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Books like Alex Hunter: 9 series to read next

Alex Hunter is set in contemporary. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Alex Hunter is 12 books, 2009–2024.

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Alex Hunter & Matt Kearns milieu
The Andromeda Strain
Meg / Loch Universe
Night
Jerusalem's Lot
Little Tall Island / In the Path of the Eclipse
Southern Reach Trilogy
Jeremy Logan
World War Z

Alex Hunter & Matt Kearns milieuSeries

seriesGreig Beck16 books2009

Set in contemporary and our world.

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The Andromeda StrainSeries

seriesDaniel H. Wilson & Michael Crichton2 books1969

Science fiction, tense in tone, about survival and plague and pandemic, set in contemporary.

“Daniel H. Wilson's authorized 2019 sequel The Andromeda Evolution revisits the same threat five decades later.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Andromeda Strain →

Meg / Loch UniverseSeries

seriesSteve Alten11 books1997

Science fiction, tense in tone, about survival, set in contemporary and our world.

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NightUniverse

universe134 books2006

Set in contemporary.

“Jonathan Maberry's Night is one dark country stitched from horror and hard science, where a weaponized pathogen and an old nightmare called Doctor Nine turn out to haunt the same map.”
from the catalogue description

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Jerusalem's LotSeries

seriesStephen King3 books1975

Eerie in tone, about vampires and grief and loss, set in small town.

“Stephen King's 1975 novel 'Salem's Lot follows writer Ben Mears as he returns to his childhood town of Jerusalem's Lot, Maine, only to discover that its residents are being turned into vampires by a newly arrived stranger.”
from the catalogue description

Start with 'Salem's Lot →

Little Tall Island / In the Path of the EclipseSeries

seriesStephen King4 books1989

Psychological thriller.

“The first two novels share a real total solar eclipse as a pivotal, connecting event despite having otherwise unrelated plots and characters.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Home Delivery →

Southern Reach TrilogySeries

seriesJeff VanderMeer4 books2014

Weird fiction, eerie in tone, about madness.

“In 2013, Paramount Pictures bought the movie rights for the series, and a film adaptation of Annihilation was made with Alex Garland as writer-director.”
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Start with Annihilation →

Jeremy LoganSeries

seriesLincoln Child6 books2007

Thriller & suspense, tense in tone, set in contemporary.

“Lincoln Child's Jeremy Logan series follows an investigator through cases where science and the seemingly supernatural collide, opening with Deep Storm, set at a deep-sea drilling platform that may have uncovered the lost city of Atlantis.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Deep Storm →

World War ZSeries

seriesMax Brooks3 books2006

Zombie horror and post-apocalyptic, about war.

Start with World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War →

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.

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What should I read after Alex Hunter?: Alex Hunter & Matt Kearns milieu — the closest match to Alex Hunter on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Alex Hunter?: Arcadian Genesis: Expanded Edition. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Alex Hunter.
How big is Alex Hunter?: Alex Hunter is 12 books, 2009–2024.

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