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Books like The Idlewild Trilogy: 9 series to read next

The Idlewild Trilogy is science fiction, about survival and identity, set in near future, dark in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Idlewild Trilogy is 3 books, 2003–2006.

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Sprawl Trilogy
Shade's Children milieu
Library of America P. K. Dick Collection
Earthseed
Unwind Dystology
MaddAddam
Blade Runner Universe
Ship Breaker
The Passage

Sprawl TrilogySeries

seriesWilliam Gibson & Terry Bisson10 books1981

Cyberpunk, about artificial intelligence, set in big city.

“Johnny Mnemonic, an early short story set in the same fictional milieu, predates the novels and introduces the courier Molly Millions before her role in the trilogy.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Neuromancer →

Shade's Children milieuSeries

seriesGarth Nix2 books1997

About coming of age and rebellion and revolution.

Start with Shade's Children →

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 →

EarthseedSeries

seriesOctavia E. Butler, Damian Duffy, David Brame & John Jennings7 books1993

About faith and religion.

“The two-book series was left unfinished at Butler's death; a planned third novel, Parable of the Trickster, was never completed.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Parable of the Sower →

Unwind DystologySeries

seriesNeal Shusterman5 books2007

About rebellion and revolution.

“The first novel follows three teens fleeing that fate, and the sequels widen the same dystopia's cast and consequences across a four-book arc plus companion material.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Unwind →

MaddAddamSeries

seriesMargaret Atwood3 books2003

About ecological collapse.

Start with Oryx and Crake →

Blade Runner UniverseSeries

seriesK. W. Jeter, Archie Goodwin, Les Martin & Philip K. Dick6 books1968

Cyberpunk, about robots, set in big city.

“Together the two trace the story's path from prose original to screen and comic-page adaptation.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? →

Ship BreakerSeries

seriesPaolo Bacigalupi3 books2010

“Paolo Bacigalupi's Ship Breaker follows Nailer as helping her pulls him out of his abusive father's orbit and into a much larger, more dangerous game involving her family's fortune.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Ship Breaker →

The PassageSeries

seriesJustin Cronin3 books2010

Horror, about vampires.

Start with The Passage →

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 Idlewild Trilogy?: Sprawl Trilogy — the closest match to The Idlewild Trilogy on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Idlewild Trilogy?: Idlewild. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Idlewild Trilogy.
How big is The Idlewild Trilogy?: The Idlewild Trilogy is 3 books, 2003–2006.

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