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Books like The Alien Next Door: 9 series to read next

The Alien Next Door is 15 books, 2018–2026.

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Kairos
The Island of Dr. Moreau
His Dark Materials
Ready Player One
The Hunger Games
InterWorld
Tripods
Shade's Children milieu
Reckoners

KairosSeries

seriesMadeleine L'Engle11 books1962

Science fiction.

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The Island of Dr. MoreauSeries

seriesMegan Shepherd, H. G. Wells, Brad Linaweaver, Brian W. Aldiss, Fred Olen Ray, Heather O'Neill, Jonathan Maberry, Robert Hoskins, Ron Goulart & Silvia Moreno-Garcia12 books1896

Set in 19th century.

“Taken together, the group traces one unsettling premise across more than a century of speculative fiction rather than forming a single ongoing story.”
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His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

Adventurous in tone, about coming of age, set in parallel universe.

“In a world like ours and unlike it, every human soul walks outside the body in the shape of an animal — a daemon, who speaks, who cannot be lied to, and who settles into one fixed form only when childhood ends.”
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Ready Player OneSeries

seriesErnest Cline & Andy Weir3 books2011

About virtual reality and quests, set in virtual world and near future.

“The 2020 sequel, Ready Player Two, picks up after Wade has gained control of the OASIS and follows him and his friends into a new quest built around a brain-computer interface the creator left behind.”
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The Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

Dystopia, tense in tone, set in far future and north america.

“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.”
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InterWorldSeries

seriesMichael Reaves, Mallory Reaves & Neil Gaiman3 books2007

Science fantasy, adventurous in tone, set in parallel universe and contemporary.

“Michael Reaves developed the story with Neil Gaiman, and Reaves's daughter Mallory Reaves co-wrote the two sequels.”
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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.”
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Shade's Children milieuSeries

seriesGarth Nix2 books1997

Post-apocalyptic and dystopia, about survival, set in near future.

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ReckonersSeries

seriesBrandon Sanderson & Steven Bohls6 books2013

Superhero, adventurous in tone, set in north america and near future.

“One young man orphaned by a High Epic joins a group that is killing Epics.”
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What should I read after The Alien Next Door?: Kairos — the closest match to The Alien Next Door on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Alien Next Door?: The New Kid. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Alien Next Door.
How big is The Alien Next Door?: The Alien Next Door is 15 books, 2018–2026.

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