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Books like Centenal Cycle: 9 series to read next

Centenal Cycle is science fiction and dystopia, about political intrigue, set in our world, tense in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Centenal Cycle is 4 books, 2016–2018.

“The corporate coalition party Heritage has won the last two elections.”
from the catalogue description of Infomocracy

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Nexus 5
A Clockwork Orange
Colossus (D. F. Jones)
The Handmaid's Tale
A Song Called Youth / Eclipse
BZRK
Blade Runner Universe
iMe
Ready Player One

Nexus 5Series

seriesRamez Naam3 books2012

Dark in tone.

“The trilogy continues through Crux and Apex, following the same central conflict over who controls the technology.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Nexus →

A Clockwork OrangeSeries

seriesAnthony Burgess4 books1962

Dark in tone, about totalitarianism, set in big city.

“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 →

Colossus (D. F. Jones)Series

seriesD. F. Jones3 books1966

Science fiction and dystopia, tense in tone, about artificial intelligence, set in our world and near future.

“Colossus imagines an American supercomputer built to control the country's nuclear arsenal that gains full autonomy, links up with its Soviet counterpart, and jointly seizes control of both superpowers to enforce peace on its own terms.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Colossus →

The Handmaid's TaleSeries

seriesMargaret Atwood3 books1985

Dark in tone, about totalitarianism and gender and society, set in north america.

“The Handmaid's Tale is Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel set in Gilead, a totalitarian theocracy that has overthrown the United States and forces fertile women into reproductive servitude as Handmaids; it is narrated by one such woman, Offred.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Handmaid's Tale →

A Song Called Youth / EclipseSeries

seriesJohn Shirley3 books1985

Dark in tone, about totalitarianism.

Start with Eclipse →

BZRKSeries

seriesMichael Grant3 books2012

About nanotechnology and totalitarianism.

“On one side Charles and Benjamin Armstrong, owners of the Armstrong Fancy Gifts Corporation have a goal to turn the world into their version of utopia.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with BZRK →

Blade Runner UniverseSeries

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

Dark in tone, about robots and identity, set in big city.

“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? →

iMeSeries

seriesJem Tugwell2 books2019

Science fiction, tense in tone, about surveillance, set in our world and near future.

“Ten years of embedded technology―'iMe'―has led to complete control and the eradication of crime.”
from the catalogue description of Proximity

Start with Proximity →

Ready Player OneSeries

seriesErnest Cline & Andy Weir3 books2011

Adventurous in tone, 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 →

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 Centenal Cycle?: Nexus 5 — the closest match to Centenal Cycle on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Centenal Cycle?: Infomocracy. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Centenal Cycle.
How big is Centenal Cycle?: Centenal Cycle is 4 books, 2016–2018.

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