Series

Books like Dreaming Down-Under: 9 series to read next

Dreaming Down-Under is science fiction and fantasy, set in oceania and contemporary. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Dreaming Down-Under is 3 books, 1998–2008.

The Dreaming Down-Under page →Narrow this list →

Jerusalem's Lot
Postscripts
Southern Reach Trilogy
Johnny Dixon and the Professor
Maps in a Mirror: The Short Fiction of Orson Scott Card
The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick
Graveminder
Richard Matheson: Collected Stories
Library of America P. K. Dick Collection

Jerusalem's LotSeries

seriesStephen King3 books1975

Tense in tone, about vampires, set in small town and north america.

“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 →

PostscriptsSeries

seriesNick Gevers, Peter Crowther & Danel Olson11 books2009

Science fiction and fantasy, set in contemporary and our world.

Start with This Is the Summer of Love →

Southern Reach TrilogySeries

seriesJeff VanderMeer4 books2014

Weird fiction, about madness.

“In 2013, Paramount Pictures bought the movie rights for the series, and a film adaptation of Annihilation was made with Alex Garland as writer-director.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Annihilation →

Johnny Dixon and the ProfessorSeries

seriesJohn Bellairs & Brad Strickland13 books1983

Gothic, set in north america.

“In each book, 12-year-old Johnny and his group of friends face and overcome evil forces usually bent on ending the world.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Curse of the Blue Figurine →

Maps in a Mirror: The Short Fiction of Orson Scott CardSeries

seriesOrson Scott Card9 books1979

Science fiction, set in contemporary.

“Like Card's novels, most of the stories have a science fiction or fantasy theme.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Changed Man →

The Collected Stories of Philip K. DickSeries

seriesPhilip K. Dick11 books1987

Science fiction, about identity, set in our world.

“See Philip K. Dick bibliography for information about the mass market reprints.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Beyond Lies the Wub →

GraveminderSeries

seriesMelissa Marr6 books2011

Set in contemporary.

“When the ritual isn't performed correctly, the dead rise, drawing Rebekkah into a web of secrets alongside Byron Montgomery, the town's Undertaker and her old love interest.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Graveminder →

Richard Matheson: Collected StoriesSeries

seriesRichard Matheson4 books1989

About madness, set in mid 20th century.

Start with Richard Matheson: Collected Stories Volume One →

Library of America P. K. Dick CollectionSeries

seriesPhilip K. Dick9 books1962

Science fiction, set in near future.

“Technically banned, a novel called The Grasshopper Lies Heavy imagines a world where the Allies won instead — and its reclusive author, Hawthorne Abendsen, becomes an obsession for characters on every side.”
from the catalogue description of The Man in the High Castle

Start with The Man in the High Castle →

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 Dreaming Down-Under?: Jerusalem's Lot — the closest match to Dreaming Down-Under on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Dreaming Down-Under?: Dreaming Down-Under. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Dreaming Down-Under.
How big is Dreaming Down-Under?: Dreaming Down-Under is 3 books, 1998–2008.

Books like Dreaming Down-Under: 9 series to read next

Read next in Dreaming Down-Under

Why these

Questions readers ask

Other series like this one