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Books like Apex Trilogy: 9 series to read next

Apex Trilogy is science fiction. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Apex Trilogy is 4 books, 2010–2013.

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H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds
Library of America P. K. Dick Collection
Forever War
Gone
Survivalist
Ship Breaker
Terminator
Hell Divers
The Vampire Earth

H. G. Wells' War of the WorldsUniverse

universe65 books1898

Alien invasion.

“No one would have believed, in the closing years of the nineteenth century, that human affairs were being watched keenly and closely from the timeless worlds of space.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The War of the Worlds →

Library of America P. K. Dick CollectionSeries

seriesPhilip K. Dick9 books1962

Science fiction, set in near future.

“Technically banned, a novel called The Grasshopper Lies Heavy imagines a world where the Allies won instead — and its reclusive author, Hawthorne Abendsen, becomes an obsession for characters on every side.”
from the catalogue description of The Man in the High Castle

Start with The Man in the High Castle →

Forever WarSeries

seriesJoe Haldeman10 books1972

Military science fiction, set in far future and space.

Start with The Forever War →

GoneSeries

seriesMichael Grant9 books2008

Set in contemporary.

“Michael Grant's Gone series begins when everyone aged fifteen and older vanishes without warning from a swath of the California coast, trapping the town of Perdido Beach inside an impenetrable barrier the survivors call the FAYZ.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Gone →

SurvivalistSeries

seriesJerry Ahern, Bob Anderson, Sharon Ahern & Sean Ellis41 books1981

Science fiction and post-apocalyptic, tense in tone, about war and survival, set in near future and north america.

Start with Total War →

Ship BreakerSeries

seriesPaolo Bacigalupi3 books2010

“Paolo Bacigalupi's Ship Breaker follows Nailer as helping her pulls him out of his abusive father's orbit and into a much larger, more dangerous game involving her family's fortune.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Ship Breaker →

TerminatorUniverse

universe25 books1984

Science fiction, set in near future.

“Grown from the films but held here as prose, the world splits into rival continuations that all branch from the same crossroads.”
from the catalogue description

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Hell DiversSeries

seriesNicholas Sansbury Smith17 books2016

Set in far future.

“Into the Storms, the untold origin story of humanity’s darkest day.”
from the catalogue description of Into the Storms

Start with Into the Storms →

The Vampire EarthSeries

seriesE. E. Knight12 books2003

Dark fantasy, about vampires.

“A lot has changed in the 43rd year of the Kurian Order.”
from the catalogue description of Way of the Wolf
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Start with Way of the Wolf →

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 Apex Trilogy?: H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds — the closest match to Apex Trilogy on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Apex Trilogy?: One Foggy Night. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Apex Trilogy.
How big is Apex Trilogy?: Apex Trilogy is 4 books, 2010–2013.

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