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Books like Garbagetown: 9 series to read next

Garbagetown is science fiction and post-apocalyptic, about ecological collapse and survival, set in far future. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Garbagetown is 3 books, 2016–2021.

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The Triffids
Mara and Dann
Maurai
Saint Leibowitz
Ship Breaker
The Hunger Games
La compagnie des glaces
Tales of a Darkening World
The Obernewtyn Chronicles

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 →

Mara and DannSeries

seriesDoris Lessing2 books1999

About coming of age.

“Told to forget their real names forever or be killed, the brother and sister live for years among the primitive Rock People, taken in by one of their own kind but always outcasts.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Mara and Dann →

MauraiSeries

seriesPoul Anderson6 books1959

About 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 →

Saint LeibowitzSeries

seriesWalter M. Miller & Jr.6 books1955

About faith and religion, set in north america.

“Together the two novels form a sparse, decades-spanning series about memory, faith, and the cycles of civilization.”
from the catalogue description

Start with A Canticle for Leibowitz →

Ship BreakerSeries

seriesPaolo Bacigalupi3 books2010

Tense in tone, set in north america and near future.

“Paolo Bacigalupi's Ship Breaker follows Nailer as helping her pulls him out of his abusive father's orbit and into a much larger, more dangerous game involving her family's fortune.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Ship Breaker →

The Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

Dystopia, tense in tone, set in north america.

“Panem, they call it now — a nation raised on the drowned bones of North America, a glittering Capitol ringed by twelve districts it once starved into obedience.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

La compagnie des glacesSeries

seriesG.-J. Arnaud1 book1980

Tense in tone.

Start with The Ice Company →

Tales of a Darkening WorldSeries

seriesEdgar Pangborn17 books1954

Science fiction and post-apocalyptic, set in far future.

“Edgar Pangborn's loose post-apocalyptic sequence is set generations after an unspecified war has reduced North America to small, pseudo-medieval communities ruled by a Church that actively suppresses old technology and persecutes mutants.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Davy →

The Obernewtyn ChroniclesSeries

seriesIsobelle Carmody9 books1987

Fantasy, about psychic powers, set in secondary world.

“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 →

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 Garbagetown?: The Triffids — the closest match to Garbagetown on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Garbagetown?: The Future Is Blue. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Garbagetown.
How big is Garbagetown?: Garbagetown is 3 books, 2016–2021.

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