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Survival Competition books

A story trope where characters are forced to compete against each other in a deadly contest, often with only one survivor allowed, which readers love for its intense stakes, moral dilemmas, and exploration of what people will do to live.

  1. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
  2. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (2009)
  3. Battle royale by Kōshun Takami (1999)
  4. The Maze Runner by James Dashner (2009)
  5. The Scorch Trials by James Dashner (2010)
  6. Lord of the Flies by William Golding (1954)
  7. The Long Walk by Stephen King (1979)
  8. The Running Man by Stephen King (1982)
  9. Divergent by Veronica Roth (2010)
  10. The testing by Joelle Charbonneau (2013)
  11. Legend by Marie Lu (2011)
  12. Red Rising by Pierce Brown (2014)
  13. Golden Son by Pierce Brown (2015)
  14. Gone by Michael Grant (2006)
  15. The 5th Wave by Richard Yancey (2013)
  16. Panic by Lauren Oliver (2014)
  17. Grace Year by Kim Liggett (2019)
  18. Illuminae by Amie Kaufman (2013)
  19. The hunt by Andrew Fukuda (2012)
  20. Wilder Girls by Rory Power (2019)