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Books like Breakers: 9 series to read next

Breakers is science fiction and post-apocalyptic, set in near future. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Breakers is 10 books, 2012–2015.

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The Passage
MaddAddam
Maze Runner
War Against the Chtorr
Earthseed
Gone
The Triffids
Partials Sequence
Night

The PassageSeries

seriesJustin Cronin3 books2010

Horror, about vampires.

Start with The Passage →

MaddAddamSeries

seriesMargaret Atwood3 books2003

Dystopia, about genetic engineering and ecological collapse.

Start with Oryx and Crake →

Maze RunnerSeries

seriesJames Dashner11 books2009

Dystopia.

“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
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Maze Runner →

War Against the ChtorrSeries

seriesDavid Gerrold7 books1983

About aliens and ecological collapse.

“The Chtorr series was originally planned as a trilogy, but as the story became more intricate, Gerrold realized that three books would not be enough for him to tell the entire story.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with A Matter for Men →

EarthseedSeries

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

Dystopia, about faith and religion.

“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 →

GoneSeries

seriesMichael Grant9 books2008

Set in contemporary.

“Michael Grant's Gone series begins when everyone aged fifteen and older vanishes without warning from a swath of the California coast, trapping the town of Perdido Beach inside an impenetrable barrier the survivors call the FAYZ.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Gone →

The TriffidsSeries

seriesJohn Whitbourn, John Wyndham & Simon Clark3 books1951

Set in british isles.

“Together the three novels form a loose post-apocalyptic trilogy built on Wyndham's original premise rather than a tightly plotted single story.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Day of the Triffids →

Partials SequenceSeries

seriesDan Wells4 books2012

About genetic engineering.

Start with Isolation →

NightUniverse

universe134 books2006

Set in contemporary.

“Jonathan Maberry's Night is one dark country stitched from horror and hard science, where a weaponized pathogen and an old nightmare called Doctor Nine turn out to haunt the same map.”
from the catalogue description

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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 Breakers?: The Passage — the closest match to Breakers on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Breakers?: Breakers. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Breakers.
How big is Breakers?: Breakers is 10 books, 2012–2015.

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