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Books like Borne: 9 series to read next

Borne is science fiction and weird fiction, about genetic engineering, set in near future, eerie in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Borne is 3 books, 2017–2019.

“Jeff VanderMeer's series continues with the related novels The Strange Bird and Dead Astronauts, set in the same devastated world.”
from the catalogue description

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MaddAddam
A Clockwork Orange
Library of America P. K. Dick Collection
Ship Breaker
Earthseed
The Windup Universe
Brave New World
Blade Runner Universe
Maze Runner

MaddAddamSeries

seriesMargaret Atwood3 books2003

Set in north america.

Start with Oryx and Crake →

A Clockwork OrangeSeries

seriesAnthony Burgess4 books1962

About surveillance, set in british isles.

“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 →

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 →

Ship BreakerSeries

seriesPaolo Bacigalupi3 books2010

Tense in tone, 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 →

EarthseedSeries

seriesOctavia E. Butler, Damian Duffy, David Brame & John Jennings7 books1993

About faith and religion, set in north america.

“The two-book series was left unfinished at Butler's death; a planned third novel, Parable of the Trickster, was never completed.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Parable of the Sower →

The Windup UniverseSeries

seriesPaolo Bacigalupi3 books2005

Set in southeast asia.

Start with The Calorie Man →

Brave New WorldSeries

seriesAldous Huxley & H. A. Cartledge8 books1932

About class conflict.

“Some editions pair the novel with Huxley's own 1958 nonfiction essay collection, Brave New World Revisited, which reassesses the book's ideas rather than continuing its story.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Brave New World →

Blade Runner UniverseSeries

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

Cyberpunk, about robots.

“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? →

Maze RunnerSeries

seriesJames Dashner11 books2009

Tense in tone.

“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 →

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 Borne?: MaddAddam — the closest match to Borne on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Borne?: Borne. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Borne.
How big is Borne?: Borne is 3 books, 2017–2019.

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