Books like Running Out of Time

Running Out of Time by Margaret Peterson Haddix reads as suspenseful, urgent. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The People of Sparks (Book of Ember #2)

Jeanne DuPrau · 2004

Same ya feel

58% genome match

Fever 1793

Laurie Halse Anderson · 2000

Both explore disease & family

72% genome match

Among the Hidden

Margaret Peterson Haddix · 1998

Same ya feel

83% genome match

Thunderhead

Neal Shusterman · 2018

Both explore utopia

66% genome match

Refugee

Alan Gratz · 2017

Both explore family

65% genome match

Messenger

Lois Lowry

Both explore sacrifice

51% genome match

The devil's arithmetic

Jane Yolen · 1988

Both explore family & sacrifice

61% genome match

The Cure

Sonia Levitin · 1999

Both explore utopia & disease

65% genome match

Life As We Knew It

Susan Beth Pfeffer

Both explore family

59% genome match

The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm

Nancy Farmer · 1994

Both explore family

60% genome match

The Power of Un

Nancy Etchemendy · 2000

Both explore family & time travel

62% genome match

Zoey plays games

Katherine Applegate · 1996

Both explore sacrifice

61% genome match