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Books like Quickfic: 9 series to read next

Quickfic is fantasy and science fiction. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Quickfic is 1 book, from 2018.

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The Andromeda Strain
World War Z
The Triffids
Peeps
Darwin
The Enemy (Charlie Higson)
The Extinction Files
The Origin Mystery
Infected

The Andromeda StrainSeries

seriesDaniel H. Wilson & Michael Crichton2 books1969

Tense in tone, about survival.

“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 →

World War ZSeries

seriesMax Brooks3 books2006

Zombie horror and post-apocalyptic, about war.

Start with World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War →

The TriffidsSeries

seriesJohn Whitbourn, John Wyndham & Simon Clark3 books1951

Post-apocalyptic, dark in tone, about survival, set in 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 →

PeepsSeries

seriesScott Westerfeld2 books2005

Dark in tone, about survival, set in north america and big city.

“The apocalyptic threat to the world that begins in Peeps continues in The Last Days, which features some of the same characters.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Peeps →

DarwinSeries

seriesGreg Bear2 books1999

Hard science fiction, about genetic engineering, set in near future and 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 Enemy (Charlie Higson)Series

seriesCharlie Higson7 books2009

Post-apocalyptic and zombie horror, about survival.

“The Enemy opens Charlie Higson's seven-book YA horror series, set in London after a mysterious sickness turns every adult into a voracious, flesh-hungry threat and leaves children to fend for themselves in a city gone feral.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Enemy →

The Extinction FilesSeries

seriesA. G. Riddle2 books2017

Thriller & suspense, tense in tone, about genetic engineering.

Start with Pandemic →

The Origin MysterySeries

seriesA. G. Riddle3 books2013

Tense in tone, about genetic engineering.

Start with The Atlantis Gene →

InfectedSeries

seriesScott Sigler3 books2008

Alien invasion, tense in tone, about aliens, set in north america.

“Seeds of unknown origin contaminate some humans who turn into paranoiac psychopaths.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Infected →

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 Quickfic?: The Andromeda Strain — the closest match to Quickfic on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Quickfic?: Quickfic Anthology 3: Shorter-Short Speculative Fiction. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Quickfic.
How big is Quickfic?: Quickfic is 1 book, from 2018.

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