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Books like Doom: 9 series to read next

Doom is science fiction and horror, about survival, set in other star systems, dark in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Doom is 7 books across 2 series, 1995–2009.

“A marine on Phobos punches an officer, draws the quietest posting in the solar system, and is standing outside the ammunition shed when the base's teleport experiment opens onto somewhere that should not have an address.”
from the catalogue description

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Forge of God
The Passage
The 5th Wave
War Against the Chtorr
Aftermath (Charles Sheffield)
Shade's Children milieu
Maze Runner
Tripods
Ship Breaker

Forge of GodSeries

seriesGreg Bear2 books1987

Science fiction, dark and tense in tone, about survival and aliens.

“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 →

The PassageSeries

seriesJustin Cronin3 books2010

Post-apocalyptic, about vampires, set in north america.

Start with The Passage →

The 5th WaveSeries

seriesRick Yancey4 books2013

Alien invasion and post-apocalyptic, set in north america.

“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 →

War Against the ChtorrSeries

seriesDavid Gerrold7 books1983

Post-apocalyptic, about ecological collapse, set in north america.

“The Chtorr series was originally planned as a trilogy, but as the story became more intricate, Gerrold realized that three books would not be enough for him to tell the entire story.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with A Matter for Men →

Aftermath (Charles Sheffield)Series

seriesCharles Sheffield2 books1998

Science fiction, tense and dark in tone, about survival, set in near future and space.

“Charles Sheffield's Aftermath duology opens with a near-future Earth devastated by a nearby supernova's radiation, which knocks out electronics and forces survivors to rebuild without most modern technology.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Aftermath →

Shade's Children milieuSeries

seriesGarth Nix2 books1997

Post-apocalyptic and dystopia, about coming of age.

Start with Shade's Children →

Maze RunnerSeries

seriesJames Dashner11 books2009

Dystopia and post-apocalyptic.

“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 →

TripodsSeries

seriesJohn Christopher4 books1967

Post-apocalyptic and alien invasion, about rebellion and revolution.

“The first two books were the basis of a science fiction TV series, produced in the United Kingdom in the 1980s.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with When the Tripods Came →

Ship BreakerSeries

seriesPaolo Bacigalupi3 books2010

Post-apocalyptic, set in north america.

“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 →

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.

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What should I read after Doom?: Forge of God — the closest match to Doom on what it is about, not on what sells.
How big is Doom?: Doom is 7 books across 2 series, 1995–2009.

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