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Books like Superhumans: 9 series to read next

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

Superhumans is 3 books, 2010–2011.

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Tripods
H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds
Daniel X
Needle
Tip and J. Lo
The Andromeda Strain
My Teacher Is an Alien
Star Shards
Icons

TripodsSeries

seriesJohn Christopher4 books1967

Post-apocalyptic, about rebellion and revolution, set in near future.

“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 →

H. G. Wells' War of the WorldsUniverse

universe65 books1898

Science fiction and 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 →

Daniel XSeries

seriesJames Patterson, Chris Grabenstein, Ned Rust, Adam Sadler & Michael Ledwidge6 books2008

Science fiction, adventurous in tone, about aliens, set in contemporary and our world.

“The Dangerous Days of Daniel X opens James Patterson's science-fiction series, co-written with Michael Ledwidge, marking Patterson's return to genre science fiction in a similar vein to his Maximum Ride series.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Dangerous Days of Daniel X →

NeedleSeries

seriesHal Clement2 books1950

Hard science fiction.

“Together the mismatched pair must learn to communicate and cooperate, first to survive and later to track down the second alien, which has hidden inside another human in the same Pacific island community.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Needle →

Tip and J. LoSeries

seriesAdam Rex2 books2007

Funny in tone.

Start with The True Meaning of Smekday →

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 →

My Teacher Is an AlienSeries

seriesBruce Coville4 books1989

“Susan Simmons can tell that her new substitute teacher is really weird.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with My Teacher Is an Alien →

Star ShardsSeries

seriesNeal Shusterman3 books1995

Fantasy.

“Six teenagers are horrified to discover that an evil force has taken control of them.”
from the catalogue description of Scorpion Shards

Start with Scorpion Shards →

IconsSeries

seriesMargaret Stohl2 books2013

Dystopia, set in near future.

“The day Earth lost a war it didn't know it was fighting.”
from the catalogue description of Icons

Start with Icons →

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 Superhumans?: Tripods — the closest match to Superhumans on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Superhumans?: Meteorite Strike. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Superhumans.
How big is Superhumans?: Superhumans is 3 books, 2010–2011.

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