18 books like Black Moon

What to read after Black Moon — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Among the Imposters (Shadow Children #2) Margaret Peterson Haddix · 2001 · ★ 4.1 · 176p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Luke Garner is terrified. Out of hiding for the first time, he knows that any minute one of his new classmates could discover his secret: that he's a third child passing as the recently deceased Lee Grant. And in a society where it's illegal for families to have more than two children, being a third child means certain death at the hands of the dreaded Population Police. His first experience… Shares: Dystopian, Interpersonal relations, Young Adult, Science Fiction

Among the enemy Margaret Peterson Haddix · 2005 · ★ 4.2 · 214p · ≈ 7h · Moderate this book is part of the shadow children sequel. a few shadow children decide to work for the population police and save all the shadow children they can. Shares: Dystopian, Young Adult, Science Fiction, Children's fiction

The Complication Suzanne Young · 2018 · 464p · ≈ 15h · Moderate Tatum and Weston seek revenge against The Program in this heart-pounding final installment in Suzanne Young’s New York Times bestselling Program series—now with a reimagined look.Every cure has a cost.Tatum Masterson learned this after years of being monitored by The Program. She witnessed it when her boyfriend, Weston, came back changed, erased. The Adjustment came into Tatum’s life just when… Shares: Dystopian, Young Adult, Science Fiction, Children's fiction

A Whisper of Horses [Paperback] Zillah Bethell Zillah Bethell · 2017 · 339p · ≈ 11h · Moderate In a post-apocalyptic Great Britain, after her mother's death Serendipity, about twelve, leaves Lahn Dan and teams up with an orphan, Tab, hoping to find horses surviving somewhere. Shares: Juvenile works, Dystopian, Science Fiction, Children's fiction

The Sacrifice Charles Higson · 2012 · ★ 5.0 · 504p · ≈ 16h · Moderate The Sacrifice picks up after Small Sam and The Kid arrive at the Tower of London at the end of The Dead. Though Sam finds safety and friendship at the Tower with Jordan Hordern's crew, he can't settle down. The only thing he wants is to be reunited with his sister, Ella. Despite Ed's protests, Sam and the Kid strike out westward, through the no-go zone. Meanwhile, Shadowman is tracking Saint… Shares: Young adult works, Young Adult, Children's fiction

Amulet of Doom Bruce Coville · 1985 · ★ 5.0 · 173p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Faced with an ancient curse, a tragic demon, and a blood feud thousands of years old, Marilyn must make the right decision—or die. Shares: Young adult works, Young Adult, Children's fiction

Breakdown Sarah Mussi · 2014 · 418p · ≈ 13h · Moderate It is 2084. Nuclear radiation has poisoned the country. Society has fallen apart. Starvation is rampant, and power shortages have resulted in piles of obsolete gadgetry. Necessity has driven those who've survived to complete self-reliance, if they have the means to do so. For Melody and her Nan, survival is just about possible, so long as they can guard the tiny crop of potatoes in their back… Shares: Young adult works, Dystopian, Science Fiction, Children's fiction

Among the Barons Margaret Peterson Haddix · 1998 · ★ 4.1 · 182p · ≈ 6h · Moderate In a future world of false identities, government lies, and death threats, Luke feels drawn to the younger brother of the boy whose name Luke has taken. Its a hell of a mystery. Shares: Dystopian, Young Adult, Science Fiction, Children's fiction

No et moi Delphine de Vigan · 2007 · ★ 3.7 · 246p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Precocious thirteen-year-old Lou meets a homeless eighteen-year-old girl on the streets of Paris and Lou's life is forever changed. Shares: Young adult works, Interpersonal relations, Young Adult, Children's fiction

Delirium Lauren Oliver · 2011 · ★ 4.0 · 428p · ≈ 14h · Moderate The first book in Lauren Oliver’s New York Times bestselling trilogy about forbidden love, revolution, and the power to choose.In an alternate United States, love has been declared a dangerous disease, and the government forces everyone who reaches eighteen to have a procedure called the Cure. Living with her aunt, uncle, and cousins in Portland, Maine, Lena Haloway is very much looking forward… Shares: Government, Young Adult, Science Fiction, Children's fiction

House of Many Ways Diana Wynne Jones · 2008 · ★ 4.3 · 304p · ≈ 10h · Moderate The sequel to Howl's Moving CastleWhen Charmain Baker agreed to look after her great-uncle's house, she thought she was getting blissful, parent-free time to read. She didn't realize that the house bent space and time, and she did not expect to become responsible for an extremely magical stray dog and a muddled young apprentice wizard. Now, somehow, she's been targeted by a terrifying creature… Shares: Juvenile works, Children's fiction

Ashes Ilsa J. Bick · 2011 · ★ 3.2 · 480p · ≈ 16h · Moderate Alex, a resourceful seventeen-year-old running from her incurable brain tumor, Tom, who has left the war in Afghanistan, and Ellie, an angry eight-year-old, join forces after an electromagnetic pulse sweeps through the sky and kills most of the world's population, turning some of those who remain into zombies and giving the others superhuman senses. Shares: Dystopian, Young Adult, Science Fiction, Children's fiction

Children of Refuge Margaret Peterson Haddix · 2017 · ★ 3.6 · 288p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Many surprises await twelve-year-old Edwy Watanaboneset when the Freds return him to Cursed Town, including that he has siblings in Refuge City who he will join in boarding school. Shares: Dystopian, Young Adult, Science Fiction, Children's fiction

Double Star Robert A. Heinlein · 1956 · ★ 3.9 · 159p · ≈ 5h · Moderate One minute, down and out actor Lorenzo Smythe was — as usual — in a bar, drinking away his troubles as he watched his career go down the tubes. Then a space pilot bought him a drink, and the next thing Smythe knew, he was shanghaied to Mars. Suddenly he found himself agreeing to the most difficult role of his career: impersonating an important politician who had been kidnapped. Peace with the… Shares: Science Fiction, Children's fiction

The Reappearance of Rachel Price Holly Jackson · 2024 · ★ 4.1 · 443p · ≈ 14h · Moderate 18-year-old Bel has lived her whole life in the shadow of her mom’s mysterious disappearance. Sixteen years ago, Rachel Price vanished and young Bel was the only witness. Rachel is gone, presumed dead. The case is dragged up from the past when the Price family agree to a true crime documentary. Bel can’t wait for filming to end, for life to go back to normal. But then Rachel Price reappears, and… Shares: Young Adult, Children's fiction

Among the Free Margaret Peterson Haddix · 2006 · ★ 4.2 · 201p · ≈ 6h · Moderate When thirteen-year-old Luke Garner unwittingly sets off a rebellion which sweeps the country and ousts the Population Police from power, he quickly realizes that the new regime is corrupt and he may hold the only key to true freedom. Shares: Dystopian, Young Adult, Science Fiction, Children's fiction

The Program Suzanne Young · 2013 · ★ 4.0 · 432p · ≈ 14h · Moderate In this “gripping tale for lovers of dystopian romance” (Kirkus Reviews), true feelings are forbidden, teen suicide is an epidemic, and the only solution is The Program. Sloane knows better than to cry in front of anyone. With suicide now an international epidemic, one outburst could land her in The Program, the only proven course of treatment. Sloane’s parents have already lost one child;… Shares: Dystopian, Young Adult, Science Fiction, Children's fiction

Divergent Veronica Roth · 2010 · ★ 4.4 · 475p · ≈ 15h · Moderate ‘Divergent’ is the first in a trilogy of dystopian, YA novels by Veronica Roth. The book is written from Beatrice Prior’s (Tris), point of view and is written in short chapters making it easy to put down and pick up again. The story is fast paced with full on action throughout. It contains elements of humour and romance, alongside some seriously brutal scenes, especially during Tris’s… Shares: Dystopian, Young Adult, Science Fiction, Children's fiction

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