Series

Books like Righteous: 9 series to read next

Righteous is 3 books, 2014–2015.

The Handmaid's Tale
Left Behind
Space Merchants
Library of America P. K. Dick Collection
To the Stars (Harrison)
A Clockwork Orange
The Testing Trilogy
The End / Joshua Jordan
Colossus (D. F. Jones)

seriesMargaret Atwood3 books1985

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 →

Left BehindUniverse

universe63 books1995

“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 →

Space MerchantsSeries

seriesFrederik Pohl & C. M. Kornbluth2 books1953

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 →

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 →

To the Stars (Harrison)Series

seriesHarry Harrison3 books1980

About rebellion and revolution, set in far future and other star systems.

“One of the elite stumbles onto the knowledge that news and opinions are being carefully managed to whitewash the situation, which leads him to throw his lot in with those who oppose it.”
from the catalogue description of Homeworld
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Start with Homeworld →

A Clockwork OrangeSeries

seriesAnthony Burgess4 books1962

Challenging in tone, about surveillance, set in big city.

“After his crimes catch up with him, Alex is made the subject of a controversial state program meant to forcibly reform his behavior, and the novel uses his ordeal to question whether imposed goodness is worth the loss of free will.”
from the catalogue description

Start with A Clockwork Orange →

The Testing TrilogySeries

seriesJoelle Charbonneau4 books2013

About survival.

“Joelle Charbonneau's Testing trilogy is set generations after a war has wrecked the world's governments and resources, when a rebuilt society selects its most promising graduates for the Testing, a competition meant to find future leaders.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Testing →

The End / Joshua JordanSeries

seriesCraig Parshall & Tim LaHaye4 books2010

Thriller & suspense.

“Joshua Jordan, former U.S. spy-plane hero now turned weapons designer has come up with a devastatingly effective new missile defense system -- the Return to Sender laser weapon.”
from the catalogue description of Edge of Apocalypse

Start with Edge of Apocalypse →

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 →

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 Righteous?: The Handmaid's Tale — the closest match to Righteous on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Righteous?: The Gates of Babylon. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Righteous.
How big is Righteous?: Righteous is 3 books, 2014–2015.

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