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Books like Mind Games: 9 series to read next

Mind Games is science fiction and thriller & suspense, about psychic powers, 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.

Mind Games is 2 books, 2013–2014.

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Shade's Children milieu
Tripods
BZRK
Nexus 5
Cas Russell / Russell's Attic
Aftermath (Charles Sheffield)
Shadow Children
Unwind Dystology
The Compound

Shade's Children milieuSeries

seriesGarth Nix2 books1997

Post-apocalyptic and dystopia, about coming of age.

Start with Shade's Children →

TripodsSeries

seriesJohn Christopher4 books1967

Post-apocalyptic and alien invasion, about aliens.

“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
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Start with When the Tripods Came →

BZRKSeries

seriesMichael Grant3 books2012

Cyberpunk, about nanotechnology and totalitarianism.

“On one side Charles and Benjamin Armstrong, owners of the Armstrong Fancy Gifts Corporation have a goal to turn the world into their version of utopia.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with BZRK →

Nexus 5Series

seriesRamez Naam3 books2012

About artificial intelligence.

“The trilogy continues through Crux and Apex, following the same central conflict over who controls the technology.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Nexus →

Cas Russell / Russell's AtticSeries

seriesS. L. Huang5 books2014

Adventurous in tone, about identity.

“The vector calculus blazing through her head lets her smash through armed men twice her size and dodge every bullet in a gunfight, and she'll take any job for the right price.”
from the catalogue description of Zero Sum Game

Start with Zero Sum Game →

Aftermath (Charles Sheffield)Series

seriesCharles Sheffield2 books1998

Set in space.

“Charles Sheffield's Aftermath duology opens with a near-future Earth devastated by a nearby supernova's radiation, which knocks out electronics and forces survivors to rebuild without most modern technology.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Aftermath →

Shadow ChildrenSeries

seriesMargaret Peterson Haddix7 books1998

Dystopia, about totalitarianism, set in north america.

“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 →

Unwind DystologySeries

seriesNeal Shusterman5 books2007

Dystopia, about genetic engineering, set in north america.

“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 →

The CompoundSeries

seriesS. A. Bodeen2 books2008

About family secrets, set in underground & caves.

Start with The Compound →

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 Mind Games?: Shade's Children milieu — the closest match to Mind Games on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Mind Games?: Mind Games. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Mind Games.
How big is Mind Games?: Mind Games is 2 books, 2013–2014.

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