{"id":15633,"date":"2012-04-23T08:00:30","date_gmt":"2012-04-23T14:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=15633"},"modified":"2012-04-06T14:07:58","modified_gmt":"2012-04-06T20:07:58","slug":"hunger-games-read-alikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/hunger-games-read-alikes\/","title":{"rendered":"Hunger Games Read-Alikes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Demand for the library’s copies of\u00a0The Hunger Games<\/a><\/strong><\/em> has skyrocketed since the movie came out.\u00a0 Don’t worry, we can put you on the reserve list, but you might have a little bit of a wait ahead of you before your copy comes in.\u00a0 So while you wait, here are a few similar titles you might want to try:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>If you like\u00a0plenty of\u00a0action and powerful female characters:<\/p>\n

Graceling<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>by Kristin Cashore<\/p>\n

Divergent<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>by Veronica Roth<\/p>\n

Uglies<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>by Scott Westerfeld<\/p>\n

If you’re looking for\u00a0fast-paced stories about survival:<\/p>\n

The Maze Runner<\/a><\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>by James Dashner<\/p>\n

The Knife of Never Letting Go<\/a> <\/strong><\/em>by Patrick Ness<\/p>\n

Gone<\/a> <\/em><\/strong>by Michael Grant<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>If you’re interested in a dystopian world with a government gone bad:<\/p>\n

1984<\/a><\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>by George Orwell<\/p>\n

The Handmaid’s Tale<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong>by Margaret Atwood<\/p>\n

When She Woke<\/a><\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>by Hillary Jordan<\/p>\n

Little Brother<\/a><\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>by Cory Doctorow<\/p>\n

If you\u00a0want something with a bit of romance:<\/p>\n

Matched<\/a><\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>by Ally Condie<\/p>\n

Delirium<\/a><\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>by Lauren Oliver<\/p>\n

If you’re looking for some cool sci-fi:<\/p>\n

Feed<\/strong><\/em> <\/a>by M.T. Anderson<\/p>\n

Ender’s Game<\/a><\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>by Orson Scott Card<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Demand for the library’s copies of\u00a0The Hunger Games has skyrocketed since the movie came out.\u00a0 Don’t worry, we can put you on the reserve list, but you might have a little bit of a wait ahead of you before your copy comes in.\u00a0 So while you wait, here are a[Read more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10,5,1],"tags":[1938,1939,774],"class_list":["post-15633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-read-a-likes","category-reference","tag-dystopian-society","tag-end-of-the-world","tag-science-fiction"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd0CXx-449","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15633"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15721,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15633\/revisions\/15721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}