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Books like Paranormal: 9 series to read next

Paranormal is science fiction, set in contemporary. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Paranormal is 2 books, 1971–1987.

“Before the military succeeds in destroying the strange, geometric objects from outer space, a thirteen-year-old boy learns to communicate with them and decides what to do with them.”
from the catalogue description of Trillions

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Tripods
Animorphs
Daniel X
The Themis Files
H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds
My Teacher Is an Alien
Ender's Game
Ormingat Trilogy
Needle

TripodsSeries

seriesJohn Christopher4 books1967

Post-apocalyptic and alien invasion, about rebellion and revolution, set in near future.

“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
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Start with When the Tripods Came →

AnimorphsUniverse

universe66 books1996

Science fantasy, about shapeshifters.

“The Yeerks are grey slugs the length of your thumb.”
from the catalogue description

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Daniel XSeries

seriesJames Patterson, Chris Grabenstein, Ned Rust, Adam Sadler & Michael Ledwidge6 books2008

Science fiction, adventurous in tone, about aliens, set in our world and contemporary.

“The Dangerous Days of Daniel X opens James Patterson's science-fiction series, co-written with Michael Ledwidge, marking Patterson's return to genre science fiction in a similar vein to his Maximum Ride series.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Dangerous Days of Daniel X →

The Themis FilesSeries

seriesSylvain Neuvel3 books2015

Mysterious in tone, about robots.

“Sleeping Giants and its sequels are told almost entirely through interview transcripts conducted by an unnamed, evasive interrogator, giving the series a documentary, oral-history feel unusual for first-contact SF.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Sleeping Giants →

H. G. Wells' War of the WorldsUniverse

universe65 books1898

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 →

My Teacher Is an AlienSeries

seriesBruce Coville4 books1989

Science fiction, adventurous in tone, about aliens, set in contemporary.

“Susan Simmons can tell that her new substitute teacher is really weird.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with My Teacher Is an Alien →

Ender's GameUniverse

universe39 books1977

Set in far future.

“To beat your enemy you must first understand him so completely that you love him — and in the instant you love him, you destroy him.”
from the catalogue description

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Ormingat TrilogySeries

seriesSylvia Waugh3 books2000

Science fiction, about aliens and coming of age, set in our world and contemporary.

“For almost as long as he can remember, Tom has lived happily in Belthorp.”
from the catalogue description of Space Race

Start with Space Race →

NeedleSeries

seriesHal Clement2 books1950

Hard science fiction, about survival.

“Together the mismatched pair must learn to communicate and cooperate, first to survive and later to track down the second alien, which has hidden inside another human in the same Pacific island community.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Needle →

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 Paranormal?: Tripods — the closest match to Paranormal on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Paranormal?: Trillions. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Paranormal.
How big is Paranormal?: Paranormal is 2 books, 1971–1987.
Is Paranormal finished?: Yes — 2 books, 1971–1987.

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