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Books like Mara and Dann: 9 series to read next

Mara and Dann is science fiction and post-apocalyptic, about survival and ecological collapse, set in far future. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Mara and Dann is 2 books, 1999–2005.

“Told to forget their real names forever or be killed, the brother and sister live for years among the primitive Rock People, taken in by one of their own kind but always outcasts.”
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Saint Leibowitz
The Obernewtyn Chronicles
Hiero Desteen Universe
Maurai
Mortal Engines
This Immortal
Dune
The 100
Snake

Saint LeibowitzSeries

seriesWalter M. Miller & Jr.6 books1955

About faith and religion, set in north america.

“Together the two novels form a sparse, decades-spanning series about memory, faith, and the cycles of civilization.”
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Start with A Canticle for Leibowitz →

The Obernewtyn ChroniclesSeries

seriesIsobelle Carmody9 books1987

Fantasy, about psychic powers, set in secondary world.

“Carmody began writing it at the age of fourteen, and reworked the novel through high school and university.”
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Start with Obernewtyn →

Hiero Desteen UniverseSeries

seriesSterling E. Lanier & Lucy Andrews Cummin3 books1973

Science fiction and post-apocalyptic, about survival, set in far future.

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MauraiSeries

seriesPoul Anderson6 books1959

About political intrigue.

“The Maurai dominate the Pacific and Indian Oceans.”
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Start with The Sky People →

Mortal EnginesUniverse

universe14 books2001

Steampunk.

“In a world where the cities were put on wheels to outrun a war that ended in a single afternoon, Municipal Darwinism is the law: big towns eat small ones, strip them for parts and take their people aboard as citizens or as scrap.”
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This ImmortalSeries

seriesHarry Turtledove & Roger Zelazny2 books1966

About immortality and aliens.

Start with This Immortal →

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Space opera, about political intrigue, set in other star systems.

“The desert planet, where empire runs on a single substance: the spice melange, which folds space, prolongs life, and unlocks prescience, and which exists nowhere else in the known universe.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Dune →

The 100Series

seriesKass Morgan4 books2013

Tense in tone.

“Day 21, its sequel, was released on September 25, 2014, and Homecoming was released on February 26, 2015.”
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Start with The 100 →

SnakeSeries

seriesVonda N. McIntyre5 books1973

Science fiction, about survival, set in far future.

“When her dreamsnake is killed early on, Snake sets out across a fractured, tribal far-future Earth to find a replacement.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand →

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 Mara and Dann?: Saint Leibowitz — the closest match to Mara and Dann on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Mara and Dann?: Mara and Dann. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Mara and Dann.
How big is Mara and Dann?: Mara and Dann is 2 books, 1999–2005.
Is Mara and Dann finished?: Yes — 2 books, 1999–2005.

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