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Books like CatNet: 9 series to read next

CatNet is science fiction, set in north america and our world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

CatNet is 3 books, 2015–2021.

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Ready Player One
WWW Trilogy
A Clockwork Orange
Tripods
Maze Runner
Future History
Daemon (Daniel Suarez)
Fahrenheit 451
Bridge Trilogy

Ready Player OneSeries

seriesErnest Cline & Andy Weir3 books2011

Dystopia, about virtual reality and quests, set in virtual world.

“The 2020 sequel, Ready Player Two, picks up after Wade has gained control of the OASIS and follows him and his friends into a new quest built around a brain-computer interface the creator left behind.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Ready Player One →

WWW TrilogySeries

seriesRobert J. Sawyer3 books2009

Set in contemporary.

Start with Wake →

A Clockwork OrangeSeries

seriesAnthony Burgess4 books1962

Dystopia, dark in tone, about totalitarianism.

“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 →

TripodsSeries

seriesJohn Christopher4 books1967

Post-apocalyptic, tense in tone, about aliens and rebellion and revolution.

“The first two books were the basis of a science fiction TV series, produced in the United Kingdom in the 1980s.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with When the Tripods Came →

Maze RunnerSeries

seriesJames Dashner11 books2009

Dystopia and post-apocalyptic, tense in tone, about survival.

“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 →

Future HistorySeries

seriesRobert A. Heinlein42 books1939

Science fiction.

“The term Future History was coined by John W. Campbell Jr. in the February 1941 issue of Astounding Science Fiction.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Life-Line →

Daemon (Daniel Suarez)Series

seriesDaniel Suarez2 books2006

Techno-thriller, tense in tone.

Start with Daemon →

Fahrenheit 451Series

seriesRay Bradbury2 books1951

Dystopia, about books and reading and totalitarianism.

“Set in a future where books are outlawed and firemen exist to burn them, it follows fireman Guy Montag as doubts about his job push him toward the very literature he's supposed to destroy.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Fireman →

Bridge TrilogySeries

seriesWilliam Gibson4 books1990

Science fiction and cyberpunk, set in near future and north america.

“Set in a near-future California, the novel takes place after an earthquake has damaged the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and turned it into an improvised settlement known as the Bridge.”
from the catalogue description of Virtual Light
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Virtual Light →

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 CatNet?: Ready Player One — the closest match to CatNet on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with CatNet?: Catfishing on CatNet. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for CatNet.
How big is CatNet?: CatNet is 3 books, 2015–2021.

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