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Books like Broken World: 9 series to read next

Broken World is post-apocalyptic. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Broken World is 7 books, 2014–2016.

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The Passage
Night
Broken World Universe
Shade's Children milieu
Earthseed
Forest of Hands and Teeth
Changes
MaddAddam
Edge of Collapse

The PassageSeries

seriesJustin Cronin3 books2010

Horror, about vampires.

Start with The Passage →

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

Reading order →

Broken World UniverseSeries

seriesKate L. Mary20 books2014

Post-apocalyptic.

Start with Angus →

Shade's Children milieuSeries

seriesGarth Nix2 books1997

Dystopia, about coming of age and rebellion and revolution.

Start with Shade's Children →

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 →

Forest of Hands and TeethSeries

seriesCarrie Ryan9 books2009

“The Forest of Hands and Teeth follows the first heroine's break from that village into the wider, undead-infested world; The Dead-Tossed Waves and The Dark and Hollow Places carry the aftermath forward through new narrators.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Forest of Hands and Teeth →

ChangesSeries

seriesPeter Dickinson3 books1968

Set in british isles.

“After the Changes - From the Twentieth Century to the Dark Ages overnight - such was fate that befell Britain five years from now.”
from the catalogue description of The Weathermonger

Start with The Weathermonger →

MaddAddamSeries

seriesMargaret Atwood3 books2003

Dystopia, about genetic engineering and ecological collapse.

Start with Oryx and Crake →

Edge of CollapseSeries

seriesKyla Stone8 books2019

Post-apocalyptic, set in near future and north america.

“In the dead of winter, an EMP attack destroys the U.S. power grid.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Edge of Collapse →

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 Broken World?: The Passage — the closest match to Broken World on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Broken World?: Broken World. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Broken World.
How big is Broken World?: Broken World is 7 books, 2014–2016.

Books like Broken World: 9 series to read next

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