If watching June peel back the Republic’s lies—after Metias’s death, the plague cover-ups, and Commander Jameson’s ruthlessness—hooked you, you’ll love how The Hunger Games pits Katniss against a propaganda machine just as manipulative. The Capitol’s staged violence and media control echo the Republic’s Trials and quarantines, and the way a single, sharp-witted teen can ignite a movement will scratch that same itch.

If you liked how Day and June’s alternating chapters let you live inside both the fugitive and the prodigy—closing the gap between hunter and hunted—The 5th Wave delivers that same electricity. Cassie’s lone-wolf survival runs parallel to Ben’s indoctrination inside an enemy-controlled military program, and when paths converge, the trust issues and shifting loyalties feel straight out of that Day–June dynamic.

If the way June (the Republic’s star pupil) and Day (its most-wanted rebel) shift from adversaries to allies is what stayed with you, Defy the Stars lands perfectly. Noemi, a disciplined soldier, and Abel, a "perfect" enemy asset, are thrown together on a mission that forces them to question orders—much like when June uncovers the truth behind Metias’s death and joins Day to expose the Republic’s crimes.

If the investigative thread in Legend—June dissecting evidence around Metias’s murder and the Republic’s plague experiments on poor sectors—grabbed you, Cinder offers a similar thrill. Cinder’s hunt for a plague cure collides with political scheming and buried identities, mirroring the way June and Day peel back the Republic’s sanitized story to reveal who’s truly being sacrificed.

If you tore through Legend because of its propulsive mission—June tracking Day across Los Angeles, jailbreaks, and the climactic push against Commander Jameson’s forces—Steelheart matches that tempo. A small, ingenious crew targets an invincible despot, with meticulous planning and daring gambits that echo June and Day’s high-risk moves to strike back at the Republic.