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Books like Rogue Mage: 9 series to read next

Rogue Mage is post-apocalyptic and science fiction, set in far future, dark and tense in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Rogue Mage is 3 books, 2006–2007.

“More than a hundred years later, the earth has plunged into an ice age, and seraphs and demons fight a never-ending battle while religious strife rages among the surviving humans.”
from the catalogue description of Bloodring

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The Obernewtyn Chronicles
The Hunger Games
The Fire Sermon
Ship Breaker
Chaos Walking
Shade's Children milieu
The Pure Trilogy
Forge of God
Books of Ember

The Obernewtyn ChroniclesSeries

seriesIsobelle Carmody9 books1987

“Carmody began writing it at the age of fourteen, and reworked the novel through high school and university.”
from the catalogue description of Obernewtyn
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The Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

Dystopia, about rebellion and revolution, set in north america.

“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 Fire SermonSeries

seriesFrancesca Haig3 books2015

Dystopia.

“Four hundred years in the future, the Earth has turned primitive following a nuclear fire that has laid waste to civilization and nature.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Fire Sermon →

Ship BreakerSeries

seriesPaolo Bacigalupi3 books2010

Set in north america and near future.

“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

Start with Ship Breaker →

Chaos WalkingSeries

seriesPatrick Ness5 books2008

Dystopia, set in other star systems.

Start with The Knife of Never Letting Go →

Shade's Children milieuSeries

seriesGarth Nix2 books1997

Dystopia, about coming of age, set in near future.

Start with Shade's Children →

The Pure TrilogySeries

seriesJulianna Baggott3 books2012

Dystopia.

Start with Pure →

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 →

Books of EmberSeries

seriesJeanne DuPrau4 books2003

Dystopia.

“The post-apocalyptic quartet continues with The People of Sparks, following survivors after they reach the world above, and concludes with The Prophet of Yonwood and The Diamond of Darkhold.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The City of Ember →

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 Rogue Mage?: The Obernewtyn Chronicles — the closest match to Rogue Mage on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Rogue Mage?: Bloodring. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Rogue Mage.
How big is Rogue Mage?: Rogue Mage is 3 books, 2006–2007.

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