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Books like Johnny Apocalypse: 9 series to read next

Johnny Apocalypse is science fiction and post-apocalyptic, set in near future. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Johnny Apocalypse is 6 books, 2019–2025.

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Tripods
Ship Breaker
Reckoners
Divergent
Maze Runner
Legend (Marie Lu)
The Hunger Games
The 5th Wave
The Change / The Event

TripodsSeries

seriesJohn Christopher4 books1967

Alien invasion.

“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 →

Ship BreakerSeries

seriesPaolo Bacigalupi3 books2010

Science fiction and post-apocalyptic, tense and dark in tone, about survival, set in near future and north america.

“Paolo Bacigalupi's Ship Breaker follows Nailer as helping her pulls him out of his abusive father's orbit and into a much larger, more dangerous game involving her family's fortune.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Ship Breaker →

ReckonersSeries

seriesBrandon Sanderson & Steven Bohls6 books2013

Superhero.

“One young man orphaned by a High Epic joins a group that is killing Epics.”
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Start with Steelheart →

DivergentSeries

seriesVeronica Roth10 books2011

Dystopia, about identity.

Start with The Transfer →

Maze RunnerSeries

seriesJames Dashner11 books2009

Dystopia.

“A 16 year old boy awakens with amnesia in a community of other youths in the center of a maze, and realizes they must cooperate to escape.”
from the catalogue description of The Maze Runner
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Start with The Maze Runner →

Legend (Marie Lu)Series

seriesMarie Lu5 books2011

Dystopia.

“Lu draws inspiration from events and experiences throughout her life and media she has consumed such as the film Les Miserables.”
from the catalogue description of Legend

Start with Legend →

The Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

Dystopia, about totalitarianism, set in far future.

“Panem, they call it now — a nation raised on the drowned bones of North America, a glittering Capitol ringed by twelve districts it once starved into obedience.”
from the catalogue description

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The 5th WaveSeries

seriesRick Yancey4 books2013

Alien invasion.

“Cassie Sullivan, the survivor of an alien invasion, must rescue her young brother from the enemy with help from a boy who may be one of them.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The 5th Wave →

The Change / The EventSeries

seriesS. M. Stirling, A. M. Dellamonica, Diana L. Paxson, Emily Mah, Harry Turtledove, Jane Lindskold, Jody Lynn Nye, John Barnes, John Birmingham, John J. Miller, Kier Salmon, Lauren C. Teffeau, M. T. Reiten, Terry England, Victor Milán & Walter Jon Williams41 books1998

Post-apocalyptic and science fiction, adventurous in tone, set in north america.

“Sixteen different authors, coordinated by Stirling, each contribute stories set in various corners of the suddenly de-industrialized world as survivors scramble to rebuild.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Change: Tales of Downfall and Rebirth →

Why these

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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 Johnny Apocalypse?: Tripods — the closest match to Johnny Apocalypse on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Johnny Apocalypse?: Johnny Apocalypse and the Nuclear Wasteland. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Johnny Apocalypse.
How big is Johnny Apocalypse?: Johnny Apocalypse is 6 books, 2019–2025.

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