If you were hooked by Tally slipping past Special Circumstances, questioning the Pretty operation, and bolting for the Smoke, you’ll vibe with Tris rejecting her assigned place and throwing herself into Dauntless. Like Tally’s discovery of the brain lesions and Dr. Cable’s machinations, Tris uncovers the ugly logic beneath a supposedly orderly society—and has to decide what she’s willing to risk to expose it. The stakes escalate fast, the training is brutal, and every choice cuts against a system that demands you smile and obey.

You watched Tally wrestle with who she’d be if she went “Pretty,” what the surgery would take from her, and how much of her choices were truly hers. In The Adoration of Jenna Fox, Jenna wakes after an accident with memories that don’t quite fit—and clues that her parents used forbidden biotech to save her. As Jenna peels back what’s been changed and why, it mirrors Tally’s realizations in the Smoke about the lesions and the price of perfection, but in a more intimate, psychological key.

If Tally’s covert deal with Dr. Cable, her infiltration of the Smoke, and the frantic rescue that follows kept you turning pages, The Maze Runner delivers that same propulsive, objective-driven momentum. Thomas wakes in the Glade with no memories and one clear imperative: solve the Maze. Like Tally decoding the truth behind the Pretty operation and making split-second choices that shift her loyalties, Thomas pieces together the test he’s trapped in while dodging lethal traps and unraveling who’s pulling the strings.

If the brain lesions in Uglies, Special Circumstances’ surveillance, and the engineered beauty standard fascinated (and creeped out) you, Feed pushes those questions even harder. Titus lives with a corporate feed implant streaming ads and apps straight into his head—until he meets Violet, whose damaged feed forces them to reckon with what the tech takes from autonomy. It echoes Tally and Shay’s conflict over surgery: convenience and status now, or the messy freedom to think for yourself?

If the divide between Pretty privilege in the city and the rough reality of the Smoke grabbed you—especially how Dr. Cable’s sleek world depends on controlling and exploiting those outside it—The Hunger Games hits that nerve. Katniss’s District 12 stands to the Capitol as the Smokies do to New Pretty Town: a resource to be managed, punished, and paraded. Like Tally choosing whether to betray or defend the Smoke, Katniss has to decide how far she’ll go to defy a system that dazzles while it destroys.