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Books like Flynn Carroll: 9 series to read next

Flynn Carroll is science fiction and thriller & suspense, about aliens, set in our world, tense in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Flynn Carroll is 4 books, 2013–2016.

“Somebody is taking people and making it look like they walked out on their own.”
from the catalogue description of Alien Hunter

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The Andromeda Strain
Animorphs
Sekret Machines
Infected
The Extinction Files
The 5th Wave
When the Wind Blows
Effective Engineering Solutions
The Themis Files

The Andromeda StrainSeries

seriesDaniel H. Wilson & Michael Crichton2 books1969

About plague and pandemic.

“Daniel H. Wilson's authorized 2019 sequel The Andromeda Evolution revisits the same threat five decades later.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Andromeda Strain →

AnimorphsUniverse

universe66 books1996

Science fantasy, about shapeshifters.

“The Yeerks are grey slugs the length of your thumb.”
from the catalogue description

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Sekret MachinesSeries

seriesA. J. Hartley & Tom DeLonge2 books2016

Science fiction and thriller & suspense, tense and mysterious in tone, about aliens, set in contemporary and our world.

“The first edition was released on April 5, 2016 through DeLonge's To the Stars company.”
from the catalogue description of Chasing Shadows

Start with Chasing Shadows →

InfectedSeries

seriesScott Sigler3 books2008

Horror, about plague and pandemic.

“Seeds of unknown origin contaminate some humans who turn into paranoiac psychopaths.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Infected →

The Extinction FilesSeries

seriesA. G. Riddle2 books2017

About genetic engineering and plague and pandemic.

Start with Pandemic →

The 5th WaveSeries

seriesRick Yancey4 books2013

Post-apocalyptic, set in near future.

“Cassie Sullivan, the survivor of an alien invasion, must rescue her young brother from the enemy with help from a boy who may be one of them.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The 5th Wave →

When the Wind BlowsSeries

seriesJames Patterson2 books1998

About genetic engineering.

Start with When the Wind Blows →

Effective Engineering SolutionsSeries

seriesDouglas Preston & Lincoln Child37 books1995

Thriller & suspense and mystery & detective, tense in tone, about murder investigation, set in contemporary and 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 →

The Themis FilesSeries

seriesSylvain Neuvel3 books2015

About robots.

“Sleeping Giants and its sequels are told almost entirely through interview transcripts conducted by an unnamed, evasive interrogator, giving the series a documentary, oral-history feel unusual for first-contact SF.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Sleeping Giants →

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 Flynn Carroll?: The Andromeda Strain — the closest match to Flynn Carroll on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Flynn Carroll?: Alien Hunter. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Flynn Carroll.
How big is Flynn Carroll?: Flynn Carroll is 4 books, 2013–2016.

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