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Books like Lorien Legacies: 9 series to read next

Lorien Legacies is science fiction, about aliens and survival, set in contemporary, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Lorien Legacies is 39 books across 4 series, 2010–2019.

“We came to your planet as children, scattered across your cities, and we learned to answer to names that aren't ours.”
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Tripods
The Andromeda Strain
Needle
The 5th Wave
Daniel X
Animorphs
Jumper
Forge of God
TimeRiders

TripodsSeries

seriesJohn Christopher4 books1967

Post-apocalyptic, 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.”
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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.”
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Start with The Andromeda Strain →

NeedleSeries

seriesHal Clement2 books1950

Hard science fiction.

“Together the mismatched pair must learn to communicate and cooperate, first to survive and later to track down the second alien, which has hidden inside another human in the same Pacific island community.”
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Start with Needle →

The 5th WaveSeries

seriesRick Yancey4 books2013

Post-apocalyptic.

“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.”
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Start with The 5th Wave →

Daniel XSeries

seriesJames Patterson, Chris Grabenstein, Ned Rust, Adam Sadler & Michael Ledwidge6 books2008

Science fiction, adventurous in tone, about aliens, set in contemporary and our world.

“The Dangerous Days of Daniel X opens James Patterson's science-fiction series, co-written with Michael Ledwidge, marking Patterson's return to genre science fiction in a similar vein to his Maximum Ride series.”
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Start with The Dangerous Days of Daniel X →

AnimorphsUniverse

universe66 books1996

Science fantasy, about shapeshifters.

“The Yeerks are grey slugs the length of your thumb.”
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JumperSeries

seriesSteven Gould6 books1992

About psychic powers.

“Steven Gould's series continues across Reflex, Impulse, and Exo, later following his and his wife's daughter as a second-generation jumper.”
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Forge of GodSeries

seriesGreg Bear2 books1987

Science fiction, tense and dark in tone, about aliens and survival.

“Earth faces destruction when an inscrutable and overwhelming alien form of life attacks.”
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Start with The Forge of God →

TimeRidersSeries

seriesAlex Scarrow9 books2010

Time travel.

“Because time travel is here, and there are those who would go back in time and change the past.That's why the TimeRiders exist: to protect us.”
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Start with TimeRiders →

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What should I read after Lorien Legacies?: Tripods — the closest match to Lorien Legacies on what it is about, not on what sells.
How big is Lorien Legacies?: Lorien Legacies is 39 books across 4 series, 2010–2019.

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