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Books like Continue Online: 9 series to read next

Continue Online is litrpg and science fiction, set in virtual world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Continue Online is 5 books, 2015–2017.

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Ready Player One
Richard Forthrast
The Mortality Doctrine
Minecraft
Last Reality
Rasmussem Corporation Games
Avatar Chronicles
Omnitopia
Battlegrounds Online

Ready Player OneSeries

seriesErnest Cline & Andy Weir3 books2011

Cyberpunk and dystopia, about quests.

“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 →

Richard ForthrastSeries

seriesNeal Stephenson2 books2011

Set in our world and north america.

“The sequel Fall; or, Dodge in Hell shifts registers entirely, following Richard's digitally preserved mind after death into an afterlife simulation built from his scanned brain.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Reamde →

The Mortality DoctrineSeries

seriesJames Dashner4 books2013

Cyberpunk, tense in tone, about artificial intelligence.

“The Eye of Minds opens James Dashner's Mortality Doctrine trilogy in a near-future where a teenage gamer is recruited to help stop a rogue hacker named Kaine who threatens mass destruction from inside the virtual world he haunts.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Gunner Skale →

MinecraftUniverse

universe207 books2014

“Somewhere in the dark a green thing is walking toward you on four stubby legs, and it does not stop and it does not speak, and when it reaches you it will hiss.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Island →

Last RealitySeries

seriesJason Segel & Kirsten Miller3 books2017

Tense in tone, set in our world.

Start with Otherworld →

Rasmussem Corporation GamesSeries

seriesVivian Vande Velde3 books1991

Science fiction, about virtual reality, set in virtual world and near future.

“User Unfriendly, Heir Apparent, and Deadly Pink share the same premise and company rather than a continuing cast or plot.”
from the catalogue description

Start with User Unfriendly →

Avatar ChroniclesSeries

seriesConor Kostick3 books2004

Start with Epic →

OmnitopiaSeries

seriesDiane Duane2 books2010

Science fiction, about virtual reality, set in near future and virtual world.

“In the virtual twenty-first century multiplayer on-line games have become one of the most popular forms of entertainment.”
from the catalogue description of Omnitopia Dawn

Start with Omnitopia Dawn →

Battlegrounds OnlineSeries

seriesTroy Osgood2 books2021

Litrpg and science fiction, set in virtual world and near future.

Start with Rifleman →

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.

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What should I read after Continue Online?: Ready Player One — the closest match to Continue Online on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Continue Online?: Memories. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Continue Online.
How big is Continue Online?: Continue Online is 5 books, 2015–2017.

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