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Books like Awaken Online: 9 series to read next

Awaken Online is litrpg, set in virtual world and near future. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Awaken Online is 8 books, 2016–2026.

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Ready Player One
Sprawl Trilogy
Library of America P. K. Dick Collection
Otherland
Avatar Chronicles
Awaken Online Universe
Last Reality
Richard Forthrast
Bridge Trilogy

Ready Player OneSeries

seriesErnest Cline & Andy Weir3 books2011

Cyberpunk and dystopia, about quests.

“The 2020 sequel, Ready Player Two, picks up after Wade has gained control of the OASIS and follows him and his friends into a new quest built around a brain-computer interface the creator left behind.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Ready Player One →

Sprawl TrilogySeries

seriesWilliam Gibson & Terry Bisson10 books1981

Cyberpunk, set in big city.

“Johnny Mnemonic, an early short story set in the same fictional milieu, predates the novels and introduces the courier Molly Millions before her role in the trilogy.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Neuromancer →

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 →

OtherlandSeries

seriesTad Williams6 books1996

Cyberpunk, set in our world.

“Otherland is a science fiction tetralogy by American writer Tad Williams, published between 1996 and 2001.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with City of Golden Shadow →

Avatar ChroniclesSeries

seriesConor Kostick3 books2004

Start with Epic →

Awaken Online UniverseSeries

seriesTravis Bagwell15 books2016

Litrpg, set in virtual world.

Reading order →

Last RealitySeries

seriesJason Segel & Kirsten Miller3 books2017

Set in our world.

Start with Otherworld →

Richard ForthrastSeries

seriesNeal Stephenson2 books2011

Set in our world and north america.

“The sequel Fall; or, Dodge in Hell shifts registers entirely, following Richard's digitally preserved mind after death into an afterlife simulation built from his scanned brain.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Reamde →

Bridge TrilogySeries

seriesWilliam Gibson4 books1990

Cyberpunk, set in big city and north america.

“Set in a near-future California, the novel takes place after an earthquake has damaged the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and turned it into an improvised settlement known as the Bridge.”
from the catalogue description of Virtual Light
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Virtual Light →

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 Awaken Online?: Ready Player One — the closest match to Awaken Online on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Awaken Online?: Catharsis. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Awaken Online.
How big is Awaken Online?: Awaken Online is 8 books, 2016–2026.

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