The Recurring Cast
Character guide · 7 books · 2011 to 2020 · Mostly set in Chicago

Veronica Roth

FantasyScience fictionYoung adultUrban fantasySpace operaYA fantasyYA dystopian and science fictionYA romance and contemporary

Veronica Roth's Divergent trilogy is set in a future Chicago divided into five factions by virtue. Beatrice Prior leaves her family's faction for the daring Dauntless, and hides that she does not fit any one faction.

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Veronica Roth books in order

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Divergent

4 books · Set in ChicagoYA dystopian and science fictionYA romance and contemporary
  1. 1Divergent2011With Tris PriorBuy on Amazon
  2. 2Insurgent2012With Tris PriorBuy on Amazon
  3. 3Allegiant2013With Tris Prior and Tobias "Four" EatonBuy on Amazon
  4. 4Four2014With Tobias "Four" EatonBuy on Amazon

Carve the Mark

2 books · Set in invented worldsYA fantasySpace opera
  1. 1Carve the Mark2017With Cyra Noavek and Akos KeresethBuy on Amazon
  2. 2The Fates Divide2018With Cyra Noavek and Akos KeresethBuy on Amazon

Standalone

1 book · Set in ChicagoUrban fantasy
  1. 1Chosen Ones2020With Sloane AndrewsBuy on Amazon

Characters

8 recurring and key characters, with the book each one first appears in.

Chicago

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