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Books like K-PAX: 9 series to read next

K-PAX is science fiction, about aliens, set in contemporary and our world, mysterious in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

K-PAX is 4 books, 1995–2007.

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Southern Reach Trilogy
Legion / Stephen Leeds
Chocky
An Absolutely Remarkable Thing / The Carls
VALIS
Ormingat Trilogy
The Themis Files
Time Travelers Never Die
WWW Trilogy

Southern Reach TrilogySeries

seriesJeff VanderMeer4 books2014

Weird fiction and horror, eerie in tone.

“In 2013, Paramount Pictures bought the movie rights for the series, and a film adaptation of Annihilation was made with Alex Garland as writer-director.”
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Start with Annihilation →

Legion / Stephen LeedsSeries

seriesBrandon Sanderson, David Pace, Max Epstein & Michael Harkins5 books2012

About psychic powers.

“Death and Faxes, co-authored by Max Epstein, David Pace, and Michael Harkins, was released in June 2022.”
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Start with Legion →

ChockySeries

seriesJohn Wyndham & Mark Daniel2 books1968

Science fiction, mysterious in tone, about aliens, set in contemporary.

“The BBC produced a radio adaption by John Tydeman in 1967.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Chocky →

An Absolutely Remarkable Thing / The CarlsSeries

seriesHank Green2 books2018

Adventurous in tone.

Start with An Absolutely Remarkable Thing →

VALISSeries

seriesPhilip K. Dick4 books1981

Challenging in tone.

“The title is an acronym for Vast Active Living Intelligence System, Dick's gnostic vision of God.”
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Start with VALIS →

Ormingat TrilogySeries

seriesSylvia Waugh3 books2000

About coming of age.

“For almost as long as he can remember, Tom has lived happily in Belthorp.”
from the catalogue description of Space Race

Start with Space Race →

The Themis FilesSeries

seriesSylvain Neuvel3 books2015

Tense in tone, about robots.

“Sleeping Giants and its sequels are told almost entirely through interview transcripts conducted by an unnamed, evasive interrogator, giving the series a documentary, oral-history feel unusual for first-contact SF.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Sleeping Giants →

Time Travelers Never DieSeries

seriesJack McDevitt2 books1996

Time travel.

Start with Time Travelers Never Die →

WWW TrilogySeries

seriesRobert J. Sawyer3 books2009

About artificial intelligence.

Start with Wake →

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 K-PAX?: Southern Reach Trilogy — the closest match to K-PAX on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with K-PAX?: K-PAX. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for K-PAX.
How big is K-PAX?: K-PAX is 4 books, 1995–2007.

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