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Books like Men in Black: 9 series to read next

Men in Black is science fiction, set in contemporary and our world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Men in Black is 7 books, 1997–2019.

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Tip and J. Lo
My Teacher Is an Alien
H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
An Absolutely Remarkable Thing / The Carls
Tripods
Saucer
Lost Species
Daniel X

Tip and J. LoSeries

seriesAdam Rex2 books2007

Science fiction, adventurous and funny in tone, about aliens, set in contemporary and north america.

Start with The True Meaning of Smekday →

My Teacher Is an AlienSeries

seriesBruce Coville4 books1989

“Susan Simmons can tell that her new substitute teacher is really weird.”
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Start with My Teacher Is an Alien →

H. G. Wells' War of the WorldsUniverse

universe65 books1898

Science fiction and alien invasion.

“No one would have believed, in the closing years of the nineteenth century, that human affairs were being watched keenly and closely from the timeless worlds of space.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The War of the Worlds →

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyUniverse

universe18 books1979

Set in space and far future.

“The Earth is scheduled for demolition to make way for a hyperspace bypass, and honestly, nobody filed the paperwork properly.”
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An Absolutely Remarkable Thing / The CarlsSeries

seriesHank Green2 books2018

First contact, about identity.

Start with An Absolutely Remarkable Thing →

TripodsSeries

seriesJohn Christopher4 books1967

Post-apocalyptic, about rebellion and revolution, set in near future.

“The first two books were the basis of a science fiction TV series, produced in the United Kingdom in the 1980s.”
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Start with When the Tripods Came →

SaucerSeries

seriesStephen Coonts3 books2002

Tense in tone.

“Seismic surveyor Rip Cantrell has made an exhilarating discovery - a flying saucer embedded in the Sahara sandstone.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Saucer →

Lost SpeciesSeries

seriesRobert W. Chambers12 books1897

About expeditions, set in early 20th century.

Start with A Matter of Interest →

Daniel XSeries

seriesJames Patterson, Chris Grabenstein, Ned Rust, Adam Sadler & Michael Ledwidge6 books2008

“The Dangerous Days of Daniel X opens James Patterson's science-fiction series, co-written with Michael Ledwidge, marking Patterson's return to genre science fiction in a similar vein to his Maximum Ride series.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Dangerous Days of Daniel X →

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.

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What should I read after Men in Black?: Tip and J. Lo — the closest match to Men in Black on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Men in Black?: Men in Black. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Men in Black.
How big is Men in Black?: Men in Black is 7 books, 1997–2019.

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