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Books like Alien Agent: 9 series to read next

Alien Agent is science fiction, about aliens, set in contemporary and our world, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Alien Agent is 6 books, 2008–2011.

“In this first book of the Alien Agent series, we meet Zack, a normal kid with a crazy cousin, Ethan, who thinks he's an alien.”
from the catalogue description of My Cousin, the Alien

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My Teacher Is an Alien
An Absolutely Remarkable Thing / The Carls
Cavor
Tip and J. Lo
Ormingat Trilogy
Saucer
Needle
Animorphs
Daniel X

My Teacher Is an AlienSeries

seriesBruce Coville4 books1989

Science fiction, adventurous in tone, about aliens, set in contemporary.

“Susan Simmons can tell that her new substitute teacher is really weird.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with My Teacher Is an Alien →

An Absolutely Remarkable Thing / The CarlsSeries

seriesHank Green2 books2018

Start with An Absolutely Remarkable Thing →

CavorSeries

seriesH. G. Wells & Stephen Baxter2 books1901

Set in the moon and early 20th century.

“H. G. Wells's 1901 novel The First Men in the Moon is narrated by the businessman Bedford, who joins the reclusive scientist Cavor after Cavor invents cavorite, a gravity-blocking substance that carries the two men to the Moon.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The First Men in the Moon →

Tip and J. LoSeries

seriesAdam Rex2 books2007

Science fiction, adventurous and funny in tone, about aliens, set in contemporary and north america.

Start with The True Meaning of Smekday →

Ormingat TrilogySeries

seriesSylvia Waugh3 books2000

Science fiction, about aliens and coming of age, set in contemporary and our world.

“For almost as long as he can remember, Tom has lived happily in Belthorp.”
from the catalogue description of Space Race

Start with Space Race →

SaucerSeries

seriesStephen Coonts3 books2002

Tense in tone.

“Seismic surveyor Rip Cantrell has made an exhilarating discovery - a flying saucer embedded in the Sahara sandstone.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Saucer →

NeedleSeries

seriesHal Clement2 books1950

Hard science fiction.

“Together the mismatched pair must learn to communicate and cooperate, first to survive and later to track down the second alien, which has hidden inside another human in the same Pacific island community.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Needle →

AnimorphsUniverse

universe66 books1996

Science fantasy, tense in tone, about shapeshifters.

“The Yeerks are grey slugs the length of your thumb.”
from the catalogue description

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Daniel XSeries

seriesJames Patterson, Chris Grabenstein, Ned Rust, Adam Sadler & Michael Ledwidge6 books2008

Science fiction, adventurous in tone, about aliens, set in contemporary and our world.

“The Dangerous Days of Daniel X opens James Patterson's science-fiction series, co-written with Michael Ledwidge, marking Patterson's return to genre science fiction in a similar vein to his Maximum Ride series.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Dangerous Days of Daniel X →

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 Alien Agent?: My Teacher Is an Alien — the closest match to Alien Agent on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Alien Agent?: My Cousin, the Alien. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Alien Agent.
How big is Alien Agent?: Alien Agent is 6 books, 2008–2011.

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