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Books like Arosil: 9 series to read next

Arosil is science fiction, set in near future, tense in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Arosil is 3 books, 2014–2016.

“In 2060 a demolition technician and his crewmates have just finished dismantling the last fossil fuel power plant when an unprecedented event turns their world upside down.”
from the catalogue description of Arbor Day

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Forge of God
NASA Trilogy
Flood
Maze Runner
Ship Breaker
The Hunger Games
Dune
The Martian
Tripods

Forge of GodSeries

seriesGreg Bear2 books1987

About aliens.

“Earth faces destruction when an inscrutable and overwhelming alien form of life attacks.”
from the catalogue description of The Forge of God

Start with The Forge of God →

NASA TrilogySeries

seriesStephen Baxter4 books1996

Alternate history.

Start with Voyage →

FloodSeries

seriesStephen Baxter6 books2008

Science fiction, about survival and ecological collapse, set in near future.

“The 2009 sequel, Ark, follows a parallel thread of people who instead gamble everything on a desperate escape from the drowning planet.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Flood →

Maze RunnerSeries

seriesJames Dashner11 books2009

Dystopia.

“A 16 year old boy awakens with amnesia in a community of other youths in the center of a maze, and realizes they must cooperate to escape.”
from the catalogue description of The Maze Runner
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Start with The Maze Runner →

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 →

The Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

Dystopia, about rebellion and revolution and totalitarianism.

“Panem, they call it now — a nation raised on the drowned bones of North America, a glittering Capitol ringed by twelve districts it once starved into obedience.”
from the catalogue description

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DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Science fiction and space opera, about political intrigue, 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 →

The MartianSeries

seriesAndy Weir2 books2012

Hopeful in tone, set in mars and our world.

“Using scientific improvisation and dark humor, Watney works to keep himself alive long enough for a rescue to reach him.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Martian →

TripodsSeries

seriesJohn Christopher4 books1967

About aliens and rebellion and revolution, set in our world.

“The first two books were the basis of a science fiction TV series, produced in the United Kingdom in the 1980s.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with When the Tripods Came →

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 Arosil?: Forge of God — the closest match to Arosil on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Arosil?: Arbor Day. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Arosil.
How big is Arosil?: Arosil is 3 books, 2014–2016.

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