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Books like Secret World Chronicle: 9 series to read next

Secret World Chronicle is set in contemporary and our world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Secret World Chronicle is 24 books, 2011–2020.

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H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds
Animorphs
The Merchant Princes
Night
The Themis Files
Dune
The Great Cities
Richard Forthrast
The Change / The Event

H. G. Wells' War of the WorldsUniverse

universe65 books1898

Alien invasion.

“No one would have believed, in the closing years of the nineteenth century, that human affairs were being watched keenly and closely from the timeless worlds of space.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The War of the Worlds →

AnimorphsUniverse

universe66 books1996

Science fantasy, about shapeshifters.

“The Yeerks are grey slugs the length of your thumb.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

The Merchant PrincesSeries

seriesCharles Stross14 books2004

Science fantasy, about political intrigue, set in parallel universe.

“In the series, there exist a number of parallel worlds, all of which are on the same geographical Earth but with different societies at different points of development.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Family Trade →

NightUniverse

universe134 books2006

Set in contemporary.

“Jonathan Maberry's Night is one dark country stitched from horror and hard science, where a weaponized pathogen and an old nightmare called Doctor Nine turn out to haunt the same map.”
from the catalogue description

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The Themis FilesSeries

seriesSylvain Neuvel3 books2015

Mysterious in tone, about robots.

“Sleeping Giants and its sequels are told almost entirely through interview transcripts conducted by an unnamed, evasive interrogator, giving the series a documentary, oral-history feel unusual for first-contact SF.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Sleeping Giants →

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Space opera, about political intrigue, set in far future and other star systems.

“The desert planet, where empire runs on a single substance: the spice melange, which folds space, prolongs life, and unlocks prescience, and which exists nowhere else in the known universe.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Dune →

The Great CitiesSeries

seriesN. K. Jemisin3 books2016

Fantasy.

“N. K. Jemisin's Great Cities duology imagines that great cities can awaken as living, sentient avatars defending themselves against extradimensional threats.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The City We Became →

Richard ForthrastSeries

seriesNeal Stephenson2 books2011

About virtual reality, set in virtual world.

“The sequel Fall; or, Dodge in Hell shifts registers entirely, following Richard's digitally preserved mind after death into an afterlife simulation built from his scanned brain.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Reamde →

The Change / The EventSeries

seriesS. M. Stirling, A. M. Dellamonica, Diana L. Paxson, Emily Mah, Harry Turtledove, Jane Lindskold, Jody Lynn Nye, John Barnes, John Birmingham, John J. Miller, Kier Salmon, Lauren C. Teffeau, M. T. Reiten, Terry England, Victor Milán & Walter Jon Williams41 books1998

Post-apocalyptic.

“Sixteen different authors, coordinated by Stirling, each contribute stories set in various corners of the suddenly de-industrialized world as survivors scramble to rebuild.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Change: Tales of Downfall and Rebirth →

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 Secret World Chronicle?: H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds — the closest match to Secret World Chronicle on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Secret World Chronicle?: Invasion. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Secret World Chronicle.
How big is Secret World Chronicle?: Secret World Chronicle is 24 books, 2011–2020.

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