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Books like Project Nemesis: 9 series to read next

Project Nemesis is science fiction, about survival, tense in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Project Nemesis is 3 books, 2017–2019.

“As the Anvil, an enormous asteroid, threatens to end all life on Earth, sixteen-year-old Min begins to uncover a lifetime of lies, a sinister conspiracy involving all students in her sophomore class in Fire Lake, Idaho.”
from the catalogue description of Nemesis

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Gone
The 5th Wave
Ship Breaker
Maze Runner
The Hunger Games
The Ashes Trilogy
Shade's Children milieu
Left Behind
The House of the Scorpion

GoneSeries

seriesMichael Grant9 books2008

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

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The 5th WaveSeries

seriesRick Yancey4 books2013

Alien invasion and post-apocalyptic, about aliens.

“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

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Ship BreakerSeries

seriesPaolo Bacigalupi3 books2010

Post-apocalyptic.

“Paolo Bacigalupi's Ship Breaker follows Nailer as helping her pulls him out of his abusive father's orbit and into a much larger, more dangerous game involving her family's fortune.”
from the catalogue description

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Maze RunnerSeries

seriesJames Dashner11 books2009

Post-apocalyptic.

“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 Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

About rebellion and revolution and totalitarianism, set in far future.

“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

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The Ashes TrilogySeries

seriesIlsa J. Bick3 books2011

Post-apocalyptic.

“The trilogy follows one continuous crisis across its three volumes.”
from the catalogue description

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Shade's Children milieuSeries

seriesGarth Nix2 books1997

Post-apocalyptic, about rebellion and revolution.

Start with Shade's Children →

Left BehindUniverse

universe63 books1995

About faith and religion.

“Pilots vanish from their cockpits, drivers from moving cars, children from their beds, clothing left folded where the faithful stood.”
from the catalogue description

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The House of the ScorpionSeries

seriesNancy Farmer2 books2002

About cloning.

“Matt is a clone of El Patron, the ancient drug lord who rules Opium, a narco-state carved out of the border between the U.S. and a future Mexico, created and raised solely to supply spare organs for the man he was copied from.”
from the catalogue description

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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 Project Nemesis?: Gone — the closest match to Project Nemesis on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Project Nemesis?: Nemesis. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Project Nemesis.
How big is Project Nemesis?: Project Nemesis is 3 books, 2017–2019.

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