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Books like Directive 51 / Daybreak: 9 series to read next

Directive 51 / Daybreak is science fiction and post-apocalyptic, about survival, set in north america, tense in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Directive 51 / Daybreak is 3 books, 2010–2013.

“The resulting collapse triggers mass death, a crisis over presidential succession, and mysterious Moon-launched fusion strikes on Washington and Chicago, while a shadowy neofeudalist movement moves into the vacuum.”
from the catalogue description

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The Handmaid's Tale
The Passage
Earthseed
The Hunger Games
One Second After / John Matherson
The 5th Wave
Ship Breaker
MaddAddam
Maze Runner

The Handmaid's TaleSeries

seriesMargaret Atwood3 books1985

About 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 PassageSeries

seriesJustin Cronin3 books2010

Horror, about vampires.

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EarthseedSeries

seriesOctavia E. Butler, Damian Duffy, David Brame & John Jennings7 books1993

About faith and religion.

“The two-book series was left unfinished at Butler's death; a planned third novel, Parable of the Trickster, was never completed.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Parable of the Sower →

The Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

Set in far future.

“Panem, they call it now — a nation raised on the drowned bones of North America, a glittering Capitol ringed by twelve districts it once starved into obedience.”
from the catalogue description

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One Second After / John MathersonSeries

seriesWilliam R. Forstchen4 books2009

About war, set in small town.

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The 5th WaveSeries

seriesRick Yancey4 books2013

Alien invasion, about aliens.

“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 →

Ship BreakerSeries

seriesPaolo Bacigalupi3 books2010

“Paolo Bacigalupi's Ship Breaker follows Nailer as helping her pulls him out of his abusive father's orbit and into a much larger, more dangerous game involving her family's fortune.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Ship Breaker →

MaddAddamSeries

seriesMargaret Atwood3 books2003

About genetic engineering.

Start with Oryx and Crake →

Maze RunnerSeries

seriesJames Dashner11 books2009

“A 16 year old boy awakens with amnesia in a community of other youths in the center of a maze, and realizes they must cooperate to escape.”
from the catalogue description of The Maze Runner
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Start with The Maze Runner →

Why these

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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 Directive 51 / Daybreak?: The Handmaid's Tale — the closest match to Directive 51 / Daybreak on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Directive 51 / Daybreak?: Directive 51. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Directive 51 / Daybreak.
How big is Directive 51 / Daybreak?: Directive 51 / Daybreak is 3 books, 2010–2013.

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