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Books like Battle Circle: 9 series to read next

Battle Circle is science fiction and post-apocalyptic, about survival, set in far future, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Battle Circle is 3 books, 1968–1975.

“Originally published separately, the trilogy was later combined into a single volume.”
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Mortal Engines
Pax / Astra
Tripods
The Obernewtyn Chronicles
Hiero Desteen Universe
Mara and Dann
The Hunger Games
The 100
Deathworld

Mortal EnginesUniverse

universe14 books2001

Steampunk.

“In a world where the cities were put on wheels to outrun a war that ended in a single afternoon, Municipal Darwinism is the law: big towns eat small ones, strip them for parts and take their people aboard as citizens or as scrap.”
from the catalogue description

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Pax / AstraSeries

seriesAndre Norton2 books1954

Science fiction, adventurous and tense in tone, about survival, set in far future.

“Star Flight appears to be a later omnibus or reissue rather than a third original novel.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Stars Are Ours! →

TripodsSeries

seriesJohn Christopher4 books1967

About aliens and rebellion and revolution, set in near future.

“The first two books were the basis of a science fiction TV series, produced in the United Kingdom in the 1980s.”
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Start with When the Tripods Came →

The Obernewtyn ChroniclesSeries

seriesIsobelle Carmody9 books1987

Fantasy, about psychic powers, set in secondary world.

“Carmody began writing it at the age of fourteen, and reworked the novel through high school and university.”
from the catalogue description of Obernewtyn
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Start with Obernewtyn →

Hiero Desteen UniverseSeries

seriesSterling E. Lanier & Lucy Andrews Cummin3 books1973

Science fiction and post-apocalyptic, about survival, set in far future.

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Mara and DannSeries

seriesDoris Lessing2 books1999

About ecological collapse.

“Told to forget their real names forever or be killed, the brother and sister live for years among the primitive Rock People, taken in by one of their own kind but always outcasts.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Mara and Dann →

The Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

Dystopia, about rebellion and revolution, set in north america.

“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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The 100Series

seriesKass Morgan4 books2013

“Day 21, its sequel, was released on September 25, 2014, and Homecoming was released on February 26, 2015.”
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Start with The 100 →

DeathworldSeries

seriesHarry Harrison4 books1960

About space colonization, set in other star systems.

“The central hero is a gambler who becomes involved with colonists of an extremely hostile planet.”
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Start with Deathworld →

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 Battle Circle?: Mortal Engines — the closest match to Battle Circle on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Battle Circle?: Sos the Rope. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Battle Circle.
How big is Battle Circle?: Battle Circle is 3 books, 1968–1975.

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