The Choosing

By Rachelle Dekker,

Book cover of The Choosing

Book description

2016 Christy Award Winner! (Young Adult category)
2016 Christy Award Finalist (First novel category)
Like all citizens since the Ruining, Carrington Hale knows the importance of this day. But she never expected the moment she’d spent a lifetime preparing for―her Choosing ceremony―to end in disaster. Ripped from her family, she’ll…

Shepherd is reader supported. When you buy books, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Why read it?

1 author picked The Choosing as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

The Choosing is close to my heart because it highlights how the lowest in society, the outcasts, the unchosen, are chosen by God. The main character’s ongoing battle to see her worth struck a chord with me when I first read it as a teen struggling with my identity.

The overarching theme of this book is that when the world says you are worthless, God says you are priceless. The intriguing plot reeled me in from the first chapter, and the characters were so well fleshed out that I wished I could befriend them in person.

The Choosing is a…

From Jessica's list on Christians who loved the Hunger Games.

Want books like The Choosing?

Our community of 11,000+ authors has personally recommended 100 books like The Choosing.

Browse books like The Choosing

5 book lists we think you will like!

Interested in dystopian, social class, and marriage?

Dystopian 591 books
Social Class 95 books
Marriage 129 books