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Books like Mara / Raging Earth: 9 series to read next

Mara / Raging Earth is science fiction and post-apocalyptic, about ecological collapse, set in our world, tense in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Mara / Raging Earth is 4 books, 2002–2018.

“Mara must think of a way to save herself, the other villagers and, most importantly, the world.”
from the catalogue description of Exodus

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Ship Breaker
Maze Runner
The Martian
Shade's Children milieu
Tripods
War Against the Chtorr
The Hunger Games
Books of Ember
The 5th Wave

Ship BreakerSeries

seriesPaolo Bacigalupi3 books2010

Dark in tone, 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

Science fiction and post-apocalyptic, tense in tone, about survival, set in near future.

“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
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Start with The Maze Runner →

The MartianSeries

seriesAndy Weir2 books2012

Hard science fiction, about space exploration, set in mars.

“Using scientific improvisation and dark humor, Watney works to keep himself alive long enough for a rescue to reach him.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Martian →

Shade's Children milieuSeries

seriesGarth Nix2 books1997

Dark in tone, about rebellion and revolution.

Start with Shade's Children →

TripodsSeries

seriesJohn Christopher4 books1967

Alien invasion, about aliens and rebellion and revolution.

“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
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with When the Tripods Came →

War Against the ChtorrSeries

seriesDavid Gerrold7 books1983

Dark in tone, about aliens, set in north america.

“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
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with A Matter for Men →

The Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

Dark in tone, about rebellion and revolution, set in far future and north america.

“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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Books of EmberSeries

seriesJeanne DuPrau4 books2003

Set in far future.

“The post-apocalyptic quartet continues with The People of Sparks, following survivors after they reach the world above, and concludes with The Prophet of Yonwood and The Diamond of Darkhold.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The City of Ember →

The 5th WaveSeries

seriesRick Yancey4 books2013

Alien invasion, dark in tone, about aliens, set in north america.

“Cassie Sullivan, the survivor of an alien invasion, must rescue her young brother from the enemy with help from a boy who may be one of them.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The 5th Wave →

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 / Raging Earth?: Ship Breaker — the closest match to Mara / Raging Earth on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Mara / Raging Earth?: Exodus. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Mara / Raging Earth.
How big is Mara / Raging Earth?: Mara / Raging Earth is 4 books, 2002–2018.

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