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Books like Left Behind: Apocalypse Dawn: 9 series to read next

Left Behind: Apocalypse Dawn is tense in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Left Behind: Apocalypse Dawn is 4 books, 2003–2008.

“New characters and situations are added to those from the already explosive Left Behind series to raise the tension to a fever pitch.”
from the catalogue description of Apocalypse Dawn

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Night
World War Z
Without Warning
The End / Joshua Jordan
Gone
One Second After / John Matherson
Restoration Series
War Against the Chtorr
Ship Breaker

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

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World War ZSeries

seriesMax Brooks3 books2006

Zombie horror and horror, about plague and pandemic.

Start with World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War →

Without WarningSeries

seriesJohn Birmingham3 books2008

Alternate history, about political intrigue.

“The novels After America and Angels of Vengeance continue the story.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Without Warning →

The End / Joshua JordanSeries

seriesCraig Parshall & Tim LaHaye4 books2010

Thriller & suspense and science fiction, tense and dark in tone, about faith and religion, set in near future and our world.

“Joshua Jordan, former U.S. spy-plane hero now turned weapons designer has come up with a devastatingly effective new missile defense system -- the Return to Sender laser weapon.”
from the catalogue description of Edge of Apocalypse

Start with Edge of Apocalypse →

GoneSeries

seriesMichael Grant9 books2008

“Michael Grant's Gone series begins when everyone aged fifteen and older vanishes without warning from a swath of the California coast, trapping the town of Perdido Beach inside an impenetrable barrier the survivors call the FAYZ.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Gone →

One Second After / John MathersonSeries

seriesWilliam R. Forstchen4 books2009

Set in small town.

Start with One Second After →

Restoration SeriesSeries

seriesTerri Blackstock4 books2005

About murder investigation.

“What if America suddenly lost all its electrical power, its communications, its transportation, its financial system, its government leadership, and its media?”
from the catalogue description of Last Light

Start with Last Light →

War Against the ChtorrSeries

seriesDavid Gerrold7 books1983

About aliens and ecological collapse.

“The Chtorr series was originally planned as a trilogy, but as the story became more intricate, Gerrold realized that three books would not be enough for him to tell the entire story.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with A Matter for Men →

Ship BreakerSeries

seriesPaolo Bacigalupi3 books2010

“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 →

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 Left Behind: Apocalypse Dawn?: Night — the closest match to Left Behind: Apocalypse Dawn on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Left Behind: Apocalypse Dawn?: Apocalypse Dawn. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Left Behind: Apocalypse Dawn.
How big is Left Behind: Apocalypse Dawn?: Left Behind: Apocalypse Dawn is 4 books, 2003–2008.

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