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Books like Step by Step: 9 series to read next

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

Step by Step is 3 books, 2018–2021.

“Plastic mysteriously begins to liquefy, leading to the failure of major electronics and disruption in the lives of the people of Sycamore River.”
from the catalogue description of Drop by Drop

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The Triffids
Ship Breaker
Orange County
Gone
Flood
Earthseed
War Against the Chtorr
World War Z
Last Survivors

The TriffidsSeries

seriesJohn Whitbourn, John Wyndham & Simon Clark3 books1951

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 →

Ship BreakerSeries

seriesPaolo Bacigalupi3 books2010

“Paolo Bacigalupi's Ship Breaker follows Nailer as helping her pulls him out of his abusive father's orbit and into a much larger, more dangerous game involving her family's fortune.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Ship Breaker →

Orange CountySeries

seriesKim Stanley Robinson3 books1984

Science fiction, set in near future and north america.

“Each novel describes the life of young people in one of the three near-future worlds; each novel begins with an exposition that tells the reader about the fictional world.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with The Wild Shore →

GoneSeries

seriesMichael Grant9 books2008

“Michael Grant's Gone series begins when everyone aged fifteen and older vanishes without warning from a swath of the California coast, trapping the town of Perdido Beach inside an impenetrable barrier the survivors call the FAYZ.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Gone →

FloodSeries

seriesStephen Baxter6 books2008

Science fiction, about survival and ecological collapse, set in near future.

“The 2009 sequel, Ark, follows a parallel thread of people who instead gamble everything on a desperate escape from the drowning planet.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Flood →

EarthseedSeries

seriesOctavia E. Butler, Damian Duffy, David Brame & John Jennings7 books1993

Dystopia, about faith and religion.

“The two-book series was left unfinished at Butler's death; a planned third novel, Parable of the Trickster, was never completed.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Parable of the Sower →

War Against the ChtorrSeries

seriesDavid Gerrold7 books1983

About aliens and war.

“The Chtorr series was originally planned as a trilogy, but as the story became more intricate, Gerrold realized that three books would not be enough for him to tell the entire story.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with A Matter for Men →

World War ZSeries

seriesMax Brooks3 books2006

Zombie horror and horror, about war.

Start with World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War →

Last SurvivorsSeries

seriesSusan Beth Pfeffer4 books2006

Start with Life As We Knew It →

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 Step by Step?: The Triffids — the closest match to Step by Step on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Step by Step?: Drop by Drop. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Step by Step.
How big is Step by Step?: Step by Step is 3 books, 2018–2021.

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