Series
Books like The Fire Sermon: 9 series to read next
The Fire Sermon is science fiction and post-apocalyptic, about psychic powers, set in far future, dark in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.
The Fire Sermon is 3 books, 2015–2017.
“Four hundred years in the future, the Earth has turned primitive following a nuclear fire that has laid waste to civilization and nature.”
from the catalogue description
- The Hunger Games
- The Pure Trilogy
- The Obernewtyn Chronicles
- Ship Breaker
- Chaos Walking
- Shade's Children milieu
- Maze Runner
- Tripods
- Dayworld
- The Hunger GamesUniverse
universe5 books2008
Set in north america.
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- The Pure TrilogySeries
seriesJulianna Baggott3 books2012
Science fiction and dystopia, dark and tense in tone, set in far future and our world.
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seriesIsobelle Carmody9 books1987
Fantasy.
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- Ship BreakerSeries
seriesPaolo Bacigalupi3 books2010
Set in north america and near future.
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- Chaos WalkingSeries
seriesPatrick Ness5 books2008
Set in other star systems.
matchedfar futuretensedarkscience fictionyoung adultdystopia
- Shade's Children milieuSeries
seriesGarth Nix2 books1997
About coming of age, set in near future.
matcheddarktensescience fictionpost-apocalypticyoung adultdystopiasurvivalrebellion and revolution
- Maze RunnerSeries
seriesJames Dashner11 books2009
Set in near future.
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- TripodsSeries
seriesJohn Christopher4 books1967
Alien invasion, about aliens, set in near future.
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- DayworldSeries
seriesPhilip José Farmer & Danny Adams5 books1971
Science fiction and dystopia, tense in tone, about identity and totalitarianism, set in far future and our world.
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Read next in The Fire Sermon
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 Fire Sermon?
- The Hunger Games — the closest match to The Fire Sermon on what it is about, not on what sells.
- Where do I start with The Fire Sermon?
- The Fire Sermon. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Fire Sermon.
- How big is The Fire Sermon?
- The Fire Sermon is 3 books, 2015–2017.