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Books like The Blue Ant Trilogy: 9 series to read next

The Blue Ant Trilogy is science fiction and techno-thriller, about surveillance, set in contemporary, mysterious in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Blue Ant Trilogy is 3 books, 2003–2010.

“Set in August and September 2002, the story follows Cayce Pollard, a 32-year-old marketing consultant who has a psychological sensitivity to corporate symbols.”
from the catalogue description of Pattern Recognition
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Robert Langdon
Southern Reach Trilogy
The Jackpot Trilogy
Atlas (Olivie Blake)
The Merchant Princes
Little Brother
The Fourth Realm
The Themis Files
Halting State

Robert LangdonSeries

seriesDan Brown6 books2000

About faith and religion.

“The Robert Langdon novel series is named after Robert Langdon, the protagonist of the novels by American author Dan Brown.”
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Start with Angels & Demons →

Southern Reach TrilogySeries

seriesJeff VanderMeer4 books2014

Weird fiction and horror, eerie in tone, about madness.

“In 2013, Paramount Pictures bought the movie rights for the series, and a film adaptation of Annihilation was made with Alex Garland as writer-director.”
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Start with Annihilation →

The Jackpot TrilogySeries

seriesWilliam Gibson2 books2014

Set in near future.

“Gibson's 2020 book Agency is set in the same world.”
from the catalogue description of The Peripheral

Start with The Peripheral →

Atlas (Olivie Blake)Series

seriesOlivie Blake3 books2020

About magic schools.

“Olivie Blake's Atlas trilogy follows six magical scholars recruited into a secretive society that grants near-limitless magical resources in exchange for a mortal cost only revealed after they've already committed.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Atlas Six →

The Merchant PrincesSeries

seriesCharles Stross14 books2004

Science fantasy and alternate history, set in parallel universe.

“In the series, there exist a number of parallel worlds, all of which are on the same geographical Earth but with different societies at different points of development.”
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Start with The Family Trade →

Little BrotherSeries

seriesCory Doctorow7 books2008

Science fiction, tense in tone, about surveillance, set in contemporary and north america.

“Homeland continues Marcus's fight years later, and Attack Surface completes the trilogy; a companion story, 'Lawful Interception,' and other short pieces extend the same near-future world.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Little Brother →

The Fourth RealmSeries

seriesJohn Twelve Hawks3 books2005

Dystopia, dark in tone, about totalitarianism.

“The trilogy has been translated into 25 languages and has sold more than 1.5 million books.”
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Start with The Traveler →

The Themis FilesSeries

seriesSylvain Neuvel3 books2015

About aliens and robots.

“Sleeping Giants and its sequels are told almost entirely through interview transcripts conducted by an unnamed, evasive interrogator, giving the series a documentary, oral-history feel unusual for first-contact SF.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Sleeping Giants →

Halting StateSeries

seriesCharles Stross2 books2007

Cyberpunk, about artificial intelligence, set in near future.

“The plot centres on a bank robbery in a virtual world.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Halting State →

Why these

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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 Blue Ant Trilogy?: Robert Langdon — the closest match to The Blue Ant Trilogy on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Blue Ant Trilogy?: Pattern Recognition. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Blue Ant Trilogy.
How big is The Blue Ant Trilogy?: The Blue Ant Trilogy is 3 books, 2003–2010.

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