Series

Books like Lunatic City: 9 series to read next

Lunatic City is set in big city. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Lunatic City is 4 books, 2015–2020.

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Sprawl Trilogy
Library of America P. K. Dick Collection
Bridge Trilogy
Blade Runner Universe
H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds
The Windup Universe
Divergent
Dr. Adder
Space Merchants

Sprawl TrilogySeries

seriesWilliam Gibson & Terry Bisson10 books1981

About artificial intelligence and 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 →

Library of America P. K. Dick CollectionSeries

seriesPhilip K. Dick9 books1962

Science fiction, set in near future.

“Technically banned, a novel called The Grasshopper Lies Heavy imagines a world where the Allies won instead — and its reclusive author, Hawthorne Abendsen, becomes an obsession for characters on every side.”
from the catalogue description of The Man in the High Castle

Start with The Man in the High Castle →

Bridge TrilogySeries

seriesWilliam Gibson4 books1990

Set in north america.

“Set in a near-future California, the novel takes place after an earthquake has damaged the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and turned it into an improvised settlement known as the Bridge.”
from the catalogue description of Virtual Light
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Start with Virtual Light →

Blade Runner UniverseSeries

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

About robots and identity.

“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? →

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 →

The Windup UniverseSeries

seriesPaolo Bacigalupi3 books2005

About genetic engineering and ecological collapse, set in southeast asia.

Start with The Calorie Man →

DivergentSeries

seriesVeronica Roth10 books2011

About identity, set in north america.

Start with The Transfer →

Dr. AdderSeries

seriesK. W. Jeter3 books1984

Set in north america.

“Dr. Adder is an artist-surgeon, who modifies sexual organs of his patients to satisfy the weirdest of perversion; he is depicted as a borderline criminal and counter-cultural figure in a future Los Angeles.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Dr. Adder →

Space MerchantsSeries

seriesFrederik Pohl & C. M. Kornbluth2 books1953

Set in venus & inner planets.

“Together the two books form a compact bookend pair rather than an ongoing series.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Space Merchants →

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 Lunatic City?: Sprawl Trilogy — the closest match to Lunatic City on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Lunatic City?: Lunatic City. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Lunatic City.
How big is Lunatic City?: Lunatic City is 4 books, 2015–2020.

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