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Books like The Buckmaster Trilogy: 9 series to read next

The Buckmaster Trilogy is literary & general, set in british isles, dark in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Buckmaster Trilogy is 3 books, 2014–2020.

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Karl Glogauer
Fifth Child
Freddie Montgomery
Empire of the Sun
Todd Family
A Clockwork Orange
VALIS
The Warlord Chronicles
After Such Knowledge

Karl GlogauerSeries

seriesMichael Moorcock2 books1969

Science fiction.

“Michael Moorcock's two Karl Glogauer novels share a character rather than a plot.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Behold the Man →

Fifth ChildSeries

seriesDoris Lessing2 books1988

About parenthood.

Start with The Fifth Child →

Freddie MontgomerySeries

seriesJohn Banville1 book1989

Mystery & detective, about murder investigation, set in europe.

“Many of the characters in The Book of Evidence appear in the 1993 sequel Ghosts.”
from the catalogue description of The Book of Evidence

Start with The Book of Evidence →

Empire of the SunSeries

seriesJ. G. Ballard2 books1984

About coming of age, set in east asia.

“J. G. Ballard's Empire of the Sun draws on his own childhood to follow Jim, a British boy separated from his parents in Japanese-occupied Shanghai during World War II and interned in a civilian camp for the rest of the war.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Empire of the Sun →

Todd FamilySeries

seriesKate Atkinson2 books2013

Bittersweet in tone, about family secrets, set in early 20th century.

“The companion novel A God in Ruins turns to Ursula's brother Teddy, a bomber pilot, following his one, single life forward from the war through old age.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Life After Life →

A Clockwork OrangeSeries

seriesAnthony Burgess4 books1962

Dystopia and science fiction, about totalitarianism, set in near future.

“After his crimes catch up with him, Alex is made the subject of a controversial state program meant to forcibly reform his behavior, and the novel uses his ordeal to question whether imposed goodness is worth the loss of free will.”
from the catalogue description

Start with A Clockwork Orange →

VALISSeries

seriesPhilip K. Dick4 books1981

Science fiction, about faith and religion.

“The title is an acronym for Vast Active Living Intelligence System, Dick's gnostic vision of God.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with VALIS →

The Warlord ChroniclesSeries

seriesBernard Cornwell3 books1995

Fantasy, about political intrigue.

“The books were originally published between 1995 and 1997 by Penguin and Michael Joseph in the United Kingdom and by St. Martin's Press in the United States.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Winter King →

After Such KnowledgeSeries

seriesJames Blish7 books1953

“After Such Knowledge is James Blish's loosely linked trilogy on the costs of forbidden or dangerous knowledge.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Doctor Mirabilis →

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.

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What should I read after The Buckmaster Trilogy?: Karl Glogauer — the closest match to The Buckmaster Trilogy on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Buckmaster Trilogy?: The Wake. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Buckmaster Trilogy.
How big is The Buckmaster Trilogy?: The Buckmaster Trilogy is 3 books, 2014–2020.

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