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Books like Fiction River: 9 series to read next

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

Fiction River is 37 books, 2013–2022.

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Kairos
Stephen King multiverse
Otherworld (Kelley Armstrong)
Maps in a Mirror: The Short Fiction of Orson Scott Card
H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds
100 Stories / Barnes & Noble
Spinouts anthologies
Needle
Effective Engineering Solutions

KairosSeries

seriesMadeleine L'Engle11 books1962

Science fiction.

Reading order →

Stephen King multiverseUniverse

universe46 books1967

Dark in tone.

“The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Gunslinger →

Otherworld (Kelley Armstrong)Series

seriesKelley Armstrong & Seanan McGuire100 books1996

Paranormal, set in north america.

“Each book tends to follow a different member of this hidden community while slowly building a shared, continuing world.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Paranormal Romance Blues →

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 →

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 →

100 Stories / Barnes & NobleSeries

seriesMartin H. Greenberg, Robert Weinberg, Stefan Dziemianowicz, Al Sarrantonio, Isaac Asimov & Joseph D. Olander17 books1981

Horror, set in our world.

“Charmingly insidious and satisfyingly devious, these 100 baffling little mysteries—selected by such prominent authors as Isaac Asimov—are just the thing to suit your most malevolent mood.”
from the catalogue description of 100 Malicious Little Mysteries

Start with 100 Malicious Little Mysteries →

Spinouts anthologiesSeries

seriesMeredith Costain & Paul Collins45 books1999

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NeedleSeries

seriesHal Clement2 books1950

Hard science fiction.

“Together the mismatched pair must learn to communicate and cooperate, first to survive and later to track down the second alien, which has hidden inside another human in the same Pacific island community.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Needle →

Effective Engineering SolutionsSeries

seriesDouglas Preston & Lincoln Child37 books1995

Set in north america.

“Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child wrote it as a standalone techno-thriller in 2000; it later fed into their separate Gideon Crew series rather than getting a direct sequel of its own.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Ice Limit →

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 Fiction River?: Kairos — the closest match to Fiction River on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Fiction River?: Unnatural Worlds. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Fiction River.
How big is Fiction River?: Fiction River is 37 books, 2013–2022.

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