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Books like Herbert's Wormhole: 9 series to read next

Herbert's Wormhole is science fiction and time travel, about friendship, set in near future, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Herbert's Wormhole is 3 books, 2009–2013.

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Rod Allbright / Rod Allbright and the Galactic Patrol
My Teacher Is an Alien
The Crimson Deathbringer
Tripods
Danger Boy
Jacob Wonderbar
Mars Evacuees
Forge of God
Tip and J. Lo

Rod Allbright / Rod Allbright and the Galactic PatrolSeries

seriesBruce Coville4 books1993

Science fiction, adventurous and funny in tone, about aliens, set in space.

“A movie based on the book premiered on Netflix in 2018.”
from the catalogue description of Aliens Ate My Homework

Start with Aliens Ate My Homework →

My Teacher Is an AlienSeries

seriesBruce Coville4 books1989

Set in contemporary.

“Susan Simmons can tell that her new substitute teacher is really weird.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with My Teacher Is an Alien →

The Crimson DeathbringerSeries

seriesSean Robins1 book2019

Space opera and military science fiction, about war, set in other star systems.

“Soon after, their lives are set on a crash course with a galactic war that threatens the very existence of the human race.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Crimson Deathbringer →

TripodsSeries

seriesJohn Christopher4 books1967

Post-apocalyptic, tense in tone, about rebellion and revolution.

“The first two books were the basis of a science fiction TV series, produced in the United Kingdom in the 1980s.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with When the Tripods Came →

Danger BoySeries

seriesMark London Williams4 books2001

Science fiction and time travel, adventurous in tone, set in our world.

“A twelve-year-old boy from the twenty-first century, a girl from medieval Alexandria, Egypt, and a super-intelligent young saurian from an alternative Earth--each for different reasons--join together in travels through time and space.”
from the catalogue description of Ancient Fire

Start with Ancient Fire →

Jacob WonderbarSeries

seriesNathan Bransford3 books2011

About space exploration.

Start with Jacob Wonderbar and the Cosmic Space Kapow →

Mars EvacueesSeries

seriesSophia McDougall2 books2014

About survival, set in mars.

Start with Mars Evacuees →

Forge of GodSeries

seriesGreg Bear2 books1987

Dark and tense in tone, about survival.

“Earth faces destruction when an inscrutable and overwhelming alien form of life attacks.”
from the catalogue description of The Forge of God

Start with The Forge of God →

Tip and J. LoSeries

seriesAdam Rex2 books2007

Set in contemporary.

Start with The True Meaning of Smekday →

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.

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What should I read after Herbert's Wormhole?: Rod Allbright / Rod Allbright and the Galactic Patrol — the closest match to Herbert's Wormhole on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Herbert's Wormhole?: Herbert's Wormhole. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Herbert's Wormhole.
How big is Herbert's Wormhole?: Herbert's Wormhole is 3 books, 2009–2013.

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