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Books like Split Second: 9 series to read next

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

Split Second is 2 books, 2015–2018.

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Meg / Loch Universe
Nemesis Saga
Tiny Time Machine
Jumper
Richard Forthrast
TimeRiders
Tripods
The Andromeda Strain
ゴジラ / Godzilla

Meg / Loch UniverseSeries

seriesSteve Alten11 books1997

Science fiction, tense in tone, about survival, set in contemporary and our world.

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Nemesis SagaSeries

seriesJeremy Robinson8 books2012

Science fiction and thriller & suspense, tense in tone, about survival, set in our world and contemporary.

“Robinson noted that various classic kaiju films especially those featuring Godzilla and Gamera were big influences on the series.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Island 731 →

Tiny Time MachineSeries

seriesJohn E. Stith3 books2021

Science fiction and time travel, set in our world and contemporary.

“All life on Earth will die of thirst unless a couple of loners on the run can use a strange time portal activated by a smartphone to stop a secret project.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Tiny Time Machine →

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

About virtual reality, set in 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 →

TimeRidersSeries

seriesAlex Scarrow9 books2010

“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
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with TimeRiders →

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.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with When the Tripods Came →

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 →

ゴジラ / GodzillaSeries

seriesMarc Cerasini, Greg Keyes, 香山滋, H. B. Gilmour, Greg Cox, Kimberly Weinberger, Scott Ciencin, Stephen Molstad & 山崎貴17 books1955

Science fiction, tense in tone, set in our world and contemporary.

“While all set within the same continuity, each novel has its own plot and storyline, with Toho's kaiju featured as the stars.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Godzilla →

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 Split Second?: Meg / Loch Universe — the closest match to Split Second on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Split Second?: Split Second. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Split Second.
How big is Split Second?: Split Second is 2 books, 2015–2018.

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