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Genre
- Young adult fiction
- Dystopian fiction
- Romantic fiction
- Science fiction
What it is about
Where it happens
Kind of book
- Fiction
Ages
- Young Adult
Books like this one
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Why: Both are dystopian and science fiction books.
What both books share
- dystopian
Insurgent: "JUVENILE FICTION / Dystopian" (OL subject); "dystopian fiction" (WD genre)
The Handmaid's Tale: "Dystopian fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, dystopian" (OL subject); "FICTION / Dystopian" (OL subject); "Dystopian" (OL subject) - science fiction
Insurgent: "Science fiction" (OL subject); "JUVENILE FICTION / Science Fiction" (OL subject); "Science-fiction" (OL subject); "science fiction" (WD genre)
The Handmaid's Tale: "science fiction" (OL subject); "FICTION / 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
Insurgent: "JUVENILE FICTION / Dystopian" (OL subject); "dystopian fiction" (WD genre)
Brave New World: "Dystopian" (OL subject); "dystopian fiction" (WD genre); "Dystopian fiction" (LoC 655) - science fiction
Insurgent: "Science fiction" (OL subject); "JUVENILE FICTION / 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
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Why: Both are science fiction books, set in Chicago.
What both books share
- science fiction
Insurgent: "Science fiction" (OL subject); "JUVENILE FICTION / Science Fiction" (OL subject); "Science-fiction" (OL subject); "science fiction" (WD genre)
The Time Traveler's Wife: "science fiction" (OL subject); "science fiction" (WD genre) - Chicago
Insurgent: "Chicago" (OL place); "Chicago" (WD narrative location)
The Time Traveler's Wife: "Chicago" (OL place); "Chicago" (WD narrative location)
- science fiction
Books like the Divergent series
What they share, at a glance
Insurgent next to each book above. A dot means both books' records carry that fact.
| Book | Science fiction | Young adult | Dystopian | Chicago | Families |
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| The Handmaid's Tale | shared | not shared | shared | not shared | not shared |
| Brave New World | shared | not shared | shared | not shared | not shared |
| The Time Traveler's Wife | shared | not shared | not shared | shared | not shared |
| Only Time Will Tell | not shared | not shared | not shared | not shared | shared |
| The Hunger Games | shared | shared | not shared | not shared | not shared |
| The Angel Experiment | shared | shared | not shared | not shared | not shared |
| Uglies | shared | shared | not shared | not shared | not shared |
| Cinder | shared | shared | not shared | not shared | not shared |
| Scythe | shared | shared | not shared | not shared | not shared |
| The Maze Runner | shared | shared | not shared | not shared | not shared |
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Insurgent: the facts, checked
Each line names the page it was checked on and the date.
- First published
- First published on May 1, 2012. Source: Wikidata, checked November 6, 2026.
- Series
- It is book 2 of the Divergent series. Source: veronicarothbooks.com, checked November 6, 2026.
Divergent ... Divergent ... Insurgent
- Next in the series
- Book 3 is Allegiant. Source: veronicarothbooks.com, checked November 6, 2026.
Insurgent ... Allegiant
Where does Insurgent sit in its series? See the reading order.
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