Series

Books like Orbs: 9 series to read next

Orbs is science fiction. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Orbs is 8 books, 2013–2018.

H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds
Tripods
Maze Runner
Forge of God
Shade's Children milieu
The Vampire Earth
Library of America P. K. Dick Collection
Gone
The 5th Wave

universe65 books1898

Science fiction and alien invasion.

“No one would have believed, in the closing years of the nineteenth century, that human affairs were being watched keenly and closely from the timeless worlds of space.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The War of the Worlds →

TripodsSeries

seriesJohn Christopher4 books1967

About rebellion and revolution.

“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
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with When the Tripods Came →

Maze RunnerSeries

seriesJames Dashner11 books2009

Dystopia.

“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 →

Forge of GodSeries

seriesGreg Bear2 books1987

Science fiction, tense and dark in tone, about survival and aliens.

“Earth faces destruction when an inscrutable and overwhelming alien form of life attacks.”
from the catalogue description of The Forge of God

Start with The Forge of God →

Shade's Children milieuSeries

seriesGarth Nix2 books1997

Dystopia, about coming of age and rebellion and revolution.

Start with Shade's Children →

The Vampire EarthSeries

seriesE. E. Knight12 books2003

Dark fantasy, about vampires and war.

“A lot has changed in the 43rd year of the Kurian Order.”
from the catalogue description of Way of the Wolf
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Way of the Wolf →

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 →

GoneSeries

seriesMichael Grant9 books2008

Set in contemporary.

“Michael Grant's Gone series begins when everyone aged fifteen and older vanishes without warning from a swath of the California coast, trapping the town of Perdido Beach inside an impenetrable barrier the survivors call the FAYZ.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Gone →

The 5th WaveSeries

seriesRick Yancey4 books2013

“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 →

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 Orbs?: H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds — the closest match to Orbs on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Orbs?: Solar Storms. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Orbs.
How big is Orbs?: Orbs is 8 books, 2013–2018.

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