Series
Books like Darwin: 9 series to read next
Darwin is science fiction and hard science fiction, about genetic engineering, set in near future, tense in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.
Darwin is 2 books, 1999–2003.
“Greg Bear's Darwin's Radio imagines a dormant retrovirus in human DNA activating worldwide, triggering an accelerated leap in human evolution that governments respond to as a plague.”
from the catalogue description
- The Martian
- The Andromeda Strain
- The Chemical Garden Trilogy
- Wired (Douglas E. Richards)
- Unwind Dystology
- The Passage
- Quantum Logic
- The Handmaid's Tale
- Science in the Capital
- The MartianSeries
seriesAndy Weir2 books2012
Hopeful in tone, about space exploration, set in mars.
matchedtensenear futurescience fictionhard science fictionour worldsurvival
- The Andromeda StrainSeries
seriesDaniel H. Wilson & Michael Crichton2 books1969
Set in contemporary.
matchedtensescience fictionplague and pandemicsurvival
seriesLauren DeStefano3 books2011
Dystopia, dark in tone.
matchedtensenear futurescience fictionnorth americagenetic engineeringplague and pandemicsurvival
seriesDouglas E. Richards2 books2012
Science fiction and techno-thriller, tense in tone, about genetic engineering, set in near future and our world.
matchedtensenear futurescience fictiongenetic engineeringour worldtechno-thriller
- Unwind DystologySeries
seriesNeal Shusterman5 books2007
Dystopia, dark in tone, about rebellion and revolution.
matchedtensenear futurescience fictionnorth americagenetic engineering
- The PassageSeries
seriesJustin Cronin3 books2010
Post-apocalyptic and horror, dark in tone, about vampires.
matchedtensenear futurenorth americascience fictionsurvival
- Quantum LogicSeries
seriesGreg Bear7 books1990
Science fiction, tense in tone, set in near future.
matchedtensescience fictionnear future
- The Handmaid's TaleSeries
seriesMargaret Atwood3 books1985
Dystopia, dark in tone, about totalitarianism and gender and society.
matchedtensenear futurescience fictionnorth america
- Science in the CapitalSeries
seriesKim Stanley Robinson5 books2004
About ecological collapse and political intrigue.
matchednear futurescience fictionnorth americahard science fiction
Read next in Darwin
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 Darwin?
- The Martian — the closest match to Darwin on what it is about, not on what sells.
- Where do I start with Darwin?
- Darwin's Radio. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Darwin.
- How big is Darwin?
- Darwin is 2 books, 1999–2003.
- Is Darwin finished?
- Yes — 2 books, 1999–2003.