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Books like New Era Online: 9 series to read next

New Era Online is litrpg. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

New Era Online is 8 books, 2017–2022.

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Ready Player One
Richard Forthrast
Minecraft
Otherland
Самый странный нуб / The Weirdest Noob
Library of America P. K. Dick Collection
Rasmussem Corporation Games
Future History
Sprawl Trilogy

seriesErnest Cline & Andy Weir3 books2011

Cyberpunk and dystopia, about quests.

“The 2020 sequel, Ready Player Two, picks up after Wade has gained control of the OASIS and follows him and his friends into a new quest built around a brain-computer interface the creator left behind.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Ready Player One →

Richard ForthrastSeries

seriesNeal Stephenson2 books2011

Set in our world and north america.

“The sequel Fall; or, Dodge in Hell shifts registers entirely, following Richard's digitally preserved mind after death into an afterlife simulation built from his scanned brain.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Reamde →

MinecraftUniverse

universe207 books2014

“Somewhere in the dark a green thing is walking toward you on four stubby legs, and it does not stop and it does not speak, and when it reaches you it will hiss.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Island →

OtherlandSeries

seriesTad Williams6 books1996

Cyberpunk, about artificial intelligence, set in our world.

“Otherland is a science fiction tetralogy by American writer Tad Williams, published between 1996 and 2001.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with City of Golden Shadow →

Самый странный нуб / The Weirdest NoobSeries

seriesАртём Каменистый3 books2014

Litrpg, tense and adventurous in tone, about virtual reality, set in virtual world and near future.

“Something that's causing alliances to be broken, and friendships, forgotten.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Weirdest Noob →

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 →

Rasmussem Corporation GamesSeries

seriesVivian Vande Velde3 books1991

Science fiction, about virtual reality, set in virtual world and near future.

“User Unfriendly, Heir Apparent, and Deadly Pink share the same premise and company rather than a continuing cast or plot.”
from the catalogue description

Start with User Unfriendly →

Future HistorySeries

seriesRobert A. Heinlein42 books1939

Science fiction.

“The term Future History was coined by John W. Campbell Jr. in the February 1941 issue of Astounding Science Fiction.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Life-Line →

Sprawl TrilogySeries

seriesWilliam Gibson & Terry Bisson10 books1981

Cyberpunk, dark in tone, about artificial intelligence, set in big city.

“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 →

Why these

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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 New Era Online?: Ready Player One — the closest match to New Era Online on what it is about, not on what sells.
How big is New Era Online?: New Era Online is 8 books, 2017–2022.

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