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Books like Slan: 9 series to read next

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

Slan is 2 books, 1946–2007.

“The two novels together bracket a single continuing narrative rather than an ongoing series.”
from the catalogue description

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Patternist
Dune
The Hunger Games
Tripods
The Obernewtyn Chronicles
The Pure Trilogy
Foundation
Forge of God
The Triffids

PatternistSeries

seriesOctavia E. Butler6 books1976

Science fiction, dark in tone, about genetic engineering.

“The Patternist series is a group of science fiction novels by Octavia E. Butler that detail a secret history continuing from the Ancient Egyptian period to the far future that involves telepathic mind control and an extraterrestrial plague.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Wild Seed →

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Space opera, about political intrigue, set in other star systems.

“The desert planet, where empire runs on a single substance: the spice melange, which folds space, prolongs life, and unlocks prescience, and which exists nowhere else in the known universe.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Dune →

The Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

Dystopia, about rebellion and revolution, set in north america.

“Panem, they call it now — a nation raised on the drowned bones of North America, a glittering Capitol ringed by twelve districts it once starved into obedience.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

TripodsSeries

seriesJohn Christopher4 books1967

Post-apocalyptic, about aliens and rebellion and revolution.

“The first two books were the basis of a science fiction TV series, produced in the United Kingdom in the 1980s.”
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Start with When the Tripods Came →

The Obernewtyn ChroniclesSeries

seriesIsobelle Carmody9 books1987

Post-apocalyptic and fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Carmody began writing it at the age of fourteen, and reworked the novel through high school and university.”
from the catalogue description of Obernewtyn
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Start with Obernewtyn →

The Pure TrilogySeries

seriesJulianna Baggott3 books2012

Dystopia.

Start with Pure →

FoundationUniverse

universe123 books1940

About robots.

“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 →

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

Start with The Forge of God →

The TriffidsSeries

seriesJohn Whitbourn, John Wyndham & Simon Clark3 books1951

Post-apocalyptic, set in british isles.

“Together the three novels form a loose post-apocalyptic trilogy built on Wyndham's original premise rather than a tightly plotted single story.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Day of the Triffids →

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 Slan?: Patternist — the closest match to Slan on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Slan?: Slan. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Slan.
How big is Slan?: Slan is 2 books, 1946–2007.

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