11 must-read science fiction books like The Lord of Opium (Matteo Alacran #2) by Nancy Farmer

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The Lord of Opium (Matteo Alacran #2)

By: Nancy Farmer

3.37

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The new book continues the story of Matt, the boy who was cloned from evil drug lord El Patron in T…

If you liked the science fiction plot in The Lord of Opium (Matteo Alacran #2) by Nancy Farmer , here is a list of 11 books like this:

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1. Captain Underpants and the Sensational Saga of Sir Stinks-A-Lot (Captain Underpants, #12)

By: Dav Pilkey

4.34

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Laugh out loud with Captain Underpants, the #1 New York Times bestselling series from Dav Pilkey, t… read more

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  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Rogue (The Paladin Prophecy, #3) by Mark Frost

2. Rogue (The Paladin Prophecy, #3)

By: Mark Frost

3.93

Format: None pages, Paperback

The third and final instalment of the epic Paladin series by Mark Frost, the screenwriter of Fantas… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
Cover of Son (The Giver, #4) by Lois Lowry

3. Son (The Giver, #4)

By: Lois Lowry

3.78

Format: 479 pages, Hardcover

They called her Water Claire. When she washed up on their shore, no one knew that she came from a s… read more

Similar categories in Lois Lowry's Son (The Giver, #4) book and Nancy Farmer's The Lord of Opium (Matteo Alacran #2)

  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Messenger (The Giver, #3) by Lois Lowry

4. Messenger (The Giver, #3)

By: Lois Lowry

3.80

Format: 245 pages, Paperback

Messengeris the masterful third novel in the Giver Quartet, which began with the dystopian bestsell… read more

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  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Gathering Blue (The Giver, #2) by Lois Lowry

5. Gathering Blue (The Giver, #2)

By: Lois Lowry

3.80

Format: 245 pages,

In her strongest work to date, Lois Lowry once again creates a mysterious but plausible future worl… read more

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  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
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6. The Dead-Tossed Waves (The Forest of Hands and Teeth, #2)

By: Carrie Ryan

3.91

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Gabry lives a quiet life. As safe a life as is possible in a town trapped between a forest and the … read more

Similar categories in Carrie Ryan's The Dead-Tossed Waves (The Forest of Hands and Teeth, #2) book and Nancy Farmer's The Lord of Opium (Matteo Alacran #2)

  • young adult
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
"Life is life. You choose to live it or you do not."

-Carrie Ryan, The Dead-Tossed Waves (The Forest of Hands and Teeth, #2)

"The more we lose, the more we become the survivors."

-Carrie Ryan, The Dead-Tossed Waves (The Forest of Hands and Teeth, #2)

"We're both just human. Nothing more. But also nothing less."

-Carrie Ryan, The Dead-Tossed Waves (The Forest of Hands and Teeth, #2)

"Sometimes it’s the mistakes that turn out to be the best parts of life,"

-Carrie Ryan, The Dead-Tossed Waves (The Forest of Hands and Teeth, #2)

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7. West

By: Edith Pattou

3.83

Format: 208 pages,

A fantasy/adventure in which the wandering adventurer Rose embarks on a quest to rescue her kidnapp… read more

Similar categories in Edith Pattou's West book and Nancy Farmer's The Lord of Opium (Matteo Alacran #2)

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult

8. The Eleventh Plague

By: Jeff Hirsch

4.48

Format: 252 pages, Hardcover

In an America devastated by war and plague, the only way to survive is to keep moving. In the after… read more

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  • science fiction
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • young adult
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9. The Lord of Opium (Matteo Alacran #2)

By: Nancy Farmer

3.37

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The new book continues the story of Matt, the boy who was cloned from evil drug lord El Patron in T… read more

Similar categories in Nancy Farmer's The Lord of Opium (Matteo Alacran #2) book and Nancy Farmer's The Lord of Opium (Matteo Alacran #2)

  • teen
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy

10. BZRK: Reloaded (BZRK, #2)

By: Michael Grant

4.25

Format: 151 pages, Hardcover

From best-selling author Michael Grant, comes the highly anticipated, terrifying, and mind-bending … read more

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11. The Schwa Was Here (Antsy Bonano, #1)

By: Neal Shusterman

3.80

Format: 25 pages, Paperback

The Schwa They say if you stare at him long enough, you can see what's written on the wall behind h… read more

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12. The Outlaws of Sherwood

By: Robin McKinley

3.79

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

New York Times bestselling author Robin McKinley's vivid retelling of the classic story of Robin Ho… read more

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  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
"Tales are as much the necessary fabric of our lives as our bodies are."

-Robin McKinley, The Outlaws of Sherwood

"I have a mastery of the art of worrying that is a burden to me if I may not use it."

-Robin McKinley, The Outlaws of Sherwood

"Her words flew like butterflies through the vibrant air of the hall; and the company was quiet, as if watching them."

-Robin McKinley, The Outlaws of Sherwood

"The king will catch us if the sheriff should fail to and then the Saxon race can be symbolically and romantically hung by the neck till dead."

-Robin McKinley, The Outlaws of Sherwood

13. Dragonhaven

By: Robin McKinley

3.14

Format: 32 pages,

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14. His Favorite Wife: Trapped in Polygamy

By: Susan Ray Schmidt

4.43

Format: 303 pages,

His Favorite Wifeis the heart-stopping, inspirational narrative of a courageous, fifteen-year-old g… read more

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15. Lost in Time (Blue Bloods, #6)

By: Melissa de la Cruz

3.29

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The stakes have never been higher for the young Blue Bloods of Manhattan. After their brief yet bea… read more

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16. Ugly: My Memoir

By: Robert Hoge

4.33

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

Robert Hoge was born with a giant tumour on his forehead, severely distorted facial features and le… read more

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17. Misguided Angel (Blue Bloods, #5)

By: Melissa de la Cruz

3.60

Format: None pages, Hardcover

After inheriting the dark Van Alen Legacy, Schuyler fled to Florence with her forbidden love, Jack.… read more

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18. Fatal Vision

By: Joe McGinniss

4.11

Format: 14 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Fatal Visionis the electrifying true story of Dr. Jeffrey MacDonald, the handsome, Princeton-educat… read more

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19. Sapphique (Incarceron, #2)

By: Catherine Fisher

4.64

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Finn has escaped from the terrible living Prison of Incarceron, but its memory torments him, becaus… read more

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Cover of The Wild Robot Protects (The Wild Robot #3) by Peter  Brown

20. The Wild Robot Protects (The Wild Robot #3)

By: Peter Brown

4.20

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The action-packed third installment in Peter Brown's internationally bestselling The Wild Robot ser… read more

Similar categories in Peter Brown's The Wild Robot Protects (The Wild Robot #3) book and Nancy Farmer's The Lord of Opium (Matteo Alacran #2)

  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
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21. Hex Life: Wicked New Tales of Witchery

By: Christopher Golden

3.67

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Brand-new stories of witches and witchcraft written by popular female fantasy authors, including Ke… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Golden's Hex Life: Wicked New Tales of Witchery book and Nancy Farmer's The Lord of Opium (Matteo Alacran #2)

  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of This Vicious Cure (This Mortal Coil, #3) by Emily Suvada

22. This Vicious Cure (This Mortal Coil, #3)

By: Emily Suvada

4.06

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Cat is desperate to find a way to stop Cartaxus and the plague in this gripping finale to a series … read more

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  • young adult
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of They Call Me Güero: A Border Kid's Poems by David  Bowles

23. They Call Me Güero: A Border Kid's Poems

By: David Bowles

4.07

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

An award-winning novel in verse about a boy who navigates the start of seventh grade and life growi… read more

Similar categories in David Bowles's They Call Me Güero: A Border Kid's Poems book and Nancy Farmer's The Lord of Opium (Matteo Alacran #2)

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
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24. Diary of a Confused Feminist

By: Kate Weston

3.80

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Kat wants to do GOOD FEMINISM, although she's not always sure what that means. She also wants to be… read more

Similar categories in Kate Weston's Diary of a Confused Feminist book and Nancy Farmer's The Lord of Opium (Matteo Alacran #2)

  • fiction
  • young adult
Cover of Lucky Stars (Mr. Wolf's Class, #3) by Aron Nels Steinke

25. Lucky Stars (Mr. Wolf's Class, #3)

By: Aron Nels Steinke

4.27

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Mr. Wolf's students are having a "writer's workshop" and are learning about personal narratives. Sa… read more

Similar categories in Aron Nels Steinke's Lucky Stars (Mr. Wolf's Class, #3) book and Nancy Farmer's The Lord of Opium (Matteo Alacran #2)

  • middle grade
  • fiction
Cover of Returns (The Library Trilogy, #1.6) by Mark  Lawrence

26. Returns (The Library Trilogy, #1.6)

By: Mark Lawrence

4.26

Format: 53 pages, Kindle Edition

Two short stories associated with The Library Trilogy. These are tangential and don't have to be f… read more

Similar categories in Mark Lawrence's Returns (The Library Trilogy, #1.6) book and Nancy Farmer's The Lord of Opium (Matteo Alacran #2)

  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Always Anthony (Emmie & Friends #8) by Terri Libenson

27. Always Anthony (Emmie & Friends #8)

By: Terri Libenson

4.17

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The eighth book in the  New York Times  bestselling Emmie & Friends series, told from the alternati… read more

Similar categories in Terri Libenson's Always Anthony (Emmie & Friends #8) book and Nancy Farmer's The Lord of Opium (Matteo Alacran #2)

  • middle grade
  • young adult
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28. Blood Circus

By: Camila Victoire

3.75

Format: 350 pages, Hardcover

In this world, death is a performance—and she is on stage. At the end of the twenty-first centur… read more

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  • young adult
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
"True friendship has nothing to do with knowing everything about a person, like their favorite ice cream flavor, or sideshow game, or what subjects they’re good at. It’s about being there. Knowing tha…"

-Camila Victoire, Blood Circus

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29. Ex Libris: 100+ Books to Read and Reread

By: Michiko Kakutani

3.54

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Pulitzer Prize–winning literary critic Michiko Kakutani shares 100 personal, thought-provoking essa… read more

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30. Breaking the Social Media Prism: How to Make Our Platforms Less Polarizing

By: Chris Bail

3.97

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A revealing look at how user behavior is powering deep social divisions online―and how we might yet… read more

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31. Bomb: The Race to Build--and Steal--the World's Most Dangerous Weapon

By: Steve Sheinkin

4.02

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A riveting graphic novel adaptation of the award-winning nonfiction book, Bomb ―the fascinating and… read more

Similar categories in Steve Sheinkin's Bomb: The Race to Build--and Steal--the World's Most Dangerous Weapon book and Nancy Farmer's The Lord of Opium (Matteo Alacran #2)

  • middle grade

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Captain Underpants and the Sensational Saga of Sir Stinks-A-Lot (Captain Underpants, #12)

Dav Pilkey

4.34

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Mark Frost

3.93

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Lois Lowry

3.78

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3.89

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3.23

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3.88

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