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Genre
Story type
What it is about
- Families
- Family
- Social classes
- Courage
- Identity
- Identity (Psychology)
Where it happens
Kind of book
- Novel
Ages
- Ages 13+
- Young Adult
About this book
Its subjects in Open Library: Families, Family, Social classes, Courage. It is book 1 of the Divergent series and set in Chicago.
Reading level: Young Adult Fiction (HarperCollins).
Where this comes from: Open Library · Wikidata · Open Library subject · HarperCollins
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Why: Both are young adult dystopian and science fiction books.
- Young adult
- Dystopian
- Science fiction
What both books share
- young adult
Divergent: "young adult" (OL subject); "YOUNG ADULT FICTION" (OL subject)
The Hunger Games: "young adult fiction" (WD genre) - dystopian
Divergent: "dystopian" (OL subject); "dystopian fiction" (OL subject); "dystopian fiction" (WD genre)
The Hunger Games: "Dystopian fiction" (OL subject); "dystopian literature" (WD genre) - science fiction
Divergent: "Science fiction" (OL subject); "Science-fiction" (OL subject); "science fiction" (WD genre)
The Hunger Games: "Science fiction" (OL subject); "science fiction literature" (WD genre)
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Why: Both are dystopian and science fiction books.
What both books share
- dystopian
Divergent: "dystopian" (OL subject); "dystopian fiction" (OL subject); "dystopian fiction" (WD genre)
Ready Player One: "Fiction, dystopian" (OL subject); "YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Dystopian" (OL subject); "dystopian" (OL subject); "dystopian fiction" (WD genre) - science fiction
Divergent: "Science fiction" (OL subject); "Science-fiction" (OL subject); "science fiction" (WD genre)
Ready Player One: "Fiction, science fiction, action & adventure" (OL subject); "YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Science Fiction / General" (OL subject); "science fiction" (OL subject); "science fiction" (WD genre)
- dystopian
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Why: Both are dystopian and science fiction books.
What both books share
- dystopian
Divergent: "dystopian" (OL subject); "dystopian fiction" (OL subject); "dystopian fiction" (WD genre)
Brave New World: "Dystopian" (OL subject); "dystopian fiction" (WD genre); "Dystopian fiction" (LoC 655) - science fiction
Divergent: "Science fiction" (OL subject); "Science-fiction" (OL subject); "science fiction" (WD genre)
Brave New World: "Science fiction" (OL subject); "Science-fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, science fiction, general" (OL subject); "science fiction" (WD genre)
- dystopian
Books like the Divergent series
What they share, at a glance
Divergent next to each book above. A dot means both books' records carry that fact.
| Book | Science fiction | Young adult | Dystopian |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Hunger Games | shared | shared | shared |
| Ready Player One | shared | not shared | shared |
| Brave New World | shared | not shared | shared |
| Fahrenheit 451 | shared | not shared | shared |
| Nineteen Eighty-Four | shared | not shared | shared |
| The Angel Experiment | shared | shared | not shared |
| Uglies | shared | shared | not shared |
| Scythe | shared | shared | not shared |
| The Maze Runner | shared | shared | not shared |
| Legend | shared | not shared | not shared |
| Catching Fire | shared | shared | not shared |
| Cytonic | shared | not shared | not shared |
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Divergent: the facts, checked
Each line names the page it was checked on and the date.
- First published
- First published on April 25, 2011. Source: Wikidata, checked November 6, 2026.
- Series
- It is book 1 of the Divergent series. Source: veronicarothbooks.com, checked November 6, 2026.
Divergent ... Divergent
- Next in the series
- Book 2 is Insurgent. Source: veronicarothbooks.com, checked November 6, 2026.
Divergent ... Insurgent
How Divergent came to be
- Roth wrote a first draft of Divergent on her winter break from Northwestern University. Interview: Slate, April 6, 2020, checked November 6, 2026.
- She had already finished a complete manuscript before Divergent. Interview: Slate, April 6, 2020, checked November 6, 2026.
I had written a complete manuscript before Divergent
- After a professor's feedback she chose a pared-down, straightforward writing style for it. Interview: Slate, April 6, 2020, checked November 6, 2026.
based on that feedback, to embrace an extremely pared down and straightforward writing style
Where does Divergent sit in its series? See the reading order.
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