If you were hooked by the urgent drive to uncover the truth and survive in Gone, you'll be gripped by The Maze Runner. Thomas wakes up in a mysterious maze with no memory and is thrust into a desperate push to solve its deadly puzzles alongside other teens. Every chapter is fueled by a need to escape and a growing sense of danger, just like the escalating crises Sam and the others face in Perdido Beach.

If you loved the complex group dynamics and shifting alliances between Sam, Astrid, Caine, and the other kids in Gone, you'll be captivated by Red Rising. Darrow must navigate deadly games and ever-changing loyalties among a brutal group of peers, with each character bringing their own motives and secrets to the battle for survival and power.

If you found the transformation of Sam, Astrid, and the others enthralling as they were pushed to grow faster than any normal teenager, you'll find a similar journey in The Knife of Never Letting Go. Todd Hewitt is thrust into a perilous world, forced to make impossible choices and confront harsh truths, growing with every step alongside Viola, much like the kids in Perdido Beach.

If you appreciated the way Gone explores moral ambiguity—like Sam's struggles with leadership and Caine's ruthless decisions—you'll be drawn to The Darkest Minds. Ruby and her friends must make difficult, ethically gray choices as they navigate a world that fears their powers, constantly weighing survival against their own morality.

If the dark, gritty tone and harrowing fight for survival in Gone kept you turning pages, Ashes will do the same. After an electromagnetic pulse wipes out society, Alex must fend for her life among the ruins, facing violence, mutated survivors, and the constant threat of death—a grim world echoing the chaos and danger of Perdido Beach.