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Books like Kaiju: 9 series to read next

Kaiju 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.

Kaiju is 14 books, 2010–2019.

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H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds
Tripods
The Andromeda Strain
Left Behind
Night
Dark Inside
Patternist
The 5th Wave
Maximum Ride

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 →

TripodsSeries

seriesJohn Christopher4 books1967

Alien invasion, about 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 →

The Andromeda StrainSeries

seriesDaniel H. Wilson & Michael Crichton2 books1969

About plague and pandemic.

“Daniel H. Wilson's authorized 2019 sequel The Andromeda Evolution revisits the same threat five decades later.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Andromeda Strain →

Left BehindUniverse

universe63 books1995

Dystopia, about faith and religion.

“Pilots vanish from their cockpits, drivers from moving cars, children from their beds, clothing left folded where the faithful stood.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

NightUniverse

universe134 books2006

Set in contemporary.

“Jonathan Maberry's Night is one dark country stitched from horror and hard science, where a weaponized pathogen and an old nightmare called Doctor Nine turn out to haunt the same map.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

Dark InsideSeries

seriesJeyn Roberts3 books2011

Science fiction and post-apocalyptic, dark in tone, about survival, set in our world and near future.

“After tremendous earthquakes destroy the Earth's major cities, an ancient evil emerges, turning ordinary people into hunters, killers, and insane monsters but a small group of teens comes together in a fight for survival and safety.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Dark Inside →

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 →

The 5th WaveSeries

seriesRick Yancey4 books2013

Alien invasion, set in north america.

“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 →

Maximum RideSeries

seriesJames Patterson, Cate Tiernan & Mindy McGinnis12 books2005

Science fantasy, about genetic engineering and found family.

Start with The Angel Experiment →

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 Kaiju?: H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds — the closest match to Kaiju on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Kaiju?: Hell Walks. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Kaiju.
How big is Kaiju?: Kaiju is 14 books, 2010–2019.

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