If you loved
The 100
Jason Rothenberg · Series · 2014
If you loved The 100, you are drawn to stories where young people face impossible survival stakes in brutal, unforgiving environments.
Books on the same thread
The Maze Runner (Book 1)
James Dashner · Book · 2014
Shares 3 threads with The 100: Survival, Hope, Post-Apocalyptic Fiction.
Like the juvenile delinquents in The 100, the characters here must navigate a dangerous, enclosed territory while forming a complex new society built entirely on the necessity of survival.
The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins · Book · 2008
Shares 3 threads with The 100: Survival, Sacrifice, Post-Apocalyptic Fiction.
The 100 shares this narrative DNA of young protagonists forced into a lethal arena where rebellion against a repressive regime becomes the only path to securing a future.
The Rage: A Game of Survival
Natica Brown · Book · 2017
Shares a thread with The 100: Survival.
This story mirrors the desperate group dynamics of The 100, focusing on how betrayal and shifting alliances complicate the struggle to stay alive when everything around you collapses.
The Road
Cormac McCarthy · Book · 2007
Shares 2 threads with The 100: Moral ambiguity, Post-Apocalyptic Fiction.
If the moral ambiguity and existential weight of The 100 resonated with you, this bleak journey offers a raw, grounded exploration of what it means to preserve humanity while surviving.
Films on the same thread
The Hunger Games
Gary Ross · Film · 2012
Shares 2 threads with The 100: Sacrifice, Survival.
This film captures the same high-stakes defiance found in The 100, pitting young people against a cruel, systemic structure that views their survival as nothing more than a game.
The Martian
Ridley Scott · Film · 2015
Shares a thread with The 100: Hope.
The 100 excels at showing how individuals use ingenuity to overcome hostile landscapes, a theme that drives this story of a lone survivor fighting against the indifference of space.
The Road
Film · 2009
Shares 2 threads with The 100: Survival, Survival drama.
Just as The 100 examines the toll of living in a post-apocalyptic world, this film focuses on the heavy emotional cost of protecting a loved one amidst total environmental desolation.
The Maze Runner
Wes Ball · Film · 2014
Shares a thread with The 100: Survival.
Much like the stranded teens in The 100, the characters here must overcome their memory loss and internal conflicts to survive the lethal challenges of their strange, new world.
Podcasts on the same thread
The End Of The World with Josh Clark
iHeartPodcasts · Podcast · 2018
If you enjoyed the speculative look at societal collapse in The 100, this podcast provides a deep, sobering analysis of the very real threats facing our own future civilization.
The Orphans
The Light and Tragic Company · Podcast · 2025
This audio drama captures the same feeling of isolation and intense group struggle present in The 100, as castaways navigate a harsh, unforgiving universe to stay alive together.
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Common questions
What is the premise of The 100?
The 100 is set one hundred years in the future after Earth was abandoned due to radioactivity. The last humans live on an orbiting ark, and a repressive regime sends one hundred juvenile delinquents to the planet surface to determine if it is habitable again.
Why were the characters in The 100 sent to Earth?
The 100 characters were sent to Earth because the ark orbiting the planet will not last forever. The regime identified these juvenile delinquents as expendable and used them to test if the planet surface is habitable for the remaining human population.
Is The 100 set on Earth?
The 100 begins with humans living on an ark in space because Earth is radioactive. The narrative follows the group sent down to the planet to see if the Earth is habitable, shifting the focus from the orbiting ark to the surface of the planet.
Who created The 100?
The 100 is a television series created by Jason Rothenberg. It depicts a future where the last surviving humans live on an ark orbiting Earth and must send one hundred juvenile delinquents to the radioactive planet surface to test if humanity can return.