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Books like Spectral: 9 series to read next

Spectral is 13 books, from 2024.

H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds
Dune
The Invisible Man
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Foundation
The Triffids
Library of America P. K. Dick Collection
Ender's Game
Known Space

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 →

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Space opera, about political intrigue, set in far future and 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 Invisible ManSeries

seriesH. G. Wells, Malvina G. Vogel & T. S. Gregory6 books1897

Set in british isles and 19th century.

“The Invisible Man is H. G. Wells's 1897 science fiction novel about Griffin, a scientist who works out how to make living tissue invisible and tests the process on himself, only to discover he has no way to reverse it.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Invisible in London →

Nineteen Eighty-FourSeries

seriesGeorge Orwell, Mike Dean & Sandra Newman4 books1949

Dystopia.

Start with Nineteen Eighty-Four →

FoundationUniverse

universe123 books1940

About robots, set in far future.

“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 →

The TriffidsSeries

seriesJohn Whitbourn, John Wyndham & Simon Clark3 books1951

Post-apocalyptic, about survival, set in our world and 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 →

Library of America P. K. Dick CollectionSeries

seriesPhilip K. Dick9 books1962

Set in near future.

“Technically banned, a novel called The Grasshopper Lies Heavy imagines a world where the Allies won instead — and its reclusive author, Hawthorne Abendsen, becomes an obsession for characters on every side.”
from the catalogue description of The Man in the High Castle

Start with The Man in the High Castle →

Ender's GameUniverse

universe39 books1977

Set in far future.

“To beat your enemy you must first understand him so completely that you love him — and in the instant you love him, you destroy him.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

About aliens, set in far future and space.

“Give a clever species a few centuries and a working fusion drive, and it will fill the sky with problems.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

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 Spectral?: H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds — the closest match to Spectral on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Spectral?: Spectral: Episode One. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Spectral.
How big is Spectral?: Spectral is 13 books, from 2024.

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