If you were gripped by Will, Fritz, and Bean's infiltration of the Tripods and the unwavering focus on their life-or-death mission in The City of Gold and Lead, you'll be riveted by Ender's Game. Ender Wiggin's training at Battle School is a tense, suspenseful journey as he and his peers are pushed to their limits to prepare for an alien threat. The story’s tight pacing and clear stakes make every challenge feel urgent and vital.

If you connected with Will Parker's transformation from an uncertain boy to a determined survivor in The City of Gold and Lead, you'll be drawn to Todd Hewitt’s harrowing journey in The Knife of Never Letting Go. As Todd is forced to flee everything he's known, he undergoes profound personal growth, facing moral dilemmas and discovering inner strength amid danger and betrayal.

If you were captivated by the Tripods’ domination and the dark, suffocating mood of The City of Gold and Lead, you'll find Red Rising equally intense. Darrow’s struggle within a rigid, brutal caste society on Mars echoes the same sense of hopelessness and rebellion as Will’s journey within the City of the Masters. The world is harsh, the stakes are high, and the sense of oppression is palpable.

If the oppressive, controlled world of the Tripods and Will’s discovery of hidden realities in The City of Gold and Lead drew you in, The Giver will provide a similarly haunting experience. Jonas’s journey from ignorance to awareness about his society’s secrets mirrors Will’s awakening to the truth behind the Masters’ rule, making for a deeply unsettling and thought-provoking read.

If you were fascinated by Will and Fritz’s infiltration of the Masters’ city and the bizarre customs of the Tripods in The City of Gold and Lead, you’ll find another layer of alien intrigue in The White Mountains. Here, the boys first encounter the world under the Tripods’ dominion and the strange mechanisms by which humans are controlled. The alien culture is both menacing and mysterious, driving the suspense.