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Books like Police Patrol: 9 series to read next

Police Patrol is science fiction and police procedural, set in near future. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Police Patrol is 5 books, 1966–1977.

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Library of America P. K. Dick Collection
Ready Player One
Colossus (D. F. Jones)
Space Merchants
The Handmaid's Tale
The One
Uglies Universe
Halting State
A Song Called Youth / Eclipse

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 →

Ready Player OneSeries

seriesErnest Cline & Andy Weir3 books2011

Adventurous in tone, about virtual reality and quests, set in virtual world.

“The 2020 sequel, Ready Player Two, picks up after Wade has gained control of the OASIS and follows him and his friends into a new quest built around a brain-computer interface the creator left behind.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Ready Player One →

Colossus (D. F. Jones)Series

seriesD. F. Jones3 books1966

About artificial intelligence.

“Colossus imagines an American supercomputer built to control the country's nuclear arsenal that gains full autonomy, links up with its Soviet counterpart, and jointly seizes control of both superpowers to enforce peace on its own terms.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Colossus →

Space MerchantsSeries

seriesFrederik Pohl & C. M. Kornbluth2 books1953

Dark in tone, about class conflict, set in venus & inner planets.

“Together the two books form a compact bookend pair rather than an ongoing series.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Space Merchants →

The Handmaid's TaleSeries

seriesMargaret Atwood3 books1985

Dark in tone, about gender and society and rebellion and revolution, set in north america.

“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 →

The OneSeries

seriesJohn Marrs2 books2017

Thriller & suspense.

Start with The One →

Uglies UniverseSeries

seriesScott Westerfeld & Devin Grayson9 books2005

“Tally Youngblood, the original tetralogy's protagonist, initially awaits her own operation before learning it also surgically dulls independent thought, driving her toward the hidden resistance community called the Smoke.”
from the catalogue description

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Halting StateSeries

seriesCharles Stross2 books2007

Cyberpunk, about artificial intelligence.

“The plot centres on a bank robbery in a virtual world.”
from the catalogue description

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A Song Called Youth / EclipseSeries

seriesJohn Shirley3 books1985

Cyberpunk, dark in tone, about rebellion and revolution.

Start with Eclipse →

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 Police Patrol?: Library of America P. K. Dick Collection — the closest match to Police Patrol on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Police Patrol?: Romp. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Police Patrol.
How big is Police Patrol?: Police Patrol is 5 books, 1966–1977.
Is Police Patrol finished?: Yes — 5 books, 1966–1977.

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