Series
Books like Frontera: 9 series to read next
Frontera is science fiction and hard science fiction, about ecological collapse and aliens, set in our world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.
Frontera is 2 books, 2011–2013.
“Jennifer Ramos Kennedy, a girl from a rich and politically influential family whose twin brother has died in an accident and left her bereft, is about to enter her freshman year at Frontera College.”
from the catalogue description of The Highest Frontier
- Darwin
- Tripods
- Science in the Capital
- The Martian
- Ready Player One
- Unwind Dystology
- Ship Breaker
- The Windup Universe
- Mara / Raging Earth
- DarwinSeries
seriesGreg Bear2 books1999
Tense in tone, about plague and pandemic.
matchednear futurescience fictionhard science fictionnorth americagenetic engineering
- TripodsSeries
seriesJohn Christopher4 books1967
Post-apocalyptic and alien invasion, tense in tone, about rebellion and revolution.
matchedscience fictionnear futureyoung adultour worldaliens
- Science in the CapitalSeries
seriesKim Stanley Robinson5 books2004
About political intrigue.
matchednear futurescience fictionhard science fictionecological collapsenorth america
- The MartianSeries
seriesAndy Weir2 books2012
About survival and space exploration, set in mars.
matchednear futurescience fictionhard science fictionour world
- Ready Player OneSeries
seriesErnest Cline & Andy Weir3 books2011
Adventurous in tone, about virtual reality and quests, set in virtual world.
matchednear futurescience fiction
- Unwind DystologySeries
seriesNeal Shusterman5 books2007
Dystopia, tense and dark in tone, about rebellion and revolution.
matchednear futurescience fictionyoung adultnorth americagenetic engineering
- Ship BreakerSeries
seriesPaolo Bacigalupi3 books2010
Post-apocalyptic, dark and tense in tone, about survival.
matchedscience fictionnear futureyoung adultnorth america
- The Windup UniverseSeries
seriesPaolo Bacigalupi3 books2005
Dystopia, dark in tone, set in southeast asia.
matchednear futurescience fictionour worldgenetic engineeringecological collapse
- Mara / Raging EarthSeries
seriesJulie Bertagna4 books2002
Post-apocalyptic, tense in tone, about survival.
matchednear futurescience fictionour worldecological collapseyoung adult
Read next in Frontera
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 Frontera?
- Darwin — the closest match to Frontera on what it is about, not on what sells.
- Where do I start with Frontera?
- The Highest Frontier. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Frontera.
- How big is Frontera?
- Frontera is 2 books, 2011–2013.