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Books like Matthew Dilke: 9 series to read next

Matthew Dilke is science fiction, set in mid 20th century, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Matthew Dilke is 3 books, 1971–1975.

“Matthew Dilke is a British secret agent reduced to one-quarter of an inch high.”
from the catalogue description of Cold War in a Country Garden

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Maximum Ride
Reckoners
Tripods
The Triffids
Needle
Jumper
Pax / Astra
ゴジラ / Godzilla
Blackcollar

Maximum RideSeries

seriesJames Patterson, Cate Tiernan & Mindy McGinnis12 books2005

Science fantasy, about genetic engineering and found family.

Start with The Angel Experiment →

ReckonersSeries

seriesBrandon Sanderson & Steven Bohls6 books2013

Superhero, set in near future.

“One young man orphaned by a High Epic joins a group that is killing Epics.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Steelheart →

TripodsSeries

seriesJohn Christopher4 books1967

Post-apocalyptic, 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 →

The TriffidsSeries

seriesJohn Whitbourn, John Wyndham & Simon Clark3 books1951

Post-apocalyptic, dark in tone, set in british isles.

“Together the three novels form a loose post-apocalyptic trilogy built on Wyndham's original premise rather than a tightly plotted single story.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Day of the Triffids →

NeedleSeries

seriesHal Clement2 books1950

Hard science fiction, about aliens.

“Together the mismatched pair must learn to communicate and cooperate, first to survive and later to track down the second alien, which has hidden inside another human in the same Pacific island community.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Needle →

JumperSeries

seriesSteven Gould6 books1992

About psychic powers, set in contemporary.

“Steven Gould's series continues across Reflex, Impulse, and Exo, later following his and his wife's daughter as a second-generation jumper.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Jumper →

Pax / AstraSeries

seriesAndre Norton2 books1954

Set in far future.

“Star Flight appears to be a later omnibus or reissue rather than a third original novel.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Stars Are Ours! →

ゴジラ / GodzillaSeries

seriesMarc Cerasini, Greg Keyes, 香山滋, H. B. Gilmour, Greg Cox, Kimberly Weinberger, Scott Ciencin, Stephen Molstad & 山崎貴17 books1955

Set in contemporary.

“While all set within the same continuity, each novel has its own plot and storyline, with Toho's kaiju featured as the stars.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Godzilla →

BlackcollarSeries

seriesTimothy Zahn3 books1983

Military science fiction, set in far future.

“Timothy Zahn's Blackcollar trilogy, his debut work, follows survivors of Earth's underground resistance against the Ryqril, an alien empire that conquered the planet a generation earlier.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Blackcollar →

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 Matthew Dilke?: Maximum Ride — the closest match to Matthew Dilke on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Matthew Dilke?: Cold War in a Country Garden. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Matthew Dilke.
How big is Matthew Dilke?: Matthew Dilke is 3 books, 1971–1975.
Is Matthew Dilke finished?: Yes — 3 books, 1971–1975.

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