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Books like Insularity: 9 series to read next

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

Insularity is 4 books, from 2019.

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The Vampire Chronicles
Every Day
Fifth Child
The Last Werewolf
Richard Forthrast
American Gods
Dream Archipelago
VALIS
Empire of the Sun

The Vampire ChroniclesSeries

seriesAnne Rice15 books1976

Horror and gothic, dark in tone, about vampires.

“Based on a short story Rice wrote around 1968, the novel centers on vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac, who tells the story of his life to a reporter.”
from the catalogue description of Interview with the Vampire
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Interview with the Vampire →

Every DaySeries

seriesDavid Levithan3 books2012

Fantasy, about body swap.

“David Levithan's Every Day follows A, a consciousness with no fixed body who wakes each morning inside a different person's life, and who falls for a girl named Rhiannon despite the impossibility of ever staying in one body to be with her.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Every Day →

Fifth ChildSeries

seriesDoris Lessing2 books1988

About parenthood.

Start with The Fifth Child →

The Last WerewolfSeries

seriesGlen Duncan3 books2011

Dark in tone, about werewolves.

“For two hundred years he has wandered the world, enslaved by his lunatic appetites and tormented by the memory of his first and most monstrous crime.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Last Werewolf →

Richard ForthrastSeries

seriesNeal Stephenson2 books2011

Science fiction, about virtual reality, set in north america and 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 →

American GodsSeries

seriesNeil Gaiman10 books1999

Fantasy and mythic fantasy, about gods.

“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 →

Dream ArchipelagoSeries

seriesChristopher Priest16 books1976

Science fiction.

“Novels like The Affirmation and The Islanders, along with numerous short stories, revisit the setting from different, often contradictory angles rather than building one continuous narrative.”
from the catalogue description

Start with An Infinite Summer →

VALISSeries

seriesPhilip K. Dick4 books1981

Science fiction, challenging in tone, about faith and religion.

“The title is an acronym for Vast Active Living Intelligence System, Dick's gnostic vision of God.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with VALIS →

Empire of the SunSeries

seriesJ. G. Ballard2 books1984

Historical fiction, about coming of age, set in east asia.

“J. G. Ballard's Empire of the Sun draws on his own childhood to follow Jim, a British boy separated from his parents in Japanese-occupied Shanghai during World War II and interned in a civilian camp for the rest of the war.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Empire of the Sun →

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 Insularity?: The Vampire Chronicles — the closest match to Insularity on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Insularity?: Lighthouse. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Insularity.
How big is Insularity?: Insularity is 4 books, from 2019.

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