Series
Books like Icons: 9 series to read next
Icons is science fiction and dystopia, about aliens and survival, set in our world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.
Icons is 2 books, 2013–2014.
“The day Earth lost a war it didn't know it was fighting.”
from the catalogue description of Icons
- Tripods
- Shade's Children milieu
- Maze Runner
- Unwind Dystology
- Ready Player One
- Divergent
- Shadow Children
- Juliette / Shatter Me
- The Chemical Garden Trilogy
- TripodsSeries
seriesJohn Christopher4 books1967
Post-apocalyptic and alien invasion.
matchedscience fictionnear futurealienstenseour worldyoung adultrebellion and revolution
- Shade's Children milieuSeries
seriesGarth Nix2 books1997
Post-apocalyptic, about coming of age.
matchednear futurescience fictiondystopiasurvivalyoung adulttenserebellion and revolutiondark
- Maze RunnerSeries
seriesJames Dashner11 books2009
Post-apocalyptic.
matchedscience fictionnear futuredystopiasurvivalyoung adulttense
- Unwind DystologySeries
seriesNeal Shusterman5 books2007
About genetic engineering.
matchednear futurescience fictiondystopiayoung adulttenserebellion and revolutiondarknorth america
- Ready Player OneSeries
seriesErnest Cline & Andy Weir3 books2011
Cyberpunk, about virtual reality and quests, set in virtual world.
matchednear futurescience fictiondystopiaadventurous
- DivergentSeries
seriesVeronica Roth10 books2011
Set in big city.
matchednear futurescience fictiondystopiatenseyoung adultnorth americaidentity
- Shadow ChildrenSeries
seriesMargaret Peterson Haddix7 books1998
About totalitarianism.
matchednear futurescience fictiondystopiasurvivaltenseyoung adultdarknorth america
- Juliette / Shatter MeSeries
seriesTahereh Mafi16 books2011
Science fiction and dystopia, set in near future.
matchednear futurescience fictiondystopiayoung adult
seriesLauren DeStefano3 books2011
About genetic engineering and plague and pandemic.
matchednear futurescience fictiondystopiasurvivalyoung adulttensedarknorth america
Read next in Icons
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 Icons?
- Tripods — the closest match to Icons on what it is about, not on what sells.
- Where do I start with Icons?
- Icons. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Icons.
- How big is Icons?
- Icons is 2 books, 2013–2014.