What should I read after Matched?

If you liked Matched, try Shatter Me (Tahereh Mafi), Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk) and The Selection (Kiera Cass).

Matched by Ally Condie: what it’s like, who it’s for

Name: Matched
Author: Ally Condie
ISBN: 9780525423645

Science fiction Young adult Romance Fantasy

A society assigns everyone a perfect match. When one girl's screen flickers to a second face, the system's certainty begins to crack.

Feels like longing and unease.

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The hunger of waiting for a touch that might undo you.

I want to reach out and grab his hand and hold it to me, right over my heart, right where it aches the most. I don’t know if doing that would heal me or make my heart break entirely, but either way this constant hungry waiting would be over.

Excerpt from Matched, Ally Condie 2010. Quoted for discovery. Source Rights & removals

Ally Condie.Ally Condie taught high-school English in Utah before writing Matched, which became a New York Times bestseller and the first book in a trilogy.

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Questions readers ask

What is Matched like?: Feels like longing and unease.
What should I read after Matched?: If you liked Matched, try Shatter Me (Tahereh Mafi), Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk) and The Selection (Kiera Cass).

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