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Books like Ship Saga: 9 series to read next

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

Ship Saga is 3 books, 2021–2023.

“Navigating inverted tunnels, she's plagued by ghostly apparitions from her past and stalked by a ravenous, mutated experiment gone horribly wrong.”
from the catalogue description of The Ship

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The 5th Wave
The Andromeda Strain
Forge of God
Gone
The Passage
Maze Runner
One Second After / John Matherson
The Ashes Trilogy
Realtime

The 5th WaveSeries

seriesRick Yancey4 books2013

Alien invasion and post-apocalyptic.

“Cassie Sullivan, the survivor of an alien invasion, must rescue her young brother from the enemy with help from a boy who may be one of them.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The 5th Wave →

The Andromeda StrainSeries

seriesDaniel H. Wilson & Michael Crichton2 books1969

About plague and pandemic.

“Daniel H. Wilson's authorized 2019 sequel The Andromeda Evolution revisits the same threat five decades later.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Andromeda Strain →

Forge of GodSeries

seriesGreg Bear2 books1987

Science fiction, tense and dark in tone, about survival and aliens.

“Earth faces destruction when an inscrutable and overwhelming alien form of life attacks.”
from the catalogue description of The Forge of God

Start with The Forge of God →

GoneSeries

seriesMichael Grant9 books2008

“Michael Grant's Gone series begins when everyone aged fifteen and older vanishes without warning from a swath of the California coast, trapping the town of Perdido Beach inside an impenetrable barrier the survivors call the FAYZ.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Gone →

The PassageSeries

seriesJustin Cronin3 books2010

Post-apocalyptic, about vampires.

Start with The Passage →

Maze RunnerSeries

seriesJames Dashner11 books2009

Dystopia and post-apocalyptic.

“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 →

One Second After / John MathersonSeries

seriesWilliam R. Forstchen4 books2009

Post-apocalyptic, about war.

Start with One Second After →

The Ashes TrilogySeries

seriesIlsa J. Bick3 books2011

Post-apocalyptic.

“The trilogy follows one continuous crisis across its three volumes.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Ashes →

RealtimeSeries

seriesVernor Vinge3 books1984

Science fiction, tense in tone, about survival, set in near future.

“Vernor Vinge's The Peace War introduces Paul Hoehler, inventor of the 'bobble' — an impenetrable force-field technology seized by the authoritarian Peace Authority to enforce global dominance.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Peace War →

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 Ship Saga?: The 5th Wave — the closest match to Ship Saga on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Ship Saga?: The Ship. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Ship Saga.
How big is Ship Saga?: Ship Saga is 3 books, 2021–2023.

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