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Books like Maddie: 9 series to read next

Maddie is science fiction and dystopia, about surveillance, set in near future, tense in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Maddie is 3 books, 2011–2014.

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The Handmaid's Tale
Divergent
Unwind Dystology
A Clockwork Orange
Shade's Children milieu
Maze Runner
Ready Player One
The Hunger Games
Shadow Children

The Handmaid's TaleSeries

seriesMargaret Atwood3 books1985

About 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 →

DivergentSeries

seriesVeronica Roth10 books2011

Dystopia and science fiction, tense in tone, about identity, set in near future and north america.

Start with The Transfer →

Unwind DystologySeries

seriesNeal Shusterman5 books2007

About genetic engineering.

“The first novel follows three teens fleeing that fate, and the sequels widen the same dystopia's cast and consequences across a four-book arc plus companion material.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Unwind →

A Clockwork OrangeSeries

seriesAnthony Burgess4 books1962

Challenging in tone, set in british isles.

“After his crimes catch up with him, Alex is made the subject of a controversial state program meant to forcibly reform his behavior, and the novel uses his ordeal to question whether imposed goodness is worth the loss of free will.”
from the catalogue description

Start with A Clockwork Orange →

Shade's Children milieuSeries

seriesGarth Nix2 books1997

Post-apocalyptic, about survival.

Start with Shade's Children →

Maze RunnerSeries

seriesJames Dashner11 books2009

Post-apocalyptic, about survival.

“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 →

Ready Player OneSeries

seriesErnest Cline & Andy Weir3 books2011

Cyberpunk, adventurous in tone, about quests, set in virtual world.

“The 2020 sequel, Ready Player Two, picks up after Wade has gained control of the OASIS and follows him and his friends into a new quest built around a brain-computer interface the creator left behind.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Ready Player One →

The Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

About survival, 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

Reading order →

Shadow ChildrenSeries

seriesMargaret Peterson Haddix7 books1998

About survival.

“In some cases, a parent may choose to forge a child's identification card so a shadow child can live a normal life.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Among the Hidden →

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 Maddie?: The Handmaid's Tale — the closest match to Maddie on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Maddie?: Awaken. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Maddie.
How big is Maddie?: Maddie is 3 books, 2011–2014.

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