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Books like MaddAddam: 9 series to read next

MaddAddam is science fiction and dystopia, about genetic engineering, set in north america, dark in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

MaddAddam is 3 books, 2003–2013.

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Earthseed
The Passage
The Handmaid's Tale
The Hunger Games
Ship Breaker
Directive 51 / Daybreak
The Windup Universe
War Against the Chtorr
The Chemical Garden Trilogy

EarthseedSeries

seriesOctavia E. Butler, Damian Duffy, David Brame & John Jennings7 books1993

Science fiction and dystopia, dark in tone, about survival and faith and religion, set in north america and near future.

“The two-book series was left unfinished at Butler's death; a planned third novel, Parable of the Trickster, was never completed.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Parable of the Sower →

The PassageSeries

seriesJustin Cronin3 books2010

Horror, tense in tone, about vampires.

Start with The Passage →

The Handmaid's TaleSeries

seriesMargaret Atwood3 books1985

Tense in tone, about totalitarianism and gender and society.

“The Handmaid's Tale is Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel set in Gilead, a totalitarian theocracy that has overthrown the United States and forces fertile women into reproductive servitude as Handmaids; it is narrated by one such woman, Offred.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Handmaid's Tale →

The Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

Tense in tone, about rebellion and revolution, set in far future.

“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

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Ship BreakerSeries

seriesPaolo Bacigalupi3 books2010

Tense in tone.

“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 →

Directive 51 / DaybreakSeries

seriesJohn Barnes3 books2010

Tense in tone, about political intrigue.

“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 →

The Windup UniverseSeries

seriesPaolo Bacigalupi3 books2005

Set in our world and southeast asia.

Start with The Calorie Man →

War Against the ChtorrSeries

seriesDavid Gerrold7 books1983

Tense in tone, about aliens and war.

“The Chtorr series was originally planned as a trilogy, but as the story became more intricate, Gerrold realized that three books would not be enough for him to tell the entire story.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with A Matter for Men →

The Chemical Garden TrilogySeries

seriesLauren DeStefano3 books2011

Tense in tone.

“Publisher's Note: By age sixteen, Rhine Ellery has four years left to live.”
from the catalogue description of Wither

Start with Wither →

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 MaddAddam?: Earthseed — the closest match to MaddAddam on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with MaddAddam?: Oryx and Crake. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for MaddAddam.
How big is MaddAddam?: MaddAddam is 3 books, 2003–2013.

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