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Books like The Ashes Trilogy: 9 series to read next

The Ashes Trilogy is post-apocalyptic and science fiction, about survival, set in north america, dark in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Ashes Trilogy is 3 books, 2011–2013.

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

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The 5th Wave
Ship Breaker
Gone
Maze Runner
The Hunger Games
Shade's Children milieu
Alone (James Phelan)
Earthseed
The Enemy (Charlie Higson)

The 5th WaveSeries

seriesRick Yancey4 books2013

Alien invasion, about aliens.

“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

Start with The 5th Wave →

Ship BreakerSeries

seriesPaolo Bacigalupi3 books2010

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

“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 →

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 →

Maze RunnerSeries

seriesJames Dashner11 books2009

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

“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 →

The Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

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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Shade's Children milieuSeries

seriesGarth Nix2 books1997

About rebellion and revolution.

Start with Shade's Children →

Alone (James Phelan)Series

seriesJames Phelan3 books2010

About plague and pandemic, set in big city.

“Jesse is on a UN Youth Ambassadors camp in New York when his subway carriage is rocked by an explosion.”
from the catalogue description of Chasers

Start with Chasers →

EarthseedSeries

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

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 Enemy (Charlie Higson)Series

seriesCharlie Higson7 books2009

Set in british isles and big city.

“The Enemy opens Charlie Higson's seven-book YA horror series, set in London after a mysterious sickness turns every adult into a voracious, flesh-hungry threat and leaves children to fend for themselves in a city gone feral.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Enemy →

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 Ashes Trilogy?: The 5th Wave — the closest match to The Ashes Trilogy on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Ashes Trilogy?: Ashes. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Ashes Trilogy.
How big is The Ashes Trilogy?: The Ashes Trilogy is 3 books, 2011–2013.

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