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The Kessler Effect is 5 books, 2022–2024.

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Castle Rock
One Second After / John Matherson
Night
Stephen King multiverse
H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds
Library of America P. K. Dick Collection
Ender's Game
Left Behind
Tom Broadbent / Wyman Ford

seriesStephen King & Richard Chizmar16 books1978

Horror.

“Castle Rock is the fictional Maine town that links a cluster of otherwise separate Stephen King novels and novellas, including The Dead Zone, Cujo, The Dark Half, Needful Things, and Elevation.”
from the catalogue description

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One Second After / John MathersonSeries

seriesWilliam R. Forstchen4 books2009

Post-apocalyptic, dark in tone, about war.

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NightUniverse

universe134 books2006

Set in contemporary.

“Jonathan Maberry's Night is one dark country stitched from horror and hard science, where a weaponized pathogen and an old nightmare called Doctor Nine turn out to haunt the same map.”
from the catalogue description

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Stephen King multiverseUniverse

universe46 books1967

Dark in tone.

“The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Gunslinger →

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 →

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 →

Ender's GameUniverse

universe39 books1977

Set in far future.

“To beat your enemy you must first understand him so completely that you love him — and in the instant you love him, you destroy him.”
from the catalogue description

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Left BehindUniverse

universe63 books1995

Dystopia, about faith and religion, set in our world.

“Pilots vanish from their cockpits, drivers from moving cars, children from their beds, clothing left folded where the faithful stood.”
from the catalogue description

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Tom Broadbent / Wyman FordSeries

seriesDouglas Preston6 books2003

Techno-thriller, set in our world.

“Douglas Jerome Preston is an American journalist and author.”
from the catalogue description
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What should I read after The Kessler Effect?: Castle Rock — the closest match to The Kessler Effect on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Kessler Effect?: Veil of Mystery. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Kessler Effect.
How big is The Kessler Effect?: The Kessler Effect is 5 books, 2022–2024.

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