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Books like David Silver: 9 series to read next

David Silver is science fiction and mystery & detective, about aliens, 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.

David Silver is 4 books, 1992–1995.

“The Elaki have come from the stars to offer humankind a helping hand.”
from the catalogue description of Alien Blues

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Forge of God
Animorphs
The Handmaid's Tale
The 5th Wave
Sprawl Trilogy
Joe Kurtz
The Themis Files
In Death
Hardwired

Forge of GodSeries

seriesGreg Bear2 books1987

About survival.

“Earth faces destruction when an inscrutable and overwhelming alien form of life attacks.”
from the catalogue description of The Forge of God

Start with The Forge of God →

AnimorphsUniverse

universe66 books1996

Science fantasy, about shapeshifters and war.

“The Yeerks are grey slugs the length of your thumb.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

The Handmaid's TaleSeries

seriesMargaret Atwood3 books1985

Dystopia, about totalitarianism and gender and society.

“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 →

The 5th WaveSeries

seriesRick Yancey4 books2013

Alien invasion and post-apocalyptic, about survival.

“Cassie Sullivan, the survivor of an alien invasion, must rescue her young brother from the enemy with help from a boy who may be one of them.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The 5th Wave →

Sprawl TrilogySeries

seriesWilliam Gibson & Terry Bisson10 books1981

Cyberpunk, about artificial intelligence and virtual reality.

“Johnny Mnemonic, an early short story set in the same fictional milieu, predates the novels and introduces the courier Molly Millions before her role in the trilogy.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Neuromancer →

Joe KurtzSeries

seriesDan Simmons3 books2001

Noir, about organized crime.

Start with Hardcase →

The Themis FilesSeries

seriesSylvain Neuvel3 books2015

Mysterious 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 →

In DeathSeries

seriesNora Roberts77 books1995

Mystery & detective and science fiction, tense in tone, about murder investigation, set in near future and big city.

“Set in a mid-21st-century New York City, they feature NYPSD lieutenant Eve Dallas and her husband Roarke.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Naked in Death →

HardwiredSeries

seriesWalter Jon Williams3 books1986

Cyberpunk.

“Voice of the Whirlwind, published three years later, is a loosely connected follow-up set in the same future, sharing its technological and political backdrop with a different cast of characters.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Hardwired →

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 David Silver?: Forge of God — the closest match to David Silver on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with David Silver?: Alien Blues. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for David Silver.
How big is David Silver?: David Silver is 4 books, 1992–1995.

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