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Books like Deadland Saga: 9 series to read next

Deadland Saga is post-apocalyptic. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Deadland Saga is 5 books, 2013–2015.

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The Andromeda Strain
Jerusalem's Lot
Night
Stephen King multiverse
The Ashes Trilogy
Black Tide Rising (John Ringo)
The 5th Wave
Forest of Hands and Teeth
World War Z

The Andromeda StrainSeries

seriesDaniel H. Wilson & Michael Crichton2 books1969

About plague and pandemic.

“Daniel H. Wilson's authorized 2019 sequel The Andromeda Evolution revisits the same threat five decades later.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Andromeda Strain →

Jerusalem's LotSeries

seriesStephen King3 books1975

Eerie in tone, about vampires and grief and loss, set in small town.

“Stephen King's 1975 novel 'Salem's Lot follows writer Ben Mears as he returns to his childhood town of Jerusalem's Lot, Maine, only to discover that its residents are being turned into vampires by a newly arrived stranger.”
from the catalogue description

Start with 'Salem's Lot →

NightUniverse

universe134 books2006

Set in contemporary.

“Jonathan Maberry's Night is one dark country stitched from horror and hard science, where a weaponized pathogen and an old nightmare called Doctor Nine turn out to haunt the same map.”
from the catalogue description

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Stephen King multiverseUniverse

universe46 books1967

Dark in tone.

“The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Gunslinger →

The Ashes TrilogySeries

seriesIlsa J. Bick3 books2011

Set in near future.

“The trilogy follows one continuous crisis across its three volumes.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Ashes →

Black Tide Rising (John Ringo)Series

seriesJohn Ringo, Mike Massa, Gary Poole, Jody Lynn Nye, Brian Trent, Christopher L. Smith, Jason Cordova, Michael Z. Williamson, Robert E. Hampson, Sarah A. Hoyt, Brendan DuBois, Charles E. Gannon, Dave Freer, Griffin Barber, Jamie Ibson, John Birmingham, Kacey Ezell, Lydia Sherrer, Brent Roeder, David Klecha, Eric Flint, Eric S. Brown, John Scalzi, Kevin J. Anderson, Mel Todd, Michael Gants, Rebecca Moesta, Robert Buettner, Stephanie Osborn & Travis S. Taylor63 books2013

Post-apocalyptic and science fiction.

“John Ringo's original quartet spawned an extended shared-world series co-written with several collaborators, following other survivor groups through the same collapse.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Under a Graveyard Sky →

The 5th WaveSeries

seriesRick Yancey4 books2013

Alien invasion, about aliens, set in near future.

“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 →

Forest of Hands and TeethSeries

seriesCarrie Ryan9 books2009

Set in near future.

“The Forest of Hands and Teeth follows the first heroine's break from that village into the wider, undead-infested world; The Dead-Tossed Waves and The Dark and Hollow Places carry the aftermath forward through new narrators.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Forest of Hands and Teeth →

World War ZSeries

seriesMax Brooks3 books2006

About war and plague and pandemic.

Start with World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War →

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 Deadland Saga?: The Andromeda Strain — the closest match to Deadland Saga on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Deadland Saga?: 100 Days in Deadland. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Deadland Saga.
How big is Deadland Saga?: Deadland Saga is 5 books, 2013–2015.

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