Books like Golden Son

If you liked Golden Son by Pierce Brown, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.

  1. Red Rising

    Pierce Brown · 2014 · Red Rising Saga #1

    Because same series (Red Rising Saga #1); also by Pierce Brown; shares tags: science fiction, dystopia, mars.

    Darrow, a Red miner on Mars, loses his wife and is remade as a Gold to infiltrate the Institute, where teens wage war for power and he…

  2. V for Vendetta

    Alan Moore · 1988

    Because shares tags: dystopia, revolution.

    A masked rebel stalks fascist London while lost girl Evey finds her nerve, in Alan Moore and David Lloyd's 1988 DC graphic novel.

  3. The Martian Chronicles

    Ray Bradbury · 1950

    Because shares tags: science fiction, mars.

    Linked stories trace failed Mars landings, crowded American towns on Mars, and nuclear war on Earth to one last family.

  4. The City of Ember

    Jeanne DuPrau · 2003 · Book of Ember #1

    Because shares tags: science fiction, dystopia.

    Two twelve-year-olds trade jobs and chase a chewed-up note to save their fading underground city before its lights fail.

  5. Snow Crash

    Neal Stephenson · 1992

    Because shares tags: science fiction, dystopia.

    A hacker and a teenage courier cross a fractured America and its virtual Metaverse to stop a virus that infects minds and machines.

  6. Oryx and Crake

    Margaret Atwood · 2003 · MaddAddam #1

    Because shares tags: dystopia, science fiction.

    Snowman lives alone after the plague with Crake's green-eyed Children, remembering Jimmy, Crake and Oryx.

  7. Leviathan Wakes

    James S.A. Corey · 2011 · The Expanse #1

    Because shares tags: science fiction, space opera.

    A destroyed ice hauler, a missing heiress, and an alien growth pull a crew and a tired detective toward war across the solar system.

  8. Destroy Me

    Tahereh Mafi · 2012 · Shatter Me #1.5

    Because shares tags: dystopia, science fiction.

    Shot by Juliette, Warner holds his base together while his father arrives with harsher plans for her.

  9. The Testaments

    Margaret Atwood · 2019 · The Handmaid's Tale #2

    Because shares tags: dystopia, science fiction.

    Aunt Lydia, Agnes and Nicole conspire to bring down Gilead fifteen years later.

  10. The Death Cure

    James Dashner · 2011 · The Maze Runner #3

    Because shares tags: dystopia, science fiction.

    Thomas refuses WICKED's final test, remembers too much, and runs with the Gladers toward a last cure and a ship north.

  11. The 5th Wave

    Rick Yancey · 2013 · The 5th Wave #1

    Because shares tags: science fiction, dystopia.

    Cassie Sullivan crosses ruined Ohio to save Sammy after four alien waves, trusting Evan Walker while doubting him.

  12. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

    Philip K. Dick · 1968

    Because shares tags: science fiction, dystopia.

    Bounty hunter Rick Deckard retires escaped androids in ruined San Francisco while doubting what empathy still means.

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