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Books like Dustfall: 9 series to read next

Dustfall is set in our world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Dustfall is 5 books, 2016–2019.

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The Triffids
H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds
Tripods
World War Z
Maze Runner
The Obernewtyn Chronicles
Maurai
Mortal Engines
Slan

The TriffidsSeries

seriesJohn Whitbourn, John Wyndham & Simon Clark3 books1951

Set in british isles.

“Together the three novels form a loose post-apocalyptic trilogy built on Wyndham's original premise rather than a tightly plotted single story.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Day of the Triffids →

H. G. Wells' War of the WorldsUniverse

universe65 books1898

Alien invasion.

“No one would have believed, in the closing years of the nineteenth century, that human affairs were being watched keenly and closely from the timeless worlds of space.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The War of the Worlds →

TripodsSeries

seriesJohn Christopher4 books1967

About aliens and rebellion and revolution, set in near future.

“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
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with When the Tripods Came →

World War ZSeries

seriesMax Brooks3 books2006

Zombie horror, about war, set in contemporary.

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

Maze RunnerSeries

seriesJames Dashner11 books2009

Dystopia, set in near future.

“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
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Maze Runner →

The Obernewtyn ChroniclesSeries

seriesIsobelle Carmody9 books1987

About psychic powers.

“Carmody began writing it at the age of fourteen, and reworked the novel through high school and university.”
from the catalogue description of Obernewtyn
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Obernewtyn →

MauraiSeries

seriesPoul Anderson6 books1959

About ecological collapse and political intrigue.

“The Maurai dominate the Pacific and Indian Oceans.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Sky People →

Mortal EnginesUniverse

universe14 books2001

Steampunk, adventurous in tone.

“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

Reading order →

SlanSeries

seriesA. E. van Vogt & Kevin J. Anderson2 books1946

Science fiction, set in our world.

“The two novels together bracket a single continuing narrative rather than an ongoing series.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Slan →

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 Dustfall?: The Triffids — the closest match to Dustfall on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Dustfall?: Shadows of a Lost Age. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Dustfall.
How big is Dustfall?: Dustfall is 5 books, 2016–2019.

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