Books Like Gathering Blue

Loved Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry? If its female lead, series and dystopian hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Catching Fire, The Vault of Dreamers and The Record Keeper. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.

What’s inside Gathering Blue: Female Lead · Series · Dystopian · Artist Protagonist · Orphans

Catching Fire
Suzanne Collins

Dystopian · Freedom vs Control · Teen Protagonist · Science Fiction · Young Adult

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The Vault of Dreamers
Caragh M. O'Brien

Dystopian · Artist Protagonist · Teen Protagonist · Young Adult · Series

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The Record Keeper
Agnes Gomillion

Dystopian · Freedom vs Control · Teen Protagonist · Young Adult · Science Fiction

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The Loop
Ben Oliver

Dystopian · Freedom vs Control · Teen Protagonist · Young Adult · Series

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La Belle Sauvage
Philip Pullman

Freedom vs Control · Coming of Age · Teen Protagonist · Young Adult · Series

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Thunderhead
Neal Shusterman

Dystopian · Freedom vs Control · Teen Protagonist · Young Adult · Series

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A Wrinkle in Time
Madeleine L'Engle

Freedom vs Control · Teen Protagonist · Science Fiction · Female Lead · Series

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Threadneedle
Cari Thomas

Freedom vs Control · Coming of Age · Teen Protagonist · Young Adult · Series

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Gilded Cage
Vic James

Dystopian · Freedom vs Control · Young Adult · Teen Protagonist · Series

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The Knife of Never Letting Go
Patrick Ness

Dystopian · Coming of Age · Teen Protagonist · Series · Young Adult

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Parable of the Sower
Octavia E. Butler

Dystopian · Teen Protagonist · Female Lead · Science Fiction · Series

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Wool Omnibus
Hugh Howey

Freedom vs Control · Dystopian · Female Lead · Series · Science Fiction

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The Song Rising
Samantha Shannon

Dystopian · Freedom vs Control · Series · Science Fiction · Female Lead

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Chains
Laurie Halse Anderson

Freedom vs Control · Teen Protagonist · Series · Female Lead · Young Adult

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To Shape a Dragon's Breath
Moniquill Blackgoose

Coming of Age · Teen Protagonist · Young Adult · Series · Female Lead

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Clariel
Garth Nix

Freedom vs Control · Teen Protagonist · Young Adult · Female Lead · Series

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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
J.K. Rowling

Coming of Age · Teen Protagonist · Young Adult · Series · Censorship

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Graceling
Kristin Cashore

Coming of Age · Teen Protagonist · Young Adult · Female Lead · Series

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Brave New Worlds
Cory Doctorow, Paolo Bacigalupi

Freedom vs Control · Dystopian · Science Fiction · Censorship · Rebellion Against Authority

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The Bone Witch
Rin Chupeco

Teen Protagonist · Coming of Age · Young Adult · Series · Female Lead

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