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Books like Simulations Saga: 9 series to read next

Simulations Saga is litrpg and portal fantasy, about virtual reality, set in contemporary, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Simulations Saga is 1 book, from 2025.

“Palmer never felt like more than an average high school kid-until the day he discovered the portal.”
from the catalogue description of Incursions

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Ready Player One
Maximum Ride
The Andromeda Strain
Jumper
Richard Forthrast
InterWorld
Shane Schofield
TimeRiders
Watership Down

Ready Player OneSeries

seriesErnest Cline & Andy Weir3 books2011

Cyberpunk and dystopia, set in near future.

“The 2020 sequel, Ready Player Two, picks up after Wade has gained control of the OASIS and follows him and his friends into a new quest built around a brain-computer interface the creator left behind.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Ready Player One →

Maximum RideSeries

seriesJames Patterson, Cate Tiernan & Mindy McGinnis12 books2005

Science fantasy, about genetic engineering and found family.

Start with The Angel Experiment →

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 →

Richard ForthrastSeries

seriesNeal Stephenson2 books2011

Set in north america.

“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 →

InterWorldSeries

seriesMichael Reaves, Mallory Reaves & Neil Gaiman3 books2007

Science fantasy and fantasy, about coming of age.

“Michael Reaves developed the story with Neil Gaiman, and Reaves's daughter Mallory Reaves co-wrote the two sequels.”
from the catalogue description

Start with InterWorld →

Shane SchofieldSeries

seriesMatthew Reilly5 books1998

Thriller & suspense.

“Ice Station is Australian thriller writer Matthew Reilly's second novel, released in 1998.”
from the catalogue description of Ice Station

Start with Ice Station →

TimeRidersSeries

seriesAlex Scarrow9 books2010

Time travel.

“Because time travel is here, and there are those who would go back in time and change the past.That's why the TimeRiders exist: to protect us.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with TimeRiders →

Watership DownSeries

seriesRichard Adams21 books1972

Fantasy, about found family, set in countryside & village.

“Adams returned to the same world in 1996 with Tales from Watership Down, a collection of nineteen short stories mixing rabbit folklore with further adventures of characters from the novel.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Watership Down →

Why these

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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.

Questions readers ask

What should I read after Simulations Saga?: Ready Player One — the closest match to Simulations Saga on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Simulations Saga?: Incursions. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Simulations Saga.
How big is Simulations Saga?: Simulations Saga is 1 book, from 2025.

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