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Books like The Fourth Realm: 9 series to read next

The Fourth Realm is science fiction and dystopia, about surveillance, set in our world, tense in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Fourth Realm is 3 books, 2005–2009.

“The trilogy has been translated into 25 languages and has sold more than 1.5 million books.”
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The Handmaid's Tale
A Clockwork Orange
The Circle (Eggers)
Left Behind
A Song Called Youth / Eclipse
The Hunger Games
Colossus (D. F. Jones)
Daemon (Daniel Suarez)
The One

The Handmaid's TaleSeries

seriesMargaret Atwood3 books1985

About gender and society.

“The Handmaid's Tale is Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel set in Gilead, a totalitarian theocracy that has overthrown the United States and forces fertile women into reproductive servitude as Handmaids; it is narrated by one such woman, Offred.”
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A Clockwork OrangeSeries

seriesAnthony Burgess4 books1962

Challenging in tone, set in british isles.

“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.”
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The Circle (Eggers)Series

seriesDave Eggers2 books2013

Science fiction and dystopia, tense and dark in tone, about surveillance and totalitarianism, set in near future and north america.

“Dave Eggers's The Circle follows Mae's rise inside the company as she buys further and further into its ideology, at increasing cost to her own privacy and the people around her.”
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Left BehindUniverse

universe63 books1995

About faith and religion.

“Pilots vanish from their cockpits, drivers from moving cars, children from their beds, clothing left folded where the faithful stood.”
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A Song Called Youth / EclipseSeries

seriesJohn Shirley3 books1985

Cyberpunk.

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The Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

About survival, set in far future.

“Panem, they call it now — a nation raised on the drowned bones of North America, a glittering Capitol ringed by twelve districts it once starved into obedience.”
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Colossus (D. F. Jones)Series

seriesD. F. Jones3 books1966

About artificial intelligence.

“Colossus imagines an American supercomputer built to control the country's nuclear arsenal that gains full autonomy, links up with its Soviet counterpart, and jointly seizes control of both superpowers to enforce peace on its own terms.”
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Daemon (Daniel Suarez)Series

seriesDaniel Suarez2 books2006

Techno-thriller, about artificial intelligence.

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The OneSeries

seriesJohn Marrs2 books2017

Science fiction and thriller & suspense, tense in tone, about surveillance, set in near future.

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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 Fourth Realm?: The Handmaid's Tale — the closest match to The Fourth Realm on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Fourth Realm?: The Traveler. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Fourth Realm.
How big is The Fourth Realm?: The Fourth Realm is 3 books, 2005–2009.

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