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Books like The Alchemy Wars: 9 series to read next

The Alchemy Wars is steampunk and alternate history, about robots, set in alternate earth, dark in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Alchemy Wars is 4 books, 2015–2020.

“Soon after the Dutch scientist and clockmaker Christiaan Huygens invented the very first Clakker in the 17th Century, the Netherlands built a whole mechanical army.”
from the catalogue description of The Mechanical

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The Land of Hope and Glory
Blade Runner Universe
Draka (S. M. Stirling)
Bilalistan
Crosstime Traffic
The Hunger Games
Small Change
Eden (Harry Harrison)
The Handmaid's Tale

The Land of Hope and GlorySeries

seriesGeoffrey Wilson3 books2011

Historical fantasy, about colonialism, set in british isles.

“At first Jack Casey, retired soldier, wants nothing to do with the uprising, but then he learns his daughter, Elizabeth, is due to be hanged for helping the rebels.”
from the catalogue description of Land of Hope and Glory

Start with Land of Hope and Glory →

Blade Runner UniverseSeries

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

Cyberpunk, set in near future and big city.

“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? →

Draka (S. M. Stirling)Series

seriesS. M. Stirling & John J. Moller6 books1988

Dystopia, about totalitarianism.

Start with Marching Through Georgia →

BilalistanSeries

seriesSteven Barnes2 books2002

About colonialism.

Start with Lion's Blood →

Crosstime TrafficSeries

seriesHarry Turtledove6 books2003

Alternate history and science fiction, set in alternate earth.

“Harry Turtledove's Crosstime Traffic novels are set on an Earth that has discovered travel to alternate timelines where history unfolded differently, exploited commercially by the monopoly company that gives the series its name.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Gunpowder Empire →

The Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

Dystopia, about survival, 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 →

Small ChangeSeries

seriesJo Walton4 books2006

Thriller & suspense, about totalitarianism, set in british isles and mid 20th century.

“As the series begins, Britain itself slides toward fascism.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Farthing →

Eden (Harry Harrison)Series

seriesHarry Harrison5 books1984

About survival and aliens, set in prehistoric.

“Harry Harrison's Eden trilogy imagines an Earth where the dinosaurs never died out, evolving instead into the Yilane, a technologically advanced reptilian civilization that shares the planet uneasily with early humans.”
from the catalogue description

Start with West of Eden →

The Handmaid's TaleSeries

seriesMargaret Atwood3 books1985

Dystopia, about totalitarianism and gender and society, set in near future.

“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 →

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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.

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What should I read after The Alchemy Wars?: The Land of Hope and Glory — the closest match to The Alchemy Wars on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Alchemy Wars?: The Mechanical. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Alchemy Wars.
How big is The Alchemy Wars?: The Alchemy Wars is 4 books, 2015–2020.

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