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Books like Service Model: 9 series to read next

Service Model is science fiction and post-apocalyptic, about robots, set in our world, funny in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Service Model is 3 books, 2024–2025.

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Blade Runner Universe
Robopocalypse
Silver Metal Lover
The Martian
Sunrise Alley
A Clockwork Orange
Roderick
Starter Villain
The Android's Dream

Blade Runner UniverseSeries

seriesK. W. Jeter, Archie Goodwin, Les Martin & Philip K. Dick6 books1968

Cyberpunk, dark in tone, set in big city.

“Together the two trace the story's path from prose original to screen and comic-page adaptation.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? →

RobopocalypseSeries

seriesDaniel H. Wilson3 books2011

Tense and dark in tone, about war.

“Told in a present-tense, techno-thriller style compared to Michael Crichton's work, the New York Times bestseller continues in the sequel Robogenesis, which follows the aftermath of the robot uprising.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Robopocalypse →

Silver Metal LoverSeries

seriesTanith Lee2 books1981

Romance, emotional in tone, about forbidden love, set in big city.

“Jane feels adrift in the upper class of her dystopian society until she meets a robot built for pleasure she suspects is more than the sum of his parts.”
from the catalogue description of The Silver Metal Lover
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Silver Metal Lover →

The MartianSeries

seriesAndy Weir2 books2012

Hard science fiction, hopeful in tone, about space exploration, set in mars.

“Using scientific improvisation and dark humor, Watney works to keep himself alive long enough for a rescue to reach him.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Martian →

Sunrise AlleySeries

seriesCatherine Asaro2 books2004

Tense in tone.

“The man said is name was Turner Pascal - but Pascal was dead, killed in a car wreck.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Sunrise Alley →

A Clockwork OrangeSeries

seriesAnthony Burgess4 books1962

Dystopia, dark in tone, about totalitarianism, 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 →

RoderickSeries

seriesJohn Sladek3 books1980

About coming of age.

“Roderick the Robot - brainchild of Dr. Lee Wong - a real, complete, functioning, artificial boy.”
from the catalogue description of Roderick or the Education of a Young Machine

Start with Roderick or the Education of a Young Machine →

Starter VillainSeries

seriesJohn Scalzi1 book2023

Humor, lighthearted in tone, about organized crime.

Start with Starter Villain →

The Android's DreamSeries

seriesJohn Scalzi2 books2006

Space opera and humor, about aliens and genetic engineering.

“John Scalzi's The Android's Dream follows ex-soldier Harry Creek as the hunt for a replacement leads him to Robin Baker, an ordinary woman carrying hidden sheep DNA that makes her the key to avoiding a war.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Android's Dream →

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 Service Model?: Blade Runner Universe — the closest match to Service Model on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Service Model?: Human Resources. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Service Model.
How big is Service Model?: Service Model is 3 books, 2024–2025.

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