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Books like Shelli: 9 series to read next

Shelli is science fiction, set in near future. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Shelli is 3 books, 2024–2026.

“In its years of service to Homeland Security, Shelli has never questioned its purpose, never doubted its mission, and never failed in its task.”
from the catalogue description

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Blade Runner Universe
Lock In
Halting State
The Jackpot Trilogy
Library of America P. K. Dick Collection
Bridge Trilogy
Foundation
Greg Mandel
Sprawl Trilogy

Blade Runner UniverseSeries

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

Science fiction and cyberpunk, dark in tone, about robots and identity, set in near future and 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? →

Lock InSeries

seriesJohn Scalzi3 books2014

Police procedural.

“John Scalzi's series follows a rookie FBI agent investigating crimes that exploit this new class of disability and technology, across the novels Lock In and Head On plus the interstitial oral history Unlocked.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Lock In →

Halting StateSeries

seriesCharles Stross2 books2007

About surveillance.

“The plot centres on a bank robbery in a virtual world.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Halting State →

The Jackpot TrilogySeries

seriesWilliam Gibson2 books2014

About surveillance.

“Gibson's 2020 book Agency is set in the same world.”
from the catalogue description of The Peripheral

Start with The Peripheral →

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 →

Bridge TrilogySeries

seriesWilliam Gibson4 books1990

Science fiction and cyberpunk, set in near future and north america.

“Set in a near-future California, the novel takes place after an earthquake has damaged the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and turned it into an improvised settlement known as the Bridge.”
from the catalogue description of Virtual Light
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Start with Virtual Light →

FoundationUniverse

universe123 books1940

Set in far future.

“There is a science that reads the future of quadrillions the way an astronomer reads the orbits of stars.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Foundation →

Greg MandelSeries

seriesPeter F. Hamilton5 books1993

About psychic powers, set in british isles.

“Greg Mandel is a former special-forces soldier with a psychic 'gland' implant for reading emotions, working as a private investigator in a near-future Britain recovering from an authoritarian climate-crisis government.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Mindstar Rising →

Sprawl TrilogySeries

seriesWilliam Gibson & Terry Bisson10 books1981

About virtual reality.

“Johnny Mnemonic, an early short story set in the same fictional milieu, predates the novels and introduces the courier Molly Millions before her role in the trilogy.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Neuromancer →

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 Shelli?: Blade Runner Universe — the closest match to Shelli on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Shelli?: Shelli. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Shelli.
How big is Shelli?: Shelli is 3 books, 2024–2026.

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