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Books like Socket: 9 series to read next

Socket 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.

Socket is 3 books, from 2010.

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Jumper
Divergent
Tripods
A Clockwork Orange
Ready Player One
Renegades (Marissa Meyer)
Mila 2.0
H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds
Richard Forthrast

JumperSeries

seriesSteven Gould6 books1992

Tense in tone, about psychic powers, set in contemporary.

“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 →

DivergentSeries

seriesVeronica Roth10 books2011

Dystopia, tense in tone, set in north america and big city.

Start with The Transfer →

TripodsSeries

seriesJohn Christopher4 books1967

Post-apocalyptic, tense in tone, 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.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with When the Tripods Came →

A Clockwork OrangeSeries

seriesAnthony Burgess4 books1962

Dystopia, dark in tone, about totalitarianism.

“After his crimes catch up with him, Alex is made the subject of a controversial state program meant to forcibly reform his behavior, and the novel uses his ordeal to question whether imposed goodness is worth the loss of free will.”
from the catalogue description

Start with A Clockwork Orange →

Ready Player OneSeries

seriesErnest Cline & Andy Weir3 books2011

Cyberpunk, about virtual reality and quests, set in virtual world.

“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 →

Renegades (Marissa Meyer)Series

seriesMarissa Meyer3 books2017

Superhero, tense in tone, set in big city.

“Marissa Meyer's trilogy, continuing through Archenemies and Supernova, plays the two factions' history against the leads' divided loyalties; Meyer has said she doesn't plan to extend the series further.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Renegades →

Mila 2.0Series

seriesDebra Driza5 books2013

Tense in tone, about robots, set in north america.

Start with The Fire →

H. G. Wells' War of the WorldsUniverse

universe65 books1898

Alien invasion.

“No one would have believed, in the closing years of the nineteenth century, that human affairs were being watched keenly and closely from the timeless worlds of space.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The War of the Worlds →

Richard ForthrastSeries

seriesNeal Stephenson2 books2011

About virtual reality, set in north america 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 →

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 Socket?: Jumper — the closest match to Socket on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Socket?: The Discovery of Socket Greeny. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Socket.
How big is Socket?: Socket is 3 books, from 2010.

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