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Books like Plague Tales: 9 series to read next

Plague Tales is historical fiction, about plague and pandemic, set in europe. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Plague Tales is 3 books, 1997–2006.

“Contains two parallel stories: one an account of a king's physician in 14th-century England, the other a tale of futuristic London where an archeologist unearths a 700 year old strain of Bubonic plague.”
from the catalogue description of The Plague Tales

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The Triffids
Maze Runner
The Passage
Dark Matter (Teri Terry)
Aftermath (Charles Sheffield)
The Andromeda Strain
Alone (James Phelan)
Darwin
The Resurgam Trilogy

The TriffidsSeries

seriesJohn Whitbourn, John Wyndham & Simon Clark3 books1951

Science fiction and post-apocalyptic, dark in tone, about survival, set in our world and british isles.

“Together the three novels form a loose post-apocalyptic trilogy built on Wyndham's original premise rather than a tightly plotted single story.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Day of the Triffids →

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
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Start with The Maze Runner →

The PassageSeries

seriesJustin Cronin3 books2010

Horror, about vampires, set in north america.

Start with The Passage →

Dark Matter (Teri Terry)Series

seriesTeri Terry3 books2017

Dystopia.

“There is no cure; and you cannot be permitted to infect others.”
from the catalogue description of Contagion

Start with Contagion →

Aftermath (Charles Sheffield)Series

seriesCharles Sheffield2 books1998

Set in space.

“Charles Sheffield's Aftermath duology opens with a near-future Earth devastated by a nearby supernova's radiation, which knocks out electronics and forces survivors to rebuild without most modern technology.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Aftermath →

The Andromeda StrainSeries

seriesDaniel H. Wilson & Michael Crichton2 books1969

Set in contemporary.

“Daniel H. Wilson's authorized 2019 sequel The Andromeda Evolution revisits the same threat five decades later.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Andromeda Strain →

Alone (James Phelan)Series

seriesJames Phelan3 books2010

Zombie horror, set in north america.

“Jesse is on a UN Youth Ambassadors camp in New York when his subway carriage is rocked by an explosion.”
from the catalogue description of Chasers

Start with Chasers →

DarwinSeries

seriesGreg Bear2 books1999

Hard science fiction, about genetic engineering, set in north america.

“Greg Bear's Darwin's Radio imagines a dormant retrovirus in human DNA activating worldwide, triggering an accelerated leap in human evolution that governments respond to as a plague.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Darwin's Radio →

The Resurgam TrilogySeries

seriesJoan Frances Turner3 books2010

Zombie horror, about undead, set in north america.

Start with Dust →

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 Plague Tales?: The Triffids — the closest match to Plague Tales on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Plague Tales?: The Plague Tales. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Plague Tales.
How big is Plague Tales?: Plague Tales is 3 books, 1997–2006.

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