Books like Afterworlds by Scott Westerfeld

In Suzanne Collins’ debut dystopian novel, 16‑year‑old Katniss Everdeen of Panem faces the annual Hunger Games—a televised, death‑match competition in which one boy and one girl from each of the nation’s twelve districts are chosen by lottery.

After her parents are murdered, 7‑year‑old Jude, along with her sisters, is brought to the High Court of Faerie. Mortals like her are despised, but she seeks a place among the fey—especially the cruel Prince Cardan—while navigating palace intrigue and danger.

Bod is the lone living child in a graveyard, raised by ghosts, werewolves and other spectral inhabitants. As he learns their ancient customs and the ability to Fade, he confronts the mysteries of both living and dead worlds.

Six of Crows is a fantasy novel in the Grishaverse that follows a crew of thieves in the city of Ketterdam, a Dutch‑inspired port, told through the third‑person viewpoints of seven characters.

In a world where magic once pulsed through every stone, children of Orïsha fight to reclaim their heritage after a tyrant extinguishes their powers and their people’s hope.

In a perpetually warring Republic, prodigious officer June and infamous outlaw Day cross paths when her brother's murder implicates him, forcing them to confront their pasts and a conspiracy that threatens the nation.

Laia, a Scholar, infiltrates the Martial Empire’s elite military academy as a slave after her brother is jailed for treason, aided by rebel Scholars who promise to save him.

After choking on a gummy bear, Charlotte Usher dies and becomes invisible, yet she continues to chase popularity in high school with deadpan wit and a fresh, satirical tone.

When a sixteen‑year‑old’s gold blood threatens her village’s rites, she must choose between a doomed fate and joining an imperial army of near‑immortal girls, the only ones who can stop a looming threat.

When backpacking together, vampire Bianca and human Lucas escape Evernight Academy, only to be hunted by both vampire hunters and their own school. Their love must survive the betrayal, danger, and destiny that threaten to tear them apart.

High school teens Liz and Rory discover a hidden world of supernatural forces and danger when a serial killer forces their family into witness protection on a remote South Carolina island.

In Tennessee and Connecticut, Houdini, Arthur Conan Doyle, Nandor Fodor, and a competitive writer confront ghoulish mysteries—families beset by poltergeists and demonic possessions—blending suspense with supernatural terror.

Death comes, and misery follows. As a man in his early twenties, Leon never genuinely contemplated what would happen after his death. Like those before him, he never understood the truth of our universe. After his sudden demise, the terrorizing reality of a mysterious dystopian afterlife begins crushing him as it has those prior. Men have started enslaving and killing each other to sate their greed while enigmatic creatures oppress the masses. Only a select few have shown the courage that is needed to challenge their supremacy. Through this eclipsing darkness, there is hope. But will that hope prove to be enough to save this turbulent cosmos? The revelations of advanced science, magic, human savagery, and even our gods will be showcased. Both in a new light and disturbing darkness, will the verities of Earth and Afterworld give him a greater understanding of our universe; or in turn, begin to break him as they have done to so many before?

A ghostly romance in an industrialized Asia where teenagers fall in love with different classes and backgrounds.

West, a high school senior, connects with a patient in the hospital who understands his dreams and nightmares, but has a secret.

Afterlife follows Bianca, turned into a wraith, and Lucas, transformed into a vampire, as they return to the ominous Evernight Academy to confront the fallout of their supernatural romance.

A young artist's journey to uncover the secrets of her lost love, haunted by spectral apparitions.