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Please suggest similar books. I think Red Rising is more sci-fi than fantasy. It has a big world, that introduces new technologies. A cast system, a rebellion, action. Cools characters, and relationships; friendships, love, enemies. And the main characters can die! It's pacy, and a page turner, you need to get to the conclusion. I've seen suggestions like 'Book of the Ancestor' and 'Mistborn' but I think they're quite different. Slower, more fantasy. I think 'Ember in the Ashes' and 'Dune' are better comparisons. Ready Player One, is also offered as a comparison, but that's way too PG. Hunger Games feels like a good comparison.

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1	Shella City: A fashion-theme fantasy in a utopian world and dystopian undercurrents by Bader N. S. (Goodreads Author) 4.83 avg rating — 70 ratings score: 500, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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3	Light Bringer (Red Rising Saga, #6) by Pierce Brown (Goodreads Author) 4.78 avg rating — 149,213 ratings score: 195, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1) by Pierce Brown (Goodreads Author) 4.27 avg rating — 1,015,893 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Golden Son (Red Rising Saga, #2) by Pierce Brown (Goodreads Author) 4.51 avg rating — 632,883 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Morning Star (Red Rising Saga, #3) by Pierce Brown (Goodreads Author) 4.55 avg rating — 514,449 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Iron Gold (Red Rising Saga, #4) by Pierce Brown (Goodreads Author) 4.21 avg rating — 245,882 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Dark Age (Red Rising Saga, #5) by Pierce Brown (Goodreads Author) 4.52 avg rating — 182,900 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	An Ember in the Ashes (An Ember in the Ashes, #1) by Sabaa Tahir (Goodreads Author) 4.23 avg rating — 365,659 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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11	The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) by Suzanne Collins 4.36 avg rating — 10,338,056 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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message 1: by Robert (last edited Sep 29, 2026 08:23PM) (new)

Sep 29, 2026 01:53PM

Author here (I can't add my own book to the list). The First Stone, the book my wife and I have spent the last 8 years writing together (with the same editor who does Red Rising).

If you love the dystopian class struggle of Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn, but wish it moved faster...

If you love the elemental powers of Avatar: The Last Airbender, but wish it went deeper and darker...

If you love the action and factions of Pierce Brown's Red Rising, but without the gore, profanity, or explicit scenes...

That's The First Stone, edited by Michael Braff, the editor of Red Rising.

Cass's little sister is going to die. He'll burn the world down to save her.

-Morally grey heroes
-Fierce sibling bonds
-Rebellion & sacrifice
-Deep worldbuilding

On the rare chance this gets picked, we'd love to do an exclusive ARC for everyone in the group who wants it, along with deluxe edition giveaways of the book, author reads (we do the actual voices for the audiobook), and more!

Either way, thanks for reading. The first 3 chapters are free at exousia.world

~Rob & Steph

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