet, sometimes it hurt to look at her and know at closely they had come to missing one another"

-Makiia Lucier, Dragonfruit

"May Taga find your spirit and guide you home to the sea beyond. In clear water where danger will never catch you. Among the coral and caves where the bounty is full. Alongside your ancestors and thei…"

-Makiia Lucier, Dragonfruit

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20. Crown of Coral and Pearl (Crown of Coral and Pearl, #1)

By: Mara Rutherford

3.87

Format: 376 pages, Kindle Edition

For generations, the princes of Ilara have married the most beautiful maidens from the ocean villag… read more

Similar categories in Mara Rutherford's Crown of Coral and Pearl (Crown of Coral and Pearl, #1) book and Josin L. McQuein's Arclight (Arclight, #1)

  • romance
  • fantasy
  • young adult
"My people had a saying about home, as they did about so many of the important things in life: a Varenian can never be lost at sea, because he calls the entire ocean home."

-Mara Rutherford, Crown of Coral and Pearl (Crown of Coral and Pearl, #1)

"Those who have never known pain or adversity are as shallow as the waves lapping on the shore." "And what is wrong with being shallow?" I'd asked him. "What lies beneath the surface of shallow waters…"

-Mara Rutherford, Crown of Coral and Pearl (Crown of Coral and Pearl, #1)

Cover of Bone Crier's Dawn (Bone Grace, #2) by Kathryn Purdie

21. Bone Crier's Dawn (Bone Grace, #2)

By: Kathryn Purdie

3.63

Format: 448 pages, ebook

Love is a matter of life and death. Bone Criers have been ferrying the dead into the afterlife f… read more

Similar categories in Kathryn Purdie's Bone Crier's Dawn (Bone Grace, #2) book and Josin L. McQuein's Arclight (Arclight, #1)

  • romance
  • fantasy
  • young adult
"Do not despair, Ailesse. You are more than your mother's daughter; you are also mine. I believe in you."

-Kathryn Purdie, Bone Crier's Dawn (Bone Grace, #2)

"I don't want your death. I don't want your bones. I don't want to steal anything from you. I want us to work together.' I stroke her wet feathers. 'You have the graces of Elara. This is your chance t…"

-Kathryn Purdie, Bone Crier's Dawn (Bone Grace, #2)

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