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Books like Sterkarm: 9 series to read next

Sterkarm is science fiction and time travel, set in british isles and renaissance and early modern. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Sterkarm is 3 books, 1998–2017.

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Foundation
Oxford Time Travel
Noughts & Crosses
Jack Christie Adventures
Tempest (Julie Cross)
The Chronicles of the Invaders
The Mortal Instruments
Tangled in Time
Tripods

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 →

Oxford Time TravelSeries

seriesConnie Willis6 books1982

About survival, set in europe.

“Connie Willis's Oxford Time Travel novels are set at a near-future Oxford University where historians travel into the past as observers, constrained by a version of history that resists any change large enough to alter real events.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Fire Watch →

Noughts & CrossesSeries

seriesMalorie Blackman & Karen Holmes10 books2001

Alternate history, about race and racism, set in contemporary.

“Callum is a Nought - an inferior white citizen in a society controlled by the black Crosses.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Noughts & Crosses →

Jack Christie AdventuresSeries

seriesJohnny O'Brien3 books2009

Adventure, set in our world.

Start with Day of the Assassins →

Tempest (Julie Cross)Series

seriesJulie Cross4 books2011

Set in contemporary and our world.

“The Time Traveller's Wife meets The Matrix - an action-packed, roller-coaster of a ride, filled with drama, intrigue and romance in equal proportions.”
from the catalogue description of Tempest

Start with Tempest →

The Chronicles of the InvadersSeries

seriesJennifer Ridyard & John Connolly3 books2013

Space opera, about aliens, set in far future and space.

“Earth has been invaded by the Illyri--a beautiful, civilized, yet ruthless alien race.”
from the catalogue description of Conquest

Start with Conquest →

The Mortal InstrumentsUniverse

universe70 books2007

Fantasy and urban fantasy, set in contemporary.

“There is a world laid over your own like a second skin, and you have been trained since birth not to see it.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

Tangled in TimeSeries

seriesKathryn Lasky2 books2019

Historical fantasy, about coming of age.

“Rose starts at a new school where her fashion-forward looks are not appreciated—and the mean girls don’t let her forget it.”
from the catalogue description of The Portal

Start with The Portal →

TripodsSeries

seriesJohn Christopher4 books1967

Post-apocalyptic, about aliens and rebellion and revolution, set in our world.

“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 →

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 Sterkarm?: Foundation — the closest match to Sterkarm on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Sterkarm?: The Sterkarm Handshake. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Sterkarm.
How big is Sterkarm?: Sterkarm is 3 books, 1998–2017.

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