Literature is Lit {but only sometimes} discussion

If there is one thing I've noticed in YA over the last few years, it would be the rise in duplicates that pop up in fantasy and romance.

It used to be a propagating tool. For instance, The Maze Runner was advertised as a book for fans of The Hunger Games.

But now, there are books like Warcross which have copied themes from Ready Player One

Or Red Queen which is a clone to Red Rising.

Is this something we should be standing behind? The chance that in the future, originality would be something foreign in the literature world?