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Books like Nanotech Cycle: 9 series to read next

Nanotech Cycle is science fiction, about nanotechnology, set in near future and north america. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Nanotech Cycle is 4 books, 1994–2002.

“In Verity's world, nanotech plagues decimated the population after an initial renaissance of utopian nanotech cities.”
from the catalogue description of Queen City Jazz

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MaddAddam
Earthseed
Bridge Trilogy
Sprawl Trilogy
Library of America P. K. Dick Collection
Blade Runner Universe
A Clockwork Orange
Ship Breaker
Maze Runner

MaddAddamSeries

seriesMargaret Atwood3 books2003

Dystopia, about ecological collapse.

Start with Oryx and Crake →

EarthseedSeries

seriesOctavia E. Butler, Damian Duffy, David Brame & John Jennings7 books1993

Dystopia, about faith and religion.

“The two-book series was left unfinished at Butler's death; a planned third novel, Parable of the Trickster, was never completed.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Parable of the Sower →

Bridge TrilogySeries

seriesWilliam Gibson4 books1990

Science fiction and cyberpunk, set in near future and north america.

“Set in a near-future California, the novel takes place after an earthquake has damaged the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and turned it into an improvised settlement known as the Bridge.”
from the catalogue description of Virtual Light
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Start with Virtual Light →

Sprawl TrilogySeries

seriesWilliam Gibson & Terry Bisson10 books1981

Tense in tone.

“Johnny Mnemonic, an early short story set in the same fictional milieu, predates the novels and introduces the courier Molly Millions before her role in the trilogy.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Neuromancer →

Library of America P. K. Dick CollectionSeries

seriesPhilip K. Dick9 books1962

Science fiction, set in near future.

“Technically banned, a novel called The Grasshopper Lies Heavy imagines a world where the Allies won instead — and its reclusive author, Hawthorne Abendsen, becomes an obsession for characters on every side.”
from the catalogue description of The Man in the High Castle

Start with The Man in the High Castle →

Blade Runner UniverseSeries

seriesK. W. Jeter, Archie Goodwin, Les Martin & Philip K. Dick6 books1968

About robots and identity.

“Together the two trace the story's path from prose original to screen and comic-page adaptation.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? →

A Clockwork OrangeSeries

seriesAnthony Burgess4 books1962

Dystopia, about totalitarianism and surveillance.

“After his crimes catch up with him, Alex is made the subject of a controversial state program meant to forcibly reform his behavior, and the novel uses his ordeal to question whether imposed goodness is worth the loss of free will.”
from the catalogue description

Start with A Clockwork Orange →

Ship BreakerSeries

seriesPaolo Bacigalupi3 books2010

Tense in tone.

“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

Dystopia, tense in tone.

“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
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Maze Runner →

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 Nanotech Cycle?: MaddAddam — the closest match to Nanotech Cycle on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Nanotech Cycle?: Queen City Jazz. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Nanotech Cycle.
How big is Nanotech Cycle?: Nanotech Cycle is 4 books, 1994–2002.
Is Nanotech Cycle finished?: Yes — 4 books, 1994–2002.

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