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Books like Advise and Consent: 9 series to read next

Advise and Consent is literary & general, about political intrigue, set in mid 20th century and north america, tense in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Advise and Consent is 6 books, 1959–1975.

“The first volume of Drury's mildly estranged future history.”
from the catalogue description

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Green Town
Dune
Foundation
Children of Violence
Hearts in Atlantis
Christopher Family Chronicles
Colonel Charles Russell
Austin Family
Rosemary Reilly

Green TownSeries

seriesRay Bradbury31 books1946

About coming of age, set in small town.

“Written more than four decades apart, the two novels share Bradbury's recurring setting and nostalgic, myth-making tone rather than a single continuous plot.”
from the catalogue description

Start with End of Summer →

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Science fiction and space opera, set in far future and other star systems.

“The desert planet, where empire runs on a single substance: the spice melange, which folds space, prolongs life, and unlocks prescience, and which exists nowhere else in the known universe.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Dune →

FoundationUniverse

universe123 books1940

Science fiction, about robots, set in far future.

“There is a science that reads the future of quadrillions the way an astronomer reads the orbits of stars.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Foundation →

Children of ViolenceSeries

seriesDoris Lessing5 books1952

About coming of age and identity, set in africa.

Start with Martha Quest →

Hearts in AtlantisSeries

seriesStephen King6 books1994

Literary & general, set in mid 20th century and north america.

Start with Low Men in Yellow Coats →

Christopher Family ChroniclesSeries

seriesCharles McCarry8 books1973

Spy thriller and thriller & suspense.

Start with The Miernik Dossier →

Colonel Charles RussellSeries

seriesWilliam Haggard2 books1958

Thriller & suspense and spy thriller, set in british isles.

Start with Slow Burner →

Austin FamilySeries

seriesMadeleine L'Engle4 books1963

About coming of age.

“Although Vicky will later appear in three novels that have fantasy and/or science fiction themes, there are no such elements in The Moon By Night.”
from the catalogue description of The Moon by Night

Start with The Moon by Night →

Rosemary ReillySeries

seriesIra Levin2 books1967

Horror, about demons and parenthood.

“Rosemary's Baby follows a young wife in a Gothic Manhattan apartment building who grows increasingly convinced that her elderly neighbors, and even her own husband, are part of a conspiracy surrounding her pregnancy.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Rosemary's Baby →

Why these

No sales rank, no star ratings, no readers also bought.

Shared terms are not a promise that a book feels the same. Two series can be far-future political intrigue and read nothing alike — what the ranking can say is what they are about, and each card says which parts it shares.

Questions readers ask

What should I read after Advise and Consent?: Green Town — the closest match to Advise and Consent on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Advise and Consent?: Advise and Consent. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Advise and Consent.
How big is Advise and Consent?: Advise and Consent is 6 books, 1959–1975.
Is Advise and Consent finished?: Yes — 6 books, 1959–1975.

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