Series
Books like The Compound: 9 series to read next
The Compound is science fiction, about survival and family secrets, set in near future, tense in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.
The Compound is 2 books, 2008–2013.
- Shade's Children milieu
- Maze Runner
- Ship Breaker
- The Chemical Garden Trilogy
- Dark Matter (Teri Terry)
- Shadow Children
- Unwind Dystology
- Escape from Furnace
- The 5th Wave
- Shade's Children milieuSeries
seriesGarth Nix2 books1997
Post-apocalyptic, about rebellion and revolution.
matchednear futurescience fictiondarktensesurvivalyoung adultdystopiacoming of age
- Maze RunnerSeries
seriesJames Dashner11 books2009
Post-apocalyptic.
matchedtensescience fictionsurvivalnear futureyoung adultdystopia
- Ship BreakerSeries
seriesPaolo Bacigalupi3 books2010
Post-apocalyptic, set in north america.
matchedscience fictiondarktensenear futuresurvivalyoung adult
seriesLauren DeStefano3 books2011
About plague and pandemic, set in north america.
matchednear futurescience fictiondarktensesurvivalyoung adultdystopiagenetic engineering
- Dark Matter (Teri Terry)Series
seriesTeri Terry3 books2017
About plague and pandemic.
matchednear futuretensescience fictiondarksurvivalyoung adultdystopia
- Shadow ChildrenSeries
seriesMargaret Peterson Haddix7 books1998
About totalitarianism, set in north america.
matchednear futuretensescience fictiondarksurvivaldystopiayoung adult
- Unwind DystologySeries
seriesNeal Shusterman5 books2007
About rebellion and revolution, set in north america.
matchednear futurescience fictiontensedarkyoung adultdystopiagenetic engineering
- Escape from FurnaceSeries
seriesAlexander Gordon Smith6 books2009
About prison escape.
matchednear futuretensesurvivaldarkscience fictionyoung adult
- The 5th WaveSeries
seriesRick Yancey4 books2013
Alien invasion and post-apocalyptic, about aliens, set in north america.
matchedtensescience fictionnear futuresurvivaldarkyoung adult
Read next in The Compound
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 Compound?
- Shade's Children milieu — the closest match to The Compound on what it is about, not on what sells.
- Where do I start with The Compound?
- The Compound. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Compound.
- How big is The Compound?
- The Compound is 2 books, 2008–2013.