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Books like Driver 5 Universe: 9 series to read next

Driver 5 Universe is 4 books, 2012–2025.

“A girl is running for her life thousands of zombies.”
from the catalogue description of Driver 5

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The Change / The Event
Eden (Harry Harrison)
The Hunger Games
Mortal Engines
Reckoners
Directive 51 / Daybreak
Pax / Astra
Hiero Desteen Universe
One Second After / John Matherson

seriesS. M. Stirling, A. M. Dellamonica, Diana L. Paxson, Emily Mah, Harry Turtledove, Jane Lindskold, Jody Lynn Nye, John Barnes, John Birmingham, John J. Miller, Kier Salmon, Lauren C. Teffeau, M. T. Reiten, Terry England, Victor Milán & Walter Jon Williams41 books1998

Science fiction and post-apocalyptic, adventurous in tone, set in north america.

“Sixteen different authors, coordinated by Stirling, each contribute stories set in various corners of the suddenly de-industrialized world as survivors scramble to rebuild.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Change: Tales of Downfall and Rebirth →

Eden (Harry Harrison)Series

seriesHarry Harrison5 books1984

About aliens, set in prehistoric.

“Harry Harrison's Eden trilogy imagines an Earth where the dinosaurs never died out, evolving instead into the Yilane, a technologically advanced reptilian civilization that shares the planet uneasily with early humans.”
from the catalogue description

Start with West of Eden →

The Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

About rebellion and revolution, 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

Reading order →

Mortal EnginesUniverse

universe14 books2001

Steampunk, set in far future.

“In a world where the cities were put on wheels to outrun a war that ended in a single afternoon, Municipal Darwinism is the law: big towns eat small ones, strip them for parts and take their people aboard as citizens or as scrap.”
from the catalogue description

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ReckonersSeries

seriesBrandon Sanderson & Steven Bohls6 books2013

Superhero, set in near future.

“One young man orphaned by a High Epic joins a group that is killing Epics.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Steelheart →

Directive 51 / DaybreakSeries

seriesJohn Barnes3 books2010

About political intrigue, set in near future.

“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

Start with Directive 51 →

Pax / AstraSeries

seriesAndre Norton2 books1954

Set in far future.

“Star Flight appears to be a later omnibus or reissue rather than a third original novel.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Stars Are Ours! →

Hiero Desteen UniverseSeries

seriesSterling E. Lanier & Lucy Andrews Cummin3 books1973

Set in far future.

Reading order →

One Second After / John MathersonSeries

seriesWilliam R. Forstchen4 books2009

Set in near future and small town.

Start with One Second After →

Why these

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Questions readers ask

What should I read after Driver 5 Universe?: The Change / The Event — the closest match to Driver 5 Universe on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Driver 5 Universe?: Driver 5. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Driver 5 Universe.
How big is Driver 5 Universe?: Driver 5 Universe is 4 books, 2012–2025.

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