Series

Books like Revivalist: 9 series to read next

Revivalist is science fiction, set in our world and contemporary. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Revivalist is 3 books, 2011–2013.

The Revivalist page →Narrow this list →

The Andromeda Strain
Jerusalem's Lot
World War Z
Forge of God
The Triffids
Left Behind
Library of America P. K. Dick Collection
Patternist
The Fourth Realm

The Andromeda StrainSeries

seriesDaniel H. Wilson & Michael Crichton2 books1969

About plague and pandemic.

“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 →

Jerusalem's LotSeries

seriesStephen King3 books1975

Horror, about vampires and grief and loss, set in small town.

“Stephen King's 1975 novel 'Salem's Lot follows writer Ben Mears as he returns to his childhood town of Jerusalem's Lot, Maine, only to discover that its residents are being turned into vampires by a newly arrived stranger.”
from the catalogue description

Start with 'Salem's Lot →

World War ZSeries

seriesMax Brooks3 books2006

Horror and post-apocalyptic, about war.

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

Forge of GodSeries

seriesGreg Bear2 books1987

About aliens.

“Earth faces destruction when an inscrutable and overwhelming alien form of life attacks.”
from the catalogue description of The Forge of God

Start with The Forge of God →

The TriffidsSeries

seriesJohn Whitbourn, John Wyndham & Simon Clark3 books1951

Post-apocalyptic, 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 →

Left BehindUniverse

universe63 books1995

Dystopia, 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

Reading order →

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 →

PatternistSeries

seriesOctavia E. Butler6 books1976

About genetic engineering.

“The Patternist series is a group of science fiction novels by Octavia E. Butler that detail a secret history continuing from the Ancient Egyptian period to the far future that involves telepathic mind control and an extraterrestrial plague.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Wild Seed →

The Fourth RealmSeries

seriesJohn Twelve Hawks3 books2005

Dystopia and thriller & suspense, about surveillance and totalitarianism.

“The trilogy has been translated into 25 languages and has sold more than 1.5 million books.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Traveler →

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 Revivalist?: The Andromeda Strain — the closest match to Revivalist on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Revivalist?: Working Stiff. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Revivalist.
How big is Revivalist?: Revivalist is 3 books, 2011–2013.
Is Revivalist finished?: Yes — 3 books, 2011–2013.

Books like Revivalist: 9 series to read next

Read next in Revivalist

Why these

Questions readers ask

Other series like this one