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Books like One Second After / John Matherson: 9 series to read next

One Second After / John Matherson is post-apocalyptic and science fiction, about survival, set in north america, dark in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

One Second After / John Matherson is 4 books, 2009–2023.

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The Hunger Games
The 5th Wave
Directive 51 / Daybreak
The Passage
Survivalist
Ship Breaker
The Handmaid's Tale
War Against the Chtorr
Earthseed

The Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

Dystopia, 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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The 5th WaveSeries

seriesRick Yancey4 books2013

Alien invasion, about aliens.

“Cassie Sullivan, the survivor of an alien invasion, must rescue her young brother from the enemy with help from a boy who may be one of them.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The 5th Wave →

Directive 51 / DaybreakSeries

seriesJohn Barnes3 books2010

Post-apocalyptic and science fiction, dark and tense in tone, about survival and political intrigue, set in near future and north america.

“The resulting collapse triggers mass death, a crisis over presidential succession, and mysterious Moon-launched fusion strikes on Washington and Chicago, while a shadowy neofeudalist movement moves into the vacuum.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Directive 51 →

The PassageSeries

seriesJustin Cronin3 books2010

Horror, about vampires.

Start with The Passage →

SurvivalistSeries

seriesJerry Ahern, Bob Anderson, Sharon Ahern & Sean Ellis41 books1981

Post-apocalyptic and science fiction, tense in tone, about survival and war, set in near future and north america.

Start with Total War →

Ship BreakerSeries

seriesPaolo Bacigalupi3 books2010

“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 Handmaid's TaleSeries

seriesMargaret Atwood3 books1985

Dystopia, about gender and society.

“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 →

War Against the ChtorrSeries

seriesDavid Gerrold7 books1983

About aliens.

“The Chtorr series was originally planned as a trilogy, but as the story became more intricate, Gerrold realized that three books would not be enough for him to tell the entire story.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with A Matter for Men →

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 →

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 One Second After / John Matherson?: The Hunger Games — the closest match to One Second After / John Matherson on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with One Second After / John Matherson?: One Second After. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for One Second After / John Matherson.
How big is One Second After / John Matherson?: One Second After / John Matherson is 4 books, 2009–2023.

Books like One Second After / John Matherson: 9 series to read next

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