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Books like Car Warriors: 9 series to read next

Car Warriors is 18 books, 1992–2025.

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The Change / The Event
H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds
Library of America P. K. Dick Collection
Survivalist
One Second After / John Matherson
The 5th Wave
Gone
Kairos
Black Tide Rising (John Ringo)

seriesS. M. Stirling, A. M. Dellamonica, Diana L. Paxson, Emily Mah, Harry Turtledove, Jane Lindskold, Jody Lynn Nye, John Barnes, John Birmingham, John J. Miller, Kier Salmon, Lauren C. Teffeau, M. T. Reiten, Terry England, Victor Milán & Walter Jon Williams41 books1998

Science fiction and post-apocalyptic, adventurous in tone, set in north america.

“Sixteen different authors, coordinated by Stirling, each contribute stories set in various corners of the suddenly de-industrialized world as survivors scramble to rebuild.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Change: Tales of Downfall and Rebirth →

H. G. Wells' War of the WorldsUniverse

universe65 books1898

Alien invasion.

“No one would have believed, in the closing years of the nineteenth century, that human affairs were being watched keenly and closely from the timeless worlds of space.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The War of the Worlds →

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 →

SurvivalistSeries

seriesJerry Ahern, Bob Anderson, Sharon Ahern & Sean Ellis41 books1981

Science fiction and post-apocalyptic, tense in tone, about survival and war, set in near future and north america.

Start with Total War →

One Second After / John MathersonSeries

seriesWilliam R. Forstchen4 books2009

Science fiction and post-apocalyptic, tense and dark in tone, about survival and war, set in near future and north america.

Start with One Second After →

The 5th WaveSeries

seriesRick Yancey4 books2013

Alien invasion, about aliens.

“Cassie Sullivan, the survivor of an alien invasion, must rescue her young brother from the enemy with help from a boy who may be one of them.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The 5th Wave →

GoneSeries

seriesMichael Grant9 books2008

“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 →

KairosSeries

seriesMadeleine L'Engle11 books1962

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Black Tide Rising (John Ringo)Series

seriesJohn Ringo, Mike Massa, Gary Poole, Jody Lynn Nye, Brian Trent, Christopher L. Smith, Jason Cordova, Michael Z. Williamson, Robert E. Hampson, Sarah A. Hoyt, Brendan DuBois, Charles E. Gannon, Dave Freer, Griffin Barber, Jamie Ibson, John Birmingham, Kacey Ezell, Lydia Sherrer, Brent Roeder, David Klecha, Eric Flint, Eric S. Brown, John Scalzi, Kevin J. Anderson, Mel Todd, Michael Gants, Rebecca Moesta, Robert Buettner, Stephanie Osborn & Travis S. Taylor63 books2013

Science fiction and post-apocalyptic.

“John Ringo's original quartet spawned an extended shared-world series co-written with several collaborators, following other survivor groups through the same collapse.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Under a Graveyard Sky →

Why these

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What should I read after Car Warriors?: The Change / The Event — the closest match to Car Warriors on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Car Warriors?: The Square Deal. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Car Warriors.
How big is Car Warriors?: Car Warriors is 18 books, 1992–2025.

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