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Books like Lifelike: 9 series to read next

Lifelike is science fiction, about robots, set in far future. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Lifelike is 3 books, 2018–2020.

“With her best friend and her robotic sidekick in tow, she and Ezekiel will trek across deserts of irradiated glass, battle cyborg assassins, and scour abandoned megacities to save the ones she loves and learn the dark secrets of her past.”
from the catalogue description of Lifel1k3

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The Hunger Games
Dune
Blade Runner Universe
Dust Lands
Divergent
The Obernewtyn Chronicles
Ship Breaker
Mortal Engines
Sprawl Trilogy

The Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

Dystopia, about totalitarianism, set in north america.

“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

Reading order →

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Space opera, about political intrigue, set in other star systems.

“The desert planet, where empire runs on a single substance: the spice melange, which folds space, prolongs life, and unlocks prescience, and which exists nowhere else in the known universe.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Dune →

Blade Runner UniverseSeries

seriesK. W. Jeter, Archie Goodwin, Les Martin & Philip K. Dick6 books1968

Science fiction and cyberpunk, dark in tone, about robots and identity, set in big city and near future.

“Together the two trace the story's path from prose original to screen and comic-page adaptation.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? →

Dust LandsSeries

seriesMoira Young3 books2011

Science fiction and post-apocalyptic, about survival, set in far future and desert.

“Internet Speculative Fiction Database tags the books as post-apocalyptic science fiction for young adults.”
from the catalogue description of Blood Red Road

Start with Blood Red Road →

DivergentSeries

seriesVeronica Roth10 books2011

Dystopia, set in north america.

Start with The Transfer →

The Obernewtyn ChroniclesSeries

seriesIsobelle Carmody9 books1987

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Carmody began writing it at the age of fourteen, and reworked the novel through high school and university.”
from the catalogue description of Obernewtyn
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Start with Obernewtyn →

Ship BreakerSeries

seriesPaolo Bacigalupi3 books2010

Set in 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 →

Mortal EnginesUniverse

universe14 books2001

Steampunk.

“In a world where the cities were put on wheels to outrun a war that ended in a single afternoon, Municipal Darwinism is the law: big towns eat small ones, strip them for parts and take their people aboard as citizens or as scrap.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

Sprawl TrilogySeries

seriesWilliam Gibson & Terry Bisson10 books1981

About virtual reality.

“Johnny Mnemonic, an early short story set in the same fictional milieu, predates the novels and introduces the courier Molly Millions before her role in the trilogy.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Neuromancer →

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 Lifelike?: The Hunger Games — the closest match to Lifelike on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Lifelike?: Lifel1k3. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Lifelike.
How big is Lifelike?: Lifelike is 3 books, 2018–2020.

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