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Shift (Hugh Howey) is science fiction and dystopia. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Shift (Hugh Howey) is 4 books, 2012–2013.

“In the same year, the CBS network re-aired a program about the effects of propranolol on sufferers of extreme trauma.”
from the catalogue description of Legacy

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Maze Runner
Library of America P. K. Dick Collection
Forge of God
Space Merchants
To the Stars (Harrison)
Shade's Children milieu
The Handmaid's Tale
The Testing Trilogy
A Clockwork Orange

Maze RunnerSeries

seriesJames Dashner11 books2009

“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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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

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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

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Space MerchantsSeries

seriesFrederik Pohl & C. M. Kornbluth2 books1953

About class conflict, set in venus & inner planets.

“Together the two books form a compact bookend pair rather than an ongoing series.”
from the catalogue description

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To the Stars (Harrison)Series

seriesHarry Harrison3 books1980

About rebellion and revolution, set in other star systems.

“One of the elite stumbles onto the knowledge that news and opinions are being carefully managed to whitewash the situation, which leads him to throw his lot in with those who oppose it.”
from the catalogue description of Homeworld
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Shade's Children milieuSeries

seriesGarth Nix2 books1997

About coming of age and rebellion and revolution.

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The Handmaid's TaleSeries

seriesMargaret Atwood3 books1985

About gender and society and rebellion and revolution, set in north america.

“The Handmaid's Tale is Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel set in Gilead, a totalitarian theocracy that has overthrown the United States and forces fertile women into reproductive servitude as Handmaids; it is narrated by one such woman, Offred.”
from the catalogue description

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The Testing TrilogySeries

seriesJoelle Charbonneau4 books2013

About political intrigue.

“Joelle Charbonneau's Testing trilogy is set generations after a war has wrecked the world's governments and resources, when a rebuilt society selects its most promising graduates for the Testing, a competition meant to find future leaders.”
from the catalogue description

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A Clockwork OrangeSeries

seriesAnthony Burgess4 books1962

Challenging in tone, set in big city and british isles.

“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

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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.

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What should I read after Shift (Hugh Howey)?: Maze Runner — the closest match to Shift (Hugh Howey) on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Shift (Hugh Howey)?: Legacy. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Shift (Hugh Howey).
How big is Shift (Hugh Howey)?: Shift (Hugh Howey) is 4 books, 2012–2013.

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