Books like…

Books Like The Running Man

by Stephen King · about this book

Loved The Running Man by Stephen King? If its deadly competition, dystopian and male lead hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with The Running Man, The Hunger Games and Dungeon Crawler Carl. 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 Running Man: Deadly Competition · Dystopian · Male Lead · Game Show · Fast-Paced

1. 

   The Running Man

   Richard Bachman

   Game Show · Reality TV · Deadly Competition · Media Criticism · Near Future

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   The Hunger Games

   Suzanne Collins

   Deadly Competition · Reality TV · Dystopian · Game Show · Survival Story

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   Dungeon Crawler Carl

   Matt Dinniman

   Reality TV · Game Show · Deadly Competition · Survival Story · Fast-Paced

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4. 

   Red Rising

   Pierce Brown

   Class Struggle · Dystopian · Deadly Competition · Working-Class Protagonist · Economic Inequality

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5. 

   The Loop

   Ben Oliver

   Dystopian · Surveillance State · Science Fiction · Race Against Time · Freedom vs Control

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6. 

   Savage Son: A Thriller

   Jack Carr

   Hunted For Sport · Cat and Mouse Chase · Intense · Fast-Paced · Plot-Driven

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7. 

   The Water Knife

   Paolo Bacigalupi

   Dystopian · Near Future · Economic Inequality · Science Fiction · Intense

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8. 

   NO EXIT

   Taylor Adams

   Cat and Mouse Chase · Race Against Time · Fast-Paced · Survival Story · Plot-Driven

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9. 

   Dark Matter

   Blake Crouch

   Race Against Time · Short Chapters · Fast-Paced · Tense and Suspenseful · Plot-Driven

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10. 

    Parable of the Sower

    Octavia E. Butler

    Near Future · Dystopian · Class Struggle · Economic Inequality · Survival Story

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11. 

    Ready Player One

    Ernest Cline

    Near Future · Dystopian · Underdog · Deadly Competition · Fast-Paced

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12. 

    The Knife of Never Letting Go

    Patrick Ness

    Dystopian · Cat and Mouse Chase · Survival Story · Science Fiction · Intense

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13. 

    Scythe

    Neal Shusterman

    Dystopian · Deadly Competition · Political Corruption · Science Fiction · Tense and Suspenseful

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14. 

    Kiss the Girls

    James Patterson

    Cat and Mouse Chase · Tense and Suspenseful · Fast-Paced · Short Chapters · Plot-Driven

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15. 

    Wool Omnibus

    Hugh Howey

    Dystopian · Survival Story · Political Corruption · Tense and Suspenseful · Science Fiction

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16. 

    Jurassic Park

    Michael Crichton

    Survival Story · Race Against Time · Fast-Paced · Plot-Driven · Tense and Suspenseful

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17. 

    Brave New Worlds

    Cory Doctorow, Paolo Bacigalupi

    Dystopian · Surveillance State · Science Fiction · Near Future · Propaganda

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18. 

    The Never Game

    Jeffery Deaver

    Race Against Time · Cat and Mouse Chase · Plot-Driven · Tense and Suspenseful · Fast-Paced

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19. 

    The Power

    Naomi Alderman

    Dystopian · Near Future · Political Corruption · Freedom vs Control · Science Fiction

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20. 

    Foundryside

    Robert Jackson Bennett

    Economic Inequality · Class Struggle · Working-Class Protagonist · Underdog · Fast-Paced

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