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Books like The Andromeda Strain: 9 series to read next

The Andromeda Strain is science fiction, about plague and pandemic and survival, set in contemporary, tense in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Andromeda Strain is 2 books, 1969–2019.

“Daniel H. Wilson's authorized 2019 sequel The Andromeda Evolution revisits the same threat five decades later.”
from the catalogue description

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Infected
Peeps
Darwin
Jerusalem's Lot
The Extinction Files
When the Wind Blows
Forge of God
The Strain
Gone

InfectedSeries

seriesScott Sigler3 books2008

Alien invasion.

“Seeds of unknown origin contaminate some humans who turn into paranoiac psychopaths.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Infected →

PeepsSeries

seriesScott Westerfeld2 books2005

Set in big city.

“The apocalyptic threat to the world that begins in Peeps continues in The Last Days, which features some of the same characters.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Peeps →

DarwinSeries

seriesGreg Bear2 books1999

About genetic engineering, set in near future.

“Greg Bear's Darwin's Radio imagines a dormant retrovirus in human DNA activating worldwide, triggering an accelerated leap in human evolution that governments respond to as a plague.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Darwin's Radio →

Jerusalem's LotSeries

seriesStephen King3 books1975

Eerie in tone, about vampires and grief and loss, set in small town.

“Stephen King's 1975 novel 'Salem's Lot follows writer Ben Mears as he returns to his childhood town of Jerusalem's Lot, Maine, only to discover that its residents are being turned into vampires by a newly arrived stranger.”
from the catalogue description

Start with 'Salem's Lot →

The Extinction FilesSeries

seriesA. G. Riddle2 books2017

Thriller & suspense, about genetic engineering.

Start with Pandemic →

When the Wind BlowsSeries

seriesJames Patterson2 books1998

Thriller & suspense, about genetic engineering.

Start with When the Wind Blows →

Forge of GodSeries

seriesGreg Bear2 books1987

Science fiction, tense and dark in tone, about survival and aliens.

“Earth faces destruction when an inscrutable and overwhelming alien form of life attacks.”
from the catalogue description of The Forge of God

Start with The Forge of God →

The StrainSeries

seriesChuck Hogan & Guillermo Del Toro3 books2009

About vampires.

“When a Boeing 777 lands at JFK Airport with nearly everyone aboard dead, CDC epidemiologist Ephraim Goodweather is called in and instead uncovers a vampiric plague beginning to spread through New York City.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Strain →

GoneSeries

seriesMichael Grant9 books2008

“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 →

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 Andromeda Strain?: Infected — the closest match to The Andromeda Strain on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Andromeda Strain?: The Andromeda Strain. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Andromeda Strain.
How big is The Andromeda Strain?: The Andromeda Strain is 2 books, 1969–2019.

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