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Books like Terraplane: 9 series to read next

Terraplane is science fiction and dystopia, set in north america and near future, dark in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Terraplane is 6 books, 1987–2000.

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The Handmaid's Tale
Space Merchants
Earthseed
The Hunger Games
A Clockwork Orange
The Windup Universe
Blade Runner Universe
Shadow Children
The Circle (Eggers)

The Handmaid's TaleSeries

seriesMargaret Atwood3 books1985

About gender and society and rebellion and revolution.

“The Handmaid's Tale is Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel set in Gilead, a totalitarian theocracy that has overthrown the United States and forces fertile women into reproductive servitude as Handmaids; it is narrated by one such woman, Offred.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Handmaid's Tale →

Space MerchantsSeries

seriesFrederik Pohl & C. M. Kornbluth2 books1953

Set in venus & inner planets.

“Together the two books form a compact bookend pair rather than an ongoing series.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Space Merchants →

EarthseedSeries

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

Post-apocalyptic, 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 →

The Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

About rebellion and revolution, set in far future.

“Panem, they call it now — a nation raised on the drowned bones of North America, a glittering Capitol ringed by twelve districts it once starved into obedience.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

A Clockwork OrangeSeries

seriesAnthony Burgess4 books1962

About surveillance, set in british isles.

“After his crimes catch up with him, Alex is made the subject of a controversial state program meant to forcibly reform his behavior, and the novel uses his ordeal to question whether imposed goodness is worth the loss of free will.”
from the catalogue description

Start with A Clockwork Orange →

The Windup UniverseSeries

seriesPaolo Bacigalupi3 books2005

About genetic engineering, set in southeast asia.

Start with The Calorie Man →

Blade Runner UniverseSeries

seriesK. W. Jeter, Archie Goodwin, Les Martin & Philip K. Dick6 books1968

About robots and identity.

“Together the two trace the story's path from prose original to screen and comic-page adaptation.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? →

Shadow ChildrenSeries

seriesMargaret Peterson Haddix7 books1998

“In some cases, a parent may choose to forge a child's identification card so a shadow child can live a normal life.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Among the Hidden →

The Circle (Eggers)Series

seriesDave Eggers2 books2013

About surveillance.

“Dave Eggers's The Circle follows Mae's rise inside the company as she buys further and further into its ideology, at increasing cost to her own privacy and the people around her.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Circle →

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 Terraplane?: The Handmaid's Tale — the closest match to Terraplane on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Terraplane?: Random Acts of Senseless Violence. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Terraplane.
How big is Terraplane?: Terraplane is 6 books, 1987–2000.

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