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Books like #MurderTrending: 9 series to read next

#MurderTrending is dystopia, about surveillance, set in near future and north america, tense in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

#MurderTrending is 3 books, 2018–2020.

“Welcome to the near future, where good and honest citizens can enjoy watching the executions of society s most infamous convicted felons, streaming live on The Postman app from the suburbanized prison island Alcatraz 2.0.”
from the catalogue description

The Handmaid's Tale
Maze Runner
Left Behind
Ship Breaker
The Hunger Games
Shadow Children
The Circle (Eggers)
Shade's Children milieu
Fahrenheit 451

The Handmaid's TaleSeries

seriesMargaret Atwood3 books1985

About gender and society and rebellion and revolution.

“The Handmaid's Tale is Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel set in Gilead, a totalitarian theocracy that has overthrown the United States and forces fertile women into reproductive servitude as Handmaids; it is narrated by one such woman, Offred.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Handmaid's Tale →

Maze RunnerSeries

seriesJames Dashner11 books2009

Post-apocalyptic.

“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 →

Left BehindUniverse

universe63 books1995

About faith and religion.

“Pilots vanish from their cockpits, drivers from moving cars, children from their beds, clothing left folded where the faithful stood.”
from the catalogue description

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Ship BreakerSeries

seriesPaolo Bacigalupi3 books2010

Post-apocalyptic.

“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 →

The Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

About rebellion and revolution, set in far future.

“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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Shadow ChildrenSeries

seriesMargaret Peterson Haddix7 books1998

Dystopia and science fiction, tense and dark in tone, about survival and totalitarianism, set in near future and 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 →

The Circle (Eggers)Series

seriesDave Eggers2 books2013

Set in big city.

“Dave Eggers's The Circle follows Mae's rise inside the company as she buys further and further into its ideology, at increasing cost to her own privacy and the people around her.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Circle →

Shade's Children milieuSeries

seriesGarth Nix2 books1997

Post-apocalyptic, about coming of age and rebellion and revolution.

Start with Shade's Children →

Fahrenheit 451Series

seriesRay Bradbury2 books1951

About books and reading.

“Set in a future where books are outlawed and firemen exist to burn them, it follows fireman Guy Montag as doubts about his job push him toward the very literature he's supposed to destroy.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Fireman →

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 #MurderTrending?: The Handmaid's Tale — the closest match to #MurderTrending on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with #MurderTrending?: #MurderTrending. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for #MurderTrending.
How big is #MurderTrending?: #MurderTrending is 3 books, 2018–2020.

Books like #MurderTrending: 9 series to read next

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