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Books like Snake: 9 series to read next

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

Snake is 5 books, 1973–1980.

“When her dreamsnake is killed early on, Snake sets out across a fractured, tribal far-future Earth to find a replacement.”
from the catalogue description

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Saint Leibowitz
Mara and Dann
Dune
Hainish
Pax / Astra
Galaxy's Edge: Omnibus
Tales of a Darkening World
The Hunger Games
This Immortal

Saint LeibowitzSeries

seriesWalter M. Miller & Jr.6 books1955

About faith and religion, set in north america.

“Together the two novels form a sparse, decades-spanning series about memory, faith, and the cycles of civilization.”
from the catalogue description

Start with A Canticle for Leibowitz →

Mara and DannSeries

seriesDoris Lessing2 books1999

About ecological collapse and coming of age.

“Told to forget their real names forever or be killed, the brother and sister live for years among the primitive Rock People, taken in by one of their own kind but always outcasts.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Mara and Dann →

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Space opera, about political intrigue.

“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 →

HainishSeries

seriesUrsula K. Le Guin33 books1964

Science fiction, reflective in tone, set in far future and other star systems.

“The Hainish Cycle consists of a number of science fiction novels and stories by Ursula K. Le Guin.”
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Start with Rocannon's World →

Pax / AstraSeries

seriesAndre Norton2 books1954

Tense in tone.

“Star Flight appears to be a later omnibus or reissue rather than a third original novel.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Stars Are Ours! →

Galaxy's Edge: OmnibusSeries

seriesDaniel F. Galouye & Mike Resnick2 books1961

Set in underground & caves.

Start with Galaxy's Edge: Omnibus #2: Complete Contents from Issues 4, 5 & 6 →

Tales of a Darkening WorldSeries

seriesEdgar Pangborn17 books1954

Science fiction and post-apocalyptic, set in far future.

“Edgar Pangborn's loose post-apocalyptic sequence is set generations after an unspecified war has reduced North America to small, pseudo-medieval communities ruled by a Church that actively suppresses old technology and persecutes mutants.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Davy →

The Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

Dystopia, tense in tone, 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 →

This ImmortalSeries

seriesHarry Turtledove & Roger Zelazny2 books1966

About immortality and aliens.

Start with This Immortal →

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 Snake?: Saint Leibowitz — the closest match to Snake on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Snake?: Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Snake.
How big is Snake?: Snake is 5 books, 1973–1980.
Is Snake finished?: Yes — 5 books, 1973–1980.

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