17 must-read fantasy books like Uglies (Uglies, #1) by Scott Westerfeld

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Uglies (Uglies, #1)

By: Scott Westerfeld

3.85

Format: 425 pages, Paperback

Tally is about to turn sixteen, and she can't wait. In just a few weeks she'll have the operation t…

"When she awoke, the world was on fire."

-Scott Westerfeld, Uglies (Uglies, #1)

"When she awoke, the world was on fire."

-Scott Westerfeld, Uglies (Uglies, #1)

"When she awoke, the world was on fire."

-Scott Westerfeld, Uglies (Uglies, #1)

"Her only way home was to betray her friend."

-Scott Westerfeld, Uglies (Uglies, #1)

If you liked the fantasy plot in Uglies (Uglies, #1) by Scott Westerfeld , here is a list of 17 books like this:

Cover of Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3) by Suzanne Collins

1. Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)

By: Suzanne Collins

4.09

Format: 390 pages, Hardcover

My name is Katniss Everdeen. Why am I not dead? I should be dead. Katniss Everdeen, girl on fi… read more

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  • romance
  • post apocalyptic
  • teen
  • adventure
  • young adult
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
"Stay with me. Always."

-Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)

"Fire beats roses again."

-Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)

"I must have loved you a lot."

-Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)

"And if we burn, you burn with us."

-Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)

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2. Legend (Legend, #1)

By: Marie Lu

4.15

Format: 318 pages, Kindle Edition

Librarian's Note: this is an alternate cover edition for ASIN B0052RDJAO. What was once the west… read more

Similar categories in Marie Lu's Legend (Legend, #1) book and Scott Westerfeld's Uglies (Uglies, #1)

  • romance
  • teen
  • adventure
  • young adult
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
"My name is June Iparis."

-Marie Lu, Legend (Legend, #1)

"The boy who walks in the light"

-Marie Lu, Legend (Legend, #1)

"I ALMOST KISSED THE GIRL LAST NIGHT."

-Marie Lu, Legend (Legend, #1)

"He looks like an angel, if a broken one."

-Marie Lu, Legend (Legend, #1)

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3. The 5th Wave (The 5th Wave, #1)

By: Rick Yancey

4.01

Format: 457 pages, Hardcover

After the 1st wave, only darkness remains. After the 2nd, only the lucky escape. And after the 3rd,… read more

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  • romance
  • post apocalyptic
  • young adult
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
"Time for the world to end."

-Rick Yancey, The 5th Wave (The 5th Wave, #1)

"And then Evan Walker kisses me."

-Rick Yancey, The 5th Wave (The 5th Wave, #1)

"Is this how humanity waves good-bye? Hell no."

-Rick Yancey, The 5th Wave (The 5th Wave, #1)

"His heart, the war. Her face, the battlefield."

-Rick Yancey, The 5th Wave (The 5th Wave, #1)

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4. The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)

By: Suzanne Collins

4.34

Format: 374 pages, Hardcover

Could you survive on your own in the wild, with every one out to make sure you don't live to see th… read more

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  • post apocalyptic
  • teen
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
"Peeta,"

-Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)

"Katniss, the girl who was on fire!"

-Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)

"May the odds be ever in your favor!"

-Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)

"No. Now, shut up and eat your pears."

-Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)

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5. Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1)

By: Stephenie Meyer

3.66

Format: 498 pages, Paperback

About three things I was absolutely positive. First, Edward was a vampire. Second, there was … read more

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  • romance
  • teen
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"Do I dazzle you?"

-Stephenie Meyer, Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1)

"You are my life now."

-Stephenie Meyer, Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1)

"My mom is part albino."

-Stephenie Meyer, Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1)

"Go sit down and look pale."

-Stephenie Meyer, Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1)

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6. Marked (House of Night, #1)

By: P.C. Cast , Kristin Cast

3.81

Format: 306 pages, Paperback

Also see: Alternate Cover Editions for this ISBN [ACE] ACE #1 After a Vampire Tracker Marks h… read more

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  • romance
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
"Me-EHH-UF-ow"

-P.C. Cast, Marked (House of Night, #1)

"Viltis - kvailių motina."

-P.C. Cast, Marked (House of Night, #1)

"Get thee behind me, Satan!"

-P.C. Cast, Marked (House of Night, #1)

"He's not the brightest crayola in the pack."

-P.C. Cast, Marked (House of Night, #1)

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7. Matched (Matched, #1)

By: Ally Condie

3.34

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In the Society, officials decide. Who you love. Where you work. When you die. Cassia has always tru… read more

Similar categories in Ally Condie's Matched (Matched, #1) book and Scott Westerfeld's Uglies (Uglies, #1)

  • romance
  • teen
  • young adult
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Delirium (Delirium, #1) by Lauren Oliver

8. Delirium (Delirium, #1)

By: Lauren Oliver

3.50

Format: 290 pages, Paperback

There is an alternate cover edition for this ISBN13 . In an alternate United States, love has been… read more

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  • romance
  • teen
  • young adult
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
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9. If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)

By: Gayle Forman

3.92

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

In the blink of an eye everything changes. Seventeen ­year-old Mia has no memory of the accident; s… read more

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  • romance
  • fiction
  • teen
  • young adult
"Mia,"

-Gayle Forman, If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)

"Fake it 'till you make it."

-Gayle Forman, If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)

"Dying is easy. Living is hard"

-Gayle Forman, If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)

"I do have a point to all this,"

-Gayle Forman, If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)

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10. The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)

By: Rick Riordan

3.10

Format: 151 pages, Paperback

Alternate Cover Edition can be found . Percy Jackson is a good kid, but he can't seem to focus on … read more

Similar categories in Rick Riordan's The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1) book and Scott Westerfeld's Uglies (Uglies, #1)

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

11. The Maze Runner (The Maze Runner, #1)

By: James Dashner

4.05

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

There are alternate cover editions for this ASIN here and here. If you ain’t scared, you ain’t h… read more

Similar categories in James Dashner's The Maze Runner (The Maze Runner, #1) book and Scott Westerfeld's Uglies (Uglies, #1)

  • post apocalyptic
  • teen
  • young adult
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
"You da boss"

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

"WICKED is good"

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

"I want to be a Runner."

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

"Zart the fart, you start."

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

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12. The Host (The Host, #1)

By: Stephenie Meyer

1.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Also see: Alternate Cover Editions for this ISBN [ACE]  Melanie Stryder refuses to fade away. The… read more

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  • romance
  • young adult
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Crossed (Matched, #2) by Ally Condie

13. Crossed (Matched, #2)

By: Ally Condie

4.62

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Society chooses everything. The books you read. The music you listen to. The person you love. Y… read more

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  • romance
  • teen
  • young adult
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
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14. Looking for Alaska

By: John Green

3.97

Format: 221 pages, Paperback

Before. Miles “Pudge” Halter is done with his safe life at home. His whole life has been one big no… read more

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  • romance
  • fiction
  • teen
  • young adult
"Y'all smoke to enjoy it. I smoke to die."

-John Green, Looking for Alaska

"We are greater than the sum of our parts."

-John Green, Looking for Alaska

"Have you really read all those books in your room?"

-John Green, Looking for Alaska

"I'm sorry. I know you loved her. It was hard not to."

-John Green, Looking for Alaska

15. Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)

By: Marissa Meyer

4.25

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the populatio… read more

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16. The Outsiders

By: S.E. Hinton

4.13

Format: 208 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The Outsiders is about two weeks in the life of a 14-year-old boy. The novel tells the story of Pon… read more

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  • fiction
  • childrens
  • young adult
"We saw the same sunset."

-S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders

"Nothing sparkly can stay."

-S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders

"Things are rough all over."

-S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders

"Okay greasers, you've had it."

-S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders

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17. Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)

By: Suzanne Collins

4.33

Format: 391 pages, Hardcover

Sparks are igniting. Flames are spreading. And the Capitol wants revenge. Against all odds, K… read more

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  • romance
  • post apocalyptic
  • teen
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
"Tick, tock."

-Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)

"Remember, girl on fire,"

-Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)

"You could do a lot worse."

-Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)

"I had to do that. At least once."

-Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)

18. Red Queen (Red Queen, #1)

By: Victoria Aveyard

4.12

Format: 80 pages, Hardcover

This is a world divided by blood - red or silver. The Reds are commoners, ruled by a Silver elite i… read more

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19. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #1)

By: Ransom Riggs

3.92

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Alternate Cover edition for ISBN 9781594744761 A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. A st… read more

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  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
"Will you quit shouting and let me bleed in peace!"

-Ransom Riggs, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #1)

"...slow and drunk is no match for fast and scared shitless."

-Ransom Riggs, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #1)

"That was our friendship: equal parts irritation and cooperation."

-Ransom Riggs, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #1)

"Forgive me. I continue to underestimate the breadth of your ignorance."

-Ransom Riggs, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #1)

20. The Selection (The Selection, #1)

By: Kiera Cass

4.07

Format: None pages, Hardcover

For thirty-five girls, the Selection is the chance of a lifetime. The opportunity to escape the lif… read more

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21. Reached (Matched, #3)

By: Ally Condie

3.97

Format: 12 pages, Hardcover

After leaving Society to desperately seek The Rising, and each other, Cassia and Ky have found what… read more

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22. City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1)

By: Cassandra Clare

3.29

Format: None pages, Hardcover

When fifteen-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly exp… read more

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23. The Fault in Our Stars

By: John Green

4.13

Format: 313 pages, Hardcover

Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been a… read more

Similar categories in John Green's The Fault in Our Stars book and Scott Westerfeld's Uglies (Uglies, #1)

  • fiction
  • teen
  • young adult
"The marks humans leave are too often scars."

-John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

"I've gotten really hot since you went blind."

-John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

"Grief does not change you, Hazel. It reveals you."

-John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

"Some infinities are bigger than other infinities."

-John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

24. Holes (Holes, #1)

By: Louis Sachar

3.43

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Stanley tries to dig up the truth in this inventive and darkly humorous tale of crime and punishmen… read more

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25. The Giver (The Giver, #1)

By: Lois Lowry

4.12

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

At the age of twelve, Jonas, a young boy from a seemingly utopian, futuristic world, is singled out… read more

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  • childrens
  • young adult
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
"Memories are forever."

-Lois Lowry, The Giver (The Giver, #1)

"Thnks fr th mmrs- Gabe"

-Lois Lowry, The Giver (The Giver, #1)

"Didn't life consist of the things you did each day?"

-Lois Lowry, The Giver (The Giver, #1)

"It's just that... without the memories it's all meaningless."

-Lois Lowry, The Giver (The Giver, #1)

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26. Thirteen Reasons Why

By: Jay Asher

3.84

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

You can’t stop the future. You can’t rewind the past. The only way to learn the secret . . . is … read more

Similar categories in Jay Asher's Thirteen Reasons Why book and Scott Westerfeld's Uglies (Uglies, #1)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • teen
  • young adult
"I’m sorry."

-Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why

"Everything...affects everything"

-Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why

"I can't. You can't rewrite the past."

-Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why

"A lot of you cared, just not enough."

-Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why

27. Insurgent (Divergent, #2)

By: Veronica Roth

4.25

Format: 131 pages, Hardcover

One choice can transform you--or it can destroy you. But every choice has consequences, and as unre… read more

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28. Paper Towns

By: John Green

3.71

Format: 305 pages, Paperback

Who is the real Margo? Quentin Jacobsen has spent a lifetime loving the magnificently adventurou… read more

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  • romance
  • teen
  • adventure
  • young adult
  • fiction
"Imagine others complexly."

-John Green, Paper Towns

"At least I carpe'd that one diem."

-John Green, Paper Towns

"I spy with my little eye a great story."

-John Green, Paper Towns

"Maybe all the strings inside him broke."

-John Green, Paper Towns

Cover of Divergent (Divergent, #1) by Veronica Roth

29. Divergent (Divergent, #1)

By: Veronica Roth

4.14

Format: 487 pages, Paperback

In Beatrice Prior's dystopian Chicago world, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated … read more

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  • romance
  • post apocalyptic
  • teen
  • young adult
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
"Okay, okay."

-Veronica Roth, Divergent (Divergent, #1)

"Lies require commitment."

-Veronica Roth, Divergent (Divergent, #1)

"What is it with you today?"

-Veronica Roth, Divergent (Divergent, #1)

"Human reason can excuse any evil."

-Veronica Roth, Divergent (Divergent, #1)

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30. Uglies (Uglies, #1)

By: Scott Westerfeld

3.85

Format: 425 pages, Paperback

Tally is about to turn sixteen, and she can't wait. In just a few weeks she'll have the operation t… read more

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  • romance
  • post apocalyptic
  • childrens
  • teen
  • adventure
  • young adult
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
"When she awoke, the world was on fire."

-Scott Westerfeld, Uglies (Uglies, #1)

"Her only way home was to betray her friend."

-Scott Westerfeld, Uglies (Uglies, #1)

"The early summer sky was the color of cat vomit."

-Scott Westerfeld, Uglies (Uglies, #1)

"What you do, the way you think, makes you beautiful."

-Scott Westerfeld, Uglies (Uglies, #1)

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31. Speak

By: Laurie Halse Anderson

4.05

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

The first ten lies they tell you in high school. "Speak up for yourself—we want to know what you… read more

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  • fiction
  • teen
  • young adult
"Gym should be illegal. It's humiliating."

-Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak

"I have never heard a more eloquent silence."

-Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak

"To keep up appearances, I stomp my room and slam the door."

-Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak

"Censorship is the child of fear and the father of ignorance."

-Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak

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