Series

Books like Silvers: 9 series to read next

Silvers is science fiction and alternate history, set in alternate earth and contemporary. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Silvers is 3 books, 2014–2024.

“Without warning, the world comes to an end for Hannah and Amanda Given.”
from the catalogue description of The Flight of the Silvers

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The Andromeda Strain
Jumper
Maximum Ride
Gone
Richard Forthrast
Eden (Harry Harrison)
Southern Reach Trilogy
Nemesis Saga
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 →

JumperSeries

seriesSteven Gould6 books1992

About psychic powers.

“Steven Gould's series continues across Reflex, Impulse, and Exo, later following his and his wife's daughter as a second-generation jumper.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Jumper →

Maximum RideSeries

seriesJames Patterson, Cate Tiernan & Mindy McGinnis12 books2005

Science fantasy, about genetic engineering, set in our world.

Start with The Angel Experiment →

GoneSeries

seriesMichael Grant9 books2008

Dark in tone.

“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 →

Richard ForthrastSeries

seriesNeal Stephenson2 books2011

About virtual reality, set in our world and 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 →

Eden (Harry Harrison)Series

seriesHarry Harrison5 books1984

About war and aliens, set in prehistoric.

“Harry Harrison's Eden trilogy imagines an Earth where the dinosaurs never died out, evolving instead into the Yilane, a technologically advanced reptilian civilization that shares the planet uneasily with early humans.”
from the catalogue description

Start with West of Eden →

Southern Reach TrilogySeries

seriesJeff VanderMeer4 books2014

Weird fiction, eerie in tone, about madness, set in our world.

“In 2013, Paramount Pictures bought the movie rights for the series, and a film adaptation of Annihilation was made with Alex Garland as writer-director.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Annihilation →

Nemesis SagaSeries

seriesJeremy Robinson8 books2012

Set in our world.

“Robinson noted that various classic kaiju films especially those featuring Godzilla and Gamera were big influences on the series.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Island 731 →

The 5th WaveSeries

seriesRick Yancey4 books2013

Alien invasion and post-apocalyptic, about aliens.

“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 →

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 Silvers?: The Andromeda Strain — the closest match to Silvers on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Silvers?: The Flight of the Silvers. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Silvers.
How big is Silvers?: Silvers is 3 books, 2014–2024.

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