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Books like SCP Foundation: 9 series to read next

SCP Foundation is 17 books, 2018–2023.

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The Passage
Dark Inside
The Hunt (Andrew Fukuda)
Nineteen Eighty-Four
The Hunger Games
Earthseed
Pax / Astra
The Postman
Maze Runner

The PassageSeries

seriesJustin Cronin3 books2010

Dark in tone, about survival, set in north america and near future.

Start with The Passage →

Dark InsideSeries

seriesJeyn Roberts3 books2011

Dark in tone, about survival, set in our world.

“After tremendous earthquakes destroy the Earth's major cities, an ancient evil emerges, turning ordinary people into hunters, killers, and insane monsters but a small group of teens comes together in a fight for survival and safety.”
from the catalogue description

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The Hunt (Andrew Fukuda)Series

seriesAndrew Fukuda3 books2011

Tense and dark in tone, about survival.

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Nineteen Eighty-FourSeries

seriesGeorge Orwell, Mike Dean & Sandra Newman4 books1949

Dystopia.

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The Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

Tense in tone, set in far future and 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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EarthseedSeries

seriesOctavia E. Butler, Damian Duffy, David Brame & John Jennings7 books1993

About survival and faith and religion, set in north america and near future.

“The two-book series was left unfinished at Butler's death; a planned third novel, Parable of the Trickster, was never completed.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Parable of the Sower →

Pax / AstraSeries

seriesAndre Norton2 books1954

Adventurous and tense in tone, about survival, set in far future.

“Star Flight appears to be a later omnibus or reissue rather than a third original novel.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Stars Are Ours! →

The PostmanSeries

seriesDavid Brin3 books1982

About survival, set in north america and near future.

Start with The Postman →

Maze RunnerSeries

seriesJames Dashner11 books2009

Tense in tone, about survival, set in near future.

“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 →

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What should I read after SCP Foundation?: The Passage — the closest match to SCP Foundation on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with SCP Foundation?: SCP Foundation: Iris Through the Looking Glass, Vol. 1. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for SCP Foundation.
How big is SCP Foundation?: SCP Foundation is 17 books, 2018–2023.

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