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Books like Darkness and Dawn: 9 series to read next

Darkness and Dawn is science fiction. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Darkness and Dawn is 3 books, from 1914.

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The Science Fiction Hall of Fame
H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds
Barsoom
Fahrenheit 451
Dune
The Invisible Man
The Martian Chronicles
Foundation
Brave New World

The Science Fiction Hall of FameSeries

seriesBen Bova, Algis Budrys, Arthur C. Clarke, Geo. W. Proctor, H. G. Wells, Robert Silverberg, Terry Carr & Theodore R. Cogswell11 books1895

“The greatest science fiction stories of all time chosen by the members of the Science Fiction Writers of America.”
from the catalogue description of The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One

Start with The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One →

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 →

BarsoomSeries

seriesEdgar Rice Burroughs, Rob Dorsey, Geary Gravel, Ann Tonsor Zeddies, Stuart Moore, Austin Grossman, Bebe Balocca, Catherynne M. Valente, Chris Claremont, Chuck Dixon, David Barr Kirtley, Garth Nix, Genevieve Valentine, Joe R. Lansdale, John Coleman Burroughs, John Joseph Adams, Jonathan Maberry, L. E. Modesitt, Jr., Mike Resnick, Peter S. Beagle, Robin Wasserman, S. M. Stirling, Theodora Goss, Tobias S. Buckell & William Gilmour53 books1917

Science fantasy, adventurous in tone, set in mars.

“Barsoom is a fictional representation of the planet Mars created by American pulp fiction author Edgar Rice Burroughs.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with A Princess of Mars →

Fahrenheit 451Series

seriesRay Bradbury2 books1951

Dystopia, about books and reading and totalitarianism, set in north america.

“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 →

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Space opera, about political intrigue, set in far future and other star systems.

“The desert planet, where empire runs on a single substance: the spice melange, which folds space, prolongs life, and unlocks prescience, and which exists nowhere else in the known universe.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Dune →

The Invisible ManSeries

seriesH. G. Wells, Malvina G. Vogel & T. S. Gregory6 books1897

Set in british isles and 19th century.

“The Invisible Man is H. G. Wells's 1897 science fiction novel about Griffin, a scientist who works out how to make living tissue invisible and tests the process on himself, only to discover he has no way to reverse it.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Invisible in London →

The Martian ChroniclesSeries

seriesRay Bradbury30 books1946

Reflective in tone, about space colonization, set in mars and near future.

Start with The Million Year Picnic →

FoundationUniverse

universe123 books1940

About robots, set in far future.

“There is a science that reads the future of quadrillions the way an astronomer reads the orbits of stars.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Foundation →

Brave New WorldSeries

seriesAldous Huxley & H. A. Cartledge8 books1932

Dystopia, about class conflict, set in far future and otherworld.

“Some editions pair the novel with Huxley's own 1958 nonfiction essay collection, Brave New World Revisited, which reassesses the book's ideas rather than continuing its story.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Brave New World →

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 Darkness and Dawn?: The Science Fiction Hall of Fame — the closest match to Darkness and Dawn on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Darkness and Dawn?: Darkness and Dawn. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Darkness and Dawn.
How big is Darkness and Dawn?: Darkness and Dawn is 3 books, from 1914.
Is Darkness and Dawn finished?: Yes — 3 books, from 1914.

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