Series

Books like Bold As Love: 9 series to read next

Bold As Love is science fiction, set in near future and british isles. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Bold As Love is 6 books, 2001–2015.

“The full title of the novel is Bold as Love: a Near Future Fantasy.”
from the catalogue description

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A Clockwork Orange
Space Merchants
Dune
Blade Runner Universe
Quantum Logic
The Handmaid's Tale
The Carbon Diaries
Library of America P. K. Dick Collection
India 2047

A Clockwork OrangeSeries

seriesAnthony Burgess4 books1962

Dystopia, 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 →

Space MerchantsSeries

seriesFrederik Pohl & C. M. Kornbluth2 books1953

Dystopia, about class conflict, set in venus & inner planets.

“Together the two books form a compact bookend pair rather than an ongoing series.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Space Merchants →

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Space opera, 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 →

Blade Runner UniverseSeries

seriesK. W. Jeter, Archie Goodwin, Les Martin & Philip K. Dick6 books1968

Cyberpunk, about robots, set in big city.

“Together the two trace the story's path from prose original to screen and comic-page adaptation.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? →

Quantum LogicSeries

seriesGreg Bear7 books1990

Science fiction, tense in tone, set in near future.

Reading order →

The Handmaid's TaleSeries

seriesMargaret Atwood3 books1985

Dystopia, about totalitarianism, set in north america.

“The Handmaid's Tale is Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel set in Gilead, a totalitarian theocracy that has overthrown the United States and forces fertile women into reproductive servitude as Handmaids; it is narrated by one such woman, Offred.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Handmaid's Tale →

The Carbon DiariesSeries

seriesSaci Lloyd3 books2009

Dystopia, about coming of age.

“Lloyd teaches media studies in secondary school in East London, and publishes young adult novels of dystopian near-futures.”
from the catalogue description of The Carbon Diaries 2015

Start with The Carbon Diaries 2015 →

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 →

India 2047Series

seriesIan McDonald9 books2004

Set in south asia.

“Set in an India a century after independence, this sequence follows the political and personal fallout of banned, illegally evolved artificial intelligences amid an India-Pakistan water war.”
from the catalogue description

Start with River of Gods →

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 Bold As Love?: A Clockwork Orange — the closest match to Bold As Love on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Bold As Love?: Bold As Love. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Bold As Love.
How big is Bold As Love?: Bold As Love is 6 books, 2001–2015.

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