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Books like The 5th Wave: 9 series to read next

The 5th Wave is science fiction and alien invasion, about aliens, set in north america, tense in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The 5th Wave is 4 books, 2013–2016.

“Cassie Sullivan, the survivor of an alien invasion, must rescue her young brother from the enemy with help from a boy who may be one of them.”
from the catalogue description

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Gone
The Hunger Games
The Ashes Trilogy
The Passage
Tripods
Ship Breaker
Maze Runner
Shade's Children milieu
War Against the Chtorr

GoneSeries

seriesMichael Grant9 books2008

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

“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 →

The Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

Dystopia, about rebellion and revolution and totalitarianism, 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

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The Ashes TrilogySeries

seriesIlsa J. Bick3 books2011

Science fiction and post-apocalyptic, tense and dark in tone, about survival, set in north america and near future.

“The trilogy follows one continuous crisis across its three volumes.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Ashes →

The PassageSeries

seriesJustin Cronin3 books2010

Horror, about vampires.

Start with The Passage →

TripodsSeries

seriesJohn Christopher4 books1967

About 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
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Start with When the Tripods Came →

Ship BreakerSeries

seriesPaolo Bacigalupi3 books2010

Science fiction and post-apocalyptic, tense and dark in tone, about survival, set in north america and near future.

“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 →

Maze RunnerSeries

seriesJames Dashner11 books2009

Dystopia.

“A 16 year old boy awakens with amnesia in a community of other youths in the center of a maze, and realizes they must cooperate to escape.”
from the catalogue description of The Maze Runner
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Start with The Maze Runner →

Shade's Children milieuSeries

seriesGarth Nix2 books1997

Dystopia, about rebellion and revolution.

Start with Shade's Children →

War Against the ChtorrSeries

seriesDavid Gerrold7 books1983

About ecological collapse.

“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
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Start with A Matter for Men →

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 The 5th Wave?: Gone — the closest match to The 5th Wave on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The 5th Wave?: The 5th Wave. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The 5th Wave.
How big is The 5th Wave?: The 5th Wave is 4 books, 2013–2016.

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