If you loved
Books like The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins: what to read next, and why.
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The Hunger Games
The original story it leads into; reading it first makes this prequel's quiet echoes land harder.
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Lord of the Flies
Another account of how young people turn on each other when a violent system gives them permission.
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Red Rising
A harsher, faster dystopia of caste, competition and a protagonist forced into a deadly game.