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Books like Humanoids: 9 series to read next

Humanoids is science fiction and dystopia. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Humanoids is 5 books, 1947–1980.

“Jack Williamson's Humanoids series warns of a future where flawless service robots, built to serve and protect humanity under an unbreakable directive, end up smothering human freedom and purpose by eliminating every source of risk.”
from the catalogue description

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Blade Runner Universe
Forge of God
Colossus (D. F. Jones)
A Clockwork Orange
Owner
Library of America P. K. Dick Collection
Space Merchants
The Handmaid's Tale
Dogs of War (Adrian Tchaikovsky)

Blade Runner UniverseSeries

seriesK. W. Jeter, Archie Goodwin, Les Martin & Philip K. Dick6 books1968

Cyberpunk, about identity, set in big city.

“Together the two trace the story's path from prose original to screen and comic-page adaptation.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? →

Forge of GodSeries

seriesGreg Bear2 books1987

About aliens and 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 →

Colossus (D. F. Jones)Series

seriesD. F. Jones3 books1966

Science fiction and dystopia, tense in tone, about artificial intelligence, set in near future and our world.

“Colossus imagines an American supercomputer built to control the country's nuclear arsenal that gains full autonomy, links up with its Soviet counterpart, and jointly seizes control of both superpowers to enforce peace on its own terms.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Colossus →

A Clockwork OrangeSeries

seriesAnthony Burgess4 books1962

Challenging in tone, about surveillance, set in big city.

“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 →

OwnerSeries

seriesNeal Asher8 books1998

Science fiction and dystopia, tense in tone, set in space.

“Visible in the night sky the Argus Station, its twin smelting plants like glowing eyes, looks down on nightmare Earth.”
from the catalogue description of The Departure

Start with The Departure →

Library of America P. K. Dick CollectionSeries

seriesPhilip K. Dick9 books1962

Science fiction, set in near future.

“Technically banned, a novel called The Grasshopper Lies Heavy imagines a world where the Allies won instead — and its reclusive author, Hawthorne Abendsen, becomes an obsession for characters on every side.”
from the catalogue description of The Man in the High Castle

Start with The Man in the High Castle →

Space MerchantsSeries

seriesFrederik Pohl & C. M. Kornbluth2 books1953

About class conflict, set in venus & inner planets.

“Together the two books form a compact bookend pair rather than an ongoing series.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Space Merchants →

The Handmaid's TaleSeries

seriesMargaret Atwood3 books1985

About gender and society and rebellion and revolution, set in north america.

“The Handmaid's Tale is Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel set in Gilead, a totalitarian theocracy that has overthrown the United States and forces fertile women into reproductive servitude as Handmaids; it is narrated by one such woman, Offred.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Handmaid's Tale →

Dogs of War (Adrian Tchaikovsky)Series

seriesAdrian Tchaikovsky3 books2017

Cyberpunk.

“Dogs of War, Bear Head, and Bee Speaker widen from that first book's battlefield into questions of AI rights, corporate power, and non-human consciousness across a near-future Earth.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Dogs of War →

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 Humanoids?: Blade Runner Universe — the closest match to Humanoids on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Humanoids?: With Folded Hands .... It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Humanoids.
How big is Humanoids?: Humanoids is 5 books, 1947–1980.
Is Humanoids finished?: Yes — 5 books, 1947–1980.

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