If you loved
Books like Gone
A claustrophobic, superpowered descent into teenage anarchy where survival means losing your innocence. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Gone.
- claustrophobic
- dread-soaked
- chaotic
- tense
- 01
Hunger
Michael Grant · 2009
A claustrophobic, adrenaline-fueled descent into starvation and supernatural terror where the monsters are both outside and within.
- 02
Empty world
John Christopher
A hauntingly quiet exploration of what it means to be the last one left behind in a world that has suddenly stopped.
- 03
Whisper of Death
Christopher Pike
A surreal, claustrophobic nightmare where teenage guilt manifests as an apocalyptic reckoning.
- 04
The lost mind
Christopher Pike
A frantic, blood-stained puzzle box of a thriller where the scariest monster might be the one inside your own head.
- 05
The Enemy (The Enemy #1)
Charlie Higson
A relentless, blood-pumping sprint through a ruined city where childhood ends the moment the world does.
- 06
The Maze Runner
James Dashner
A relentless, adrenaline-fueled plunge into a deadly puzzle box where survival means never stopping.
- 07
Ashes
Ilsa J. Bick
A relentless, high-stakes fight for survival where an unlikely trio navigates a shattered, monster-filled world.
- 08
Everlost
Neal Shusterman · 2006
A spooky, inventive journey through a liminal afterlife where forgotten things linger and eternity is what you make of it.
- 09
The dead & the gone
Susan Beth Pfeffer
A claustrophobic, freezing plunge into urban survival where the true horror is the slow dwindling of hope and resources.
- 10
This Savage Song
V. E. Schwab
A dark, rhythmic descent into a crumbling city where violence breeds literal monsters and humanity is a fragile choice.
- 11
Flesh & bone
Jonathan Maberry
A breathless, blood-pumping trek through a ruined world where holding onto your humanity is the hardest survival skill of all.
- 12
Shade's children
Garth Nix · 1997
A relentless, shadow-drenched fight for survival in a bleak world where growing up is a literal death sentence.
