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Books like Mad Max: 9 series to read next

Mad Max is post-apocalyptic and science fiction, set in near future. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Mad Max is 4 books, 1979–1993.

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Shade's Children milieu
Tripods
Ship Breaker
Maze Runner
One Second After / John Matherson
The Vampire Earth
The Change / The Event
Directive 51 / Daybreak
Survivalist

Shade's Children milieuSeries

seriesGarth Nix2 books1997

Dystopia, about coming of age.

Start with Shade's Children →

TripodsSeries

seriesJohn Christopher4 books1967

Alien invasion, about aliens.

“The first two books were the basis of a science fiction TV series, produced in the United Kingdom in the 1980s.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with When the Tripods Came →

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 →

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
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Maze Runner →

One Second After / John MathersonSeries

seriesWilliam R. Forstchen4 books2009

About war, set in north america and small town.

Start with One Second After →

The Vampire EarthSeries

seriesE. E. Knight12 books2003

Dark fantasy, about vampires and war, set in north america.

“A lot has changed in the 43rd year of the Kurian Order.”
from the catalogue description of Way of the Wolf
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Way of the Wolf →

The Change / The EventSeries

seriesS. M. Stirling, A. M. Dellamonica, Diana L. Paxson, Emily Mah, Harry Turtledove, Jane Lindskold, Jody Lynn Nye, John Barnes, John Birmingham, John J. Miller, Kier Salmon, Lauren C. Teffeau, M. T. Reiten, Terry England, Victor Milán & Walter Jon Williams41 books1998

Set in north america.

“Sixteen different authors, coordinated by Stirling, each contribute stories set in various corners of the suddenly de-industrialized world as survivors scramble to rebuild.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Change: Tales of Downfall and Rebirth →

Directive 51 / DaybreakSeries

seriesJohn Barnes3 books2010

About political intrigue, set in north america.

“The resulting collapse triggers mass death, a crisis over presidential succession, and mysterious Moon-launched fusion strikes on Washington and Chicago, while a shadowy neofeudalist movement moves into the vacuum.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Directive 51 →

SurvivalistSeries

seriesJerry Ahern, Bob Anderson, Sharon Ahern & Sean Ellis41 books1981

About war, set in north america.

Start with Total War →

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 Mad Max?: Shade's Children milieu — the closest match to Mad Max on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Mad Max?: Mad Max. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Mad Max.
How big is Mad Max?: Mad Max is 4 books, 1979–1993.

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