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Books like Chocky: 9 series to read next

Chocky is science fiction, about aliens, set in contemporary, mysterious in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Chocky is 2 books, 1968–1986.

“The BBC produced a radio adaption by John Tydeman in 1967.”
from the catalogue description

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Ormingat Trilogy
K-PAX
Tripods
Daniel X
Time Travelers Never Die
My Teacher Is an Alien
The Themis Files
Legion / Stephen Leeds
Greg Mandel

Ormingat TrilogySeries

seriesSylvia Waugh3 books2000

“For almost as long as he can remember, Tom has lived happily in Belthorp.”
from the catalogue description of Space Race

Start with Space Race →

K-PAXSeries

seriesGene Brewer4 books1995

Science fiction, mysterious in tone, about aliens, set in contemporary and our world.

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TripodsSeries

seriesJohn Christopher4 books1967

Post-apocalyptic, tense in tone, about rebellion and revolution, set in near future.

“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
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Start with When the Tripods Came →

Daniel XSeries

seriesJames Patterson, Chris Grabenstein, Ned Rust, Adam Sadler & Michael Ledwidge6 books2008

Adventurous in tone.

“The Dangerous Days of Daniel X opens James Patterson's science-fiction series, co-written with Michael Ledwidge, marking Patterson's return to genre science fiction in a similar vein to his Maximum Ride series.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Dangerous Days of Daniel X →

Time Travelers Never DieSeries

seriesJack McDevitt2 books1996

Time travel.

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My Teacher Is an AlienSeries

seriesBruce Coville4 books1989

Adventurous in tone.

“Susan Simmons can tell that her new substitute teacher is really weird.”
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Start with My Teacher Is an Alien →

The Themis FilesSeries

seriesSylvain Neuvel3 books2015

Tense in tone, about robots.

“Sleeping Giants and its sequels are told almost entirely through interview transcripts conducted by an unnamed, evasive interrogator, giving the series a documentary, oral-history feel unusual for first-contact SF.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Sleeping Giants →

Legion / Stephen LeedsSeries

seriesBrandon Sanderson, David Pace, Max Epstein & Michael Harkins5 books2012

About identity and madness.

“Death and Faxes, co-authored by Max Epstein, David Pace, and Michael Harkins, was released in June 2022.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Legion →

Greg MandelSeries

seriesPeter F. Hamilton5 books1993

Mystery & detective, tense in tone, set in near future.

“Greg Mandel is a former special-forces soldier with a psychic 'gland' implant for reading emotions, working as a private investigator in a near-future Britain recovering from an authoritarian climate-crisis government.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Mindstar Rising →

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 Chocky?: Ormingat Trilogy — the closest match to Chocky on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Chocky?: Chocky. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Chocky.
How big is Chocky?: Chocky is 2 books, 1968–1986.

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