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Books like Imitation: 9 series to read next

Imitation is science fiction, set in our world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Imitation is 3 books, 2013–2015.

“Ven has never met eighteen-year-old Raven, the girl she is a clone of, but when Raven's life is threatened, Ven is forced out of the lab and into the real world to draw out the people trying to harm Raven.”
from the catalogue description of Imitation

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The House of the Scorpion
Hardwired
Replica (Oliver)
Tripods
Blade Runner Universe
Library of America P. K. Dick Collection
Patternist
Richard Forthrast
H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds

The House of the ScorpionSeries

seriesNancy Farmer2 books2002

About coming of age.

“Matt is a clone of El Patron, the ancient drug lord who rules Opium, a narco-state carved out of the border between the U.S. and a future Mexico, created and raised solely to supply spare organs for the man he was copied from.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The House of the Scorpion →

HardwiredSeries

seriesWalter Jon Williams3 books1986

Cyberpunk.

“Voice of the Whirlwind, published three years later, is a loosely connected follow-up set in the same future, sharing its technological and political backdrop with a different cast of characters.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Hardwired →

Replica (Oliver)Series

seriesLauren Oliver2 books2016

Start with Replica →

TripodsSeries

seriesJohn Christopher4 books1967

Post-apocalyptic and alien invasion, about aliens and 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
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Start with When the Tripods Came →

Blade Runner UniverseSeries

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

Cyberpunk, about robots, 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? →

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 →

PatternistSeries

seriesOctavia E. Butler6 books1976

About genetic engineering.

“The Patternist series is a group of science fiction novels by Octavia E. Butler that detail a secret history continuing from the Ancient Egyptian period to the far future that involves telepathic mind control and an extraterrestrial plague.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Wild Seed →

Richard ForthrastSeries

seriesNeal Stephenson2 books2011

About virtual reality, set in virtual world.

“The sequel Fall; or, Dodge in Hell shifts registers entirely, following Richard's digitally preserved mind after death into an afterlife simulation built from his scanned brain.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Reamde →

H. G. Wells' War of the WorldsUniverse

universe65 books1898

Alien invasion.

“No one would have believed, in the closing years of the nineteenth century, that human affairs were being watched keenly and closely from the timeless worlds of space.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The War of the Worlds →

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 Imitation?: The House of the Scorpion — the closest match to Imitation on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Imitation?: Imitation. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Imitation.
How big is Imitation?: Imitation is 3 books, 2013–2015.

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