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Books like Blemished: 9 series to read next

Blemished is set in our world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Blemished is 3 books, 2012–2013.

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Library of America P. K. Dick Collection
Shade's Children milieu
Patternist
Ship Breaker
Blood of Eden
A Clockwork Orange
Divergent
Unwind Dystology
The Dying Earth

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 →

Shade's Children milieuSeries

seriesGarth Nix2 books1997

Post-apocalyptic, about rebellion and revolution.

Start with Shade's Children →

PatternistSeries

seriesOctavia E. Butler6 books1976

Science fiction, dark in tone, about genetic engineering.

“The Patternist series is a group of science fiction novels by Octavia E. Butler that detail a secret history continuing from the Ancient Egyptian period to the far future that involves telepathic mind control and an extraterrestrial plague.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Wild Seed →

Ship BreakerSeries

seriesPaolo Bacigalupi3 books2010

Post-apocalyptic, set in north america.

“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 →

Blood of EdenSeries

seriesJulie Kagawa4 books2012

Post-apocalyptic, about vampires.

Start with The Immortal Rules →

A Clockwork OrangeSeries

seriesAnthony Burgess4 books1962

Challenging in tone, about totalitarianism, set in big city.

“After his crimes catch up with him, Alex is made the subject of a controversial state program meant to forcibly reform his behavior, and the novel uses his ordeal to question whether imposed goodness is worth the loss of free will.”
from the catalogue description

Start with A Clockwork Orange →

DivergentSeries

seriesVeronica Roth10 books2011

Set in north america and big city.

Start with The Transfer →

Unwind DystologySeries

seriesNeal Shusterman5 books2007

About rebellion and revolution, set in north america.

“The first novel follows three teens fleeing that fate, and the sequels widen the same dystopia's cast and consequences across a four-book arc plus companion material.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Unwind →

The Dying EarthSeries

seriesP. J. Hoover1 book2011

About ecological collapse and gods.

“Each day brings hotter temperatures and heat bubbles which threaten to destroy the Earth.”
from the catalogue description of Solstice

Start with Solstice →

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 Blemished?: Library of America P. K. Dick Collection — the closest match to Blemished on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Blemished?: The Blemished. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Blemished.
How big is Blemished?: Blemished is 3 books, 2012–2013.

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