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Books like The Deviant Future: 9 series to read next

The Deviant Future is post-apocalyptic and science fiction. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Deviant Future is 6 books, from 2020.

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Tripods
Sea of Rust
Maze Runner
Library of America P. K. Dick Collection
H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame
The Vampire Earth
Forge of God
The Dire Earth

TripodsSeries

seriesJohn Christopher4 books1967

Tense in tone, about aliens and rebellion and revolution.

“The first two books were the basis of a science fiction TV series, produced in the United Kingdom in the 1980s.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with When the Tripods Came →

Sea of RustSeries

seriesC. Robert Cargill3 books2017

Post-apocalyptic and science fiction, set in our world and far future.

Start with Sea of Rust →

Maze RunnerSeries

seriesJames Dashner11 books2009

Dystopia, tense in tone.

“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 →

Library of America P. K. Dick CollectionSeries

seriesPhilip K. Dick9 books1962

Science fiction, set in near future.

“Technically banned, a novel called The Grasshopper Lies Heavy imagines a world where the Allies won instead — and its reclusive author, Hawthorne Abendsen, becomes an obsession for characters on every side.”
from the catalogue description of The Man in the High Castle

Start with The Man in the High Castle →

H. G. Wells' War of the WorldsUniverse

universe65 books1898

Alien invasion.

“No one would have believed, in the closing years of the nineteenth century, that human affairs were being watched keenly and closely from the timeless worlds of space.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The War of the Worlds →

The Science Fiction Hall of FameSeries

seriesBen Bova, Algis Budrys, Arthur C. Clarke, Geo. W. Proctor, H. G. Wells, Robert Silverberg, Terry Carr & Theodore R. Cogswell11 books1895

“The greatest science fiction stories of all time chosen by the members of the Science Fiction Writers of America.”
from the catalogue description of The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One

Start with The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One →

The Vampire EarthSeries

seriesE. E. Knight12 books2003

Dark fantasy, tense in tone, about vampires and war.

“A lot has changed in the 43rd year of the Kurian Order.”
from the catalogue description of Way of the Wolf
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Start with Way of the Wolf →

Forge of GodSeries

seriesGreg Bear2 books1987

Tense in tone, about 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 Dire EarthSeries

seriesJason M. Hough6 books2013

Tense in tone, about aliens.

“The first book in the series, The Darwin Elevator, was released in July 2013, and the two sequels, The Exodus Towers and The Plague Forge, were released later that same year.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with The Dire Earth →

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 Deviant Future?: Tripods — the closest match to The Deviant Future on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Deviant Future?: Toxic Dust. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Deviant Future.
How big is The Deviant Future?: The Deviant Future is 6 books, from 2020.

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