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Books like Light Play: 9 series to read next

Light Play is science fiction, about genetic engineering and survival, set in our world, tense in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Light Play is 3 books, 1999–2000.

“Blurb: Rick Lockmann had never met Caroline Denaro in the flesh.”
from the catalogue description

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The Triffids
Aftermath (Charles Sheffield)
Maze Runner
The Andromeda Strain
The Windup Universe
Ship Breaker
The 5th Wave
Darwin
Gone

The TriffidsSeries

seriesJohn Whitbourn, John Wyndham & Simon Clark3 books1951

Set in british isles.

“Together the three novels form a loose post-apocalyptic trilogy built on Wyndham's original premise rather than a tightly plotted single story.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Day of the Triffids →

Aftermath (Charles Sheffield)Series

seriesCharles Sheffield2 books1998

Set in space.

“Charles Sheffield's Aftermath duology opens with a near-future Earth devastated by a nearby supernova's radiation, which knocks out electronics and forces survivors to rebuild without most modern technology.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Aftermath →

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 →

The Andromeda StrainSeries

seriesDaniel H. Wilson & Michael Crichton2 books1969

Science fiction, tense in tone, about plague and pandemic and survival, set in contemporary.

“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 →

The Windup UniverseSeries

seriesPaolo Bacigalupi3 books2005

Dystopia, about ecological collapse, set in southeast asia.

Start with The Calorie Man →

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 →

The 5th WaveSeries

seriesRick Yancey4 books2013

Alien invasion, about aliens, 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 →

DarwinSeries

seriesGreg Bear2 books1999

Hard science fiction, set in north america.

“Greg Bear's Darwin's Radio imagines a dormant retrovirus in human DNA activating worldwide, triggering an accelerated leap in human evolution that governments respond to as a plague.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Darwin's Radio →

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 →

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 Light Play?: The Triffids — the closest match to Light Play on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Light Play?: Light Play. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Light Play.
How big is Light Play?: Light Play is 3 books, 1999–2000.

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