The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins
Like Red Queen, it centres on a young person from an oppressed class forced into a deadly spectacle run by a privileged elite, with the rebellion growing from that injustice.
12 books to read next
Books Like Red Queen
If you loved Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
Red Queen follows Mare Barrow, a young woman from the Red blood class who discovers she has a power that should be impossible, and is pulled into a court of Silver nobles who hide the truth. Readers love its fast pace, its cliffhanger chapter endings, and the way its class-based world is built around secrets and betrayal. The romance runs alongside the political plot, with loyalties that keep shifting. If you want a page-turning YA fantasy with a rebellion at its heart and a love story that complicates everything, these picks should suit you.
Rebellion against a rigid class system
Red Rising
Pierce Brown
It shares Red Queen's strict colour-coded society, where a low-born character infiltrates the ruling class and must hide who they really are while planning revolt.
Legend
Marie Lu
Its divided nation, sharp political intrigue and a protagonist caught between two sides of a conflict will appeal to readers who enjoyed the power games in Red Queen.
Romance tangled with politics
The Selection
Kiera Cass
A romance set in a rigid, caste-based kingdom where a girl is chosen for a royal competition, mixing courtly drama and a love triangle much like the tensions in Red Queen.
The Winner's Curse
Marie Rutkoski
A slow-burning romance between two people on opposite sides of an empire's power struggle, with secrets and divided loyalties that echo Mare's situation at court.
A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas
A fierce heroine drawn into a dangerous magical world of rival powers, where a passionate romance grows alongside a larger struggle, as in Red Queen.
Go deeper with dark fantasy
Six of Crows
Leigh Bardugo
A crew of outcasts takes on a dangerous heist in a city of shifting alliances, with the tight plotting and morally grey characters that drew readers to Red Queen.
Caraval
Stephanie Garber
A immersive, mysterious game where nothing is quite what it seems, appealing to readers who loved the secrets, deception and magic at the centre of Red Queen.
The Cruel Prince
Holly Black
A mortal girl raised in a dangerous faerie court must outwit powerful rivals, combining palace intrigue, a slow-building romance and a fierce protagonist like Mare.
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