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Books like Godhead: 9 series to read next

Godhead is satire and fantasy, about gods, set in contemporary, challenging in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Godhead is 4 books, 1994–1999.

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American Gods
After Such Knowledge
VALIS
Screwtape
Illuminatus
New Crobuzon
Malazan
Songs of the Seraphim
A Clockwork Orange

American GodsSeries

seriesNeil Gaiman10 books1999

Mythic fantasy.

“Gaiman's 2005 novel Anansi Boys is set in the same mythological world and shares the trickster god Mr. Nancy, but follows a different protagonist and story, making it a loose companion rather than a direct sequel.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Keepsakes and Treasures: A Love Story →

After Such KnowledgeSeries

seriesJames Blish7 books1953

“After Such Knowledge is James Blish's loosely linked trilogy on the costs of forbidden or dangerous knowledge.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Doctor Mirabilis →

VALISSeries

seriesPhilip K. Dick4 books1981

Reflective in tone, about identity.

“The title is an acronym for Vast Active Living Intelligence System, Dick's gnostic vision of God.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with VALIS →

ScrewtapeSeries

seriesC. S. Lewis2 books1942

Reflective in tone, about demons.

Start with The Screwtape Letters →

IlluminatusSeries

seriesRobert Anton Wilson & Robert Shea8 books1975

Postmodern.

Reading order →

New CrobuzonSeries

seriesChina Miéville4 books2000

Weird fiction, set in secondary world.

“The New Crobuzon books are three standalone novels by China Miéville set in and around New Crobuzon, a vast, corrupt industrial city in his invented world of Bas-Lag where magic, biopunk technology, and several sentient species coexist.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Perdido Street Station →

MalazanUniverse

universe36 books1999

Epic fantasy, about war, set in secondary world.

“Pity the historian who tries to map this world; pity more the god who thinks he rules it.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

Songs of the SeraphimSeries

seriesAnne Rice2 books2009

About angels and redemption.

“Angel Time introduces Toby O'Dare, a contract killer given a chance at redemption when an angel recruits him to intervene in a medieval crisis, sending him back through history rather than forward.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Angel Time →

A Clockwork OrangeSeries

seriesAnthony Burgess4 books1962

Dystopia, about totalitarianism and surveillance.

“After his crimes catch up with him, Alex is made the subject of a controversial state program meant to forcibly reform his behavior, and the novel uses his ordeal to question whether imposed goodness is worth the loss of free will.”
from the catalogue description

Start with A Clockwork Orange →

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 Godhead?: American Gods — the closest match to Godhead on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Godhead?: Towing Jehovah. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Godhead.
How big is Godhead?: Godhead is 4 books, 1994–1999.

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