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Books like Pelbar Cycle: 9 series to read next

Pelbar Cycle is science fiction and post-apocalyptic, set in far future. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Pelbar Cycle is 7 books, 1981–1985.

“Blends fighting adventures with philosophic travels of villagers and outsiders.”
from the catalogue description of The Breaking of Northwall

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Saint Leibowitz
The Hunger Games
Maurai
Mortal Engines
Tales of a Darkening World
Mara and Dann
Hiero Desteen Universe
The Obernewtyn Chronicles
Snake

Saint LeibowitzSeries

seriesWalter M. Miller & Jr.6 books1955

About faith and religion.

“Together the two novels form a sparse, decades-spanning series about memory, faith, and the cycles of civilization.”
from the catalogue description

Start with A Canticle for Leibowitz →

The Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

Dystopia, about totalitarianism.

“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

Reading order →

MauraiSeries

seriesPoul Anderson6 books1959

About ecological collapse.

“The Maurai dominate the Pacific and Indian Oceans.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Sky People →

Mortal EnginesUniverse

universe14 books2001

Steampunk.

“In a world where the cities were put on wheels to outrun a war that ended in a single afternoon, Municipal Darwinism is the law: big towns eat small ones, strip them for parts and take their people aboard as citizens or as scrap.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

Tales of a Darkening WorldSeries

seriesEdgar Pangborn17 books1954

Science fiction and post-apocalyptic, set in far future.

“Edgar Pangborn's loose post-apocalyptic sequence is set generations after an unspecified war has reduced North America to small, pseudo-medieval communities ruled by a Church that actively suppresses old technology and persecutes mutants.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Davy →

Mara and DannSeries

seriesDoris Lessing2 books1999

About ecological collapse and coming of age.

“Told to forget their real names forever or be killed, the brother and sister live for years among the primitive Rock People, taken in by one of their own kind but always outcasts.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Mara and Dann →

Hiero Desteen UniverseSeries

seriesSterling E. Lanier & Lucy Andrews Cummin3 books1973

Science fiction and post-apocalyptic, about survival, set in far future.

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The Obernewtyn ChroniclesSeries

seriesIsobelle Carmody9 books1987

Fantasy, about psychic powers, set in secondary world.

“Carmody began writing it at the age of fourteen, and reworked the novel through high school and university.”
from the catalogue description of Obernewtyn
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Obernewtyn →

SnakeSeries

seriesVonda N. McIntyre5 books1973

Science fiction, about survival, set in far future.

“When her dreamsnake is killed early on, Snake sets out across a fractured, tribal far-future Earth to find a replacement.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand →

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 Pelbar Cycle?: Saint Leibowitz — the closest match to Pelbar Cycle on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Pelbar Cycle?: The Breaking of Northwall. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Pelbar Cycle.
How big is Pelbar Cycle?: Pelbar Cycle is 7 books, 1981–1985.
Is Pelbar Cycle finished?: Yes — 7 books, 1981–1985.

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