Series
Books like Electric Kid: 9 series to read next
Electric Kid is science fiction, about organized crime, set in near future and big city, tense in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.
Electric Kid is 2 books, 1994–1996.
“Set in the year 2061, two children support themselves in a city dump and are pressed into the service of the criminal underworld until their unique talents foster their escape.”
from the catalogue description of The Electric Kid
- Sprawl Trilogy
- Hardwired
- Blade Runner Universe
- Shade's Children milieu
- Maze Runner
- Tripods
- Ship Breaker
- The Roar
- The Thousandth Floor
- Sprawl TrilogySeries
seriesWilliam Gibson & Terry Bisson10 books1981
About artificial intelligence and virtual reality.
matchedscience fictionnear futuretensedarkbig citycyberpunk
- HardwiredSeries
seriesWalter Jon Williams3 books1986
Science fiction and cyberpunk, tense in tone, set in near future and our world.
matchedscience fictiontensenear futurecyberpunkour world
- Blade Runner UniverseSeries
seriesK. W. Jeter, Archie Goodwin, Les Martin & Philip K. Dick6 books1968
About robots and identity.
matchedscience fictionnear futuredarkbig citycyberpunk
- Shade's Children milieuSeries
seriesGarth Nix2 books1997
Post-apocalyptic and dystopia, about rebellion and revolution.
matchedscience fictiontensenear futuredarksurvivalyoung adultcoming of age
- Maze RunnerSeries
seriesJames Dashner11 books2009
Dystopia and post-apocalyptic.
matchedscience fictiontensenear futuresurvivalyoung adult
- TripodsSeries
seriesJohn Christopher4 books1967
Post-apocalyptic and alien invasion, about aliens and rebellion and revolution.
matchedscience fictiontensenear futureyoung adultour world
- Ship BreakerSeries
seriesPaolo Bacigalupi3 books2010
Post-apocalyptic, set in north america.
matchedscience fictiontensenear futuredarksurvivalyoung adult
- The RoarSeries
seriesEmma Clayton2 books2008
Post-apocalyptic.
matchedscience fictiontensenear futuresurvival
- The Thousandth FloorSeries
seriesKatharine McGee3 books2016
Dystopia, set in north america.
matchedscience fictiontensenear futurebig cityyoung adultclass conflict
Read next in Electric Kid
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 Electric Kid?
- Sprawl Trilogy — the closest match to Electric Kid on what it is about, not on what sells.
- Where do I start with Electric Kid?
- The Electric Kid. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Electric Kid.
- How big is Electric Kid?
- Electric Kid is 2 books, 1994–1996.