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Loved The Kill Order by James Dashner? If its series, science fiction and post-apocalyptic hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Parable of the Sower, The Loop and Sunrise on the Reaping. 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 The Kill Order: Series · Science Fiction · Post-Apocalyptic · Plague · Survival Story
Octavia E. Butler
Post-Apocalyptic · Environmental Collapse · Dystopian · Survival Story · Science Fiction
Ben Oliver
Dystopian · Science Fiction · Race Against Time · Young Adult · Survival Story
Suzanne Collins
Dystopian · Survival Story · Young Adult · Fast-Paced · Teen Protagonist
Jack Carr
Bioterrorism · Race Against Time · Fast-Paced · Plot-Driven · Soldiers and Warfare
Matt Dinniman
Post-Apocalyptic · Survival Story · Fast-Paced · Plot-Driven · Science Fiction
Kass Morgan
Post-Apocalyptic · Dystopian · Survival Story · Science Fiction · Young Adult
Hugh Howey
Post-Apocalyptic · Dystopian · Survival Story · Science Fiction · Conspiracy
Patrick Ness
Dystopian · Science Fiction · Survival Story · Young Adult · Fast-Paced
Jonathan Maberry
Race Against Time · Plot-Driven · Conspiracy · Fast-Paced · Soldiers and Warfare
Max Brooks
Post-Apocalyptic · Survival Story · Dystopian · Soldiers and Warfare · Science Fiction
Paolo Bacigalupi
Dystopian · Environmental Collapse · Science Fiction · Conspiracy · Survival Story
C. Robert Cargill
Post-Apocalyptic · Dystopian · Survival Story · Science Fiction · Fast-Paced
J.S. Dewes
Race Against Time · Science Fiction · Soldiers and Warfare · Survival Story · Fast-Paced
Michael Crichton
Survival Story · Science Fiction · Race Against Time · Fast-Paced · Plot-Driven
Pierce Brown
Dystopian · Science Fiction · Fast-Paced · Soldiers and Warfare · Violent
Don Bentley
Race Against Time · Fast-Paced · Plot-Driven · Tense and Suspenseful · Conspiracy
Jeffery Deaver
Natural Disaster Survival · Race Against Time · Tense and Suspenseful · Fast-Paced · Plot-Driven
Stuart Turton
Post-Apocalyptic · Dystopian · Environmental Collapse · Science Fiction · Race Against Time
Cormac McCarthy
Post-Apocalyptic · Dystopian · Survival Story · Environmental Collapse · Violent
Richard Bachman
Race Against Time · Dystopian · Science Fiction · Fast-Paced · Violent
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