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Books like The Last 8: 9 series to read next

The Last 8 is 2 books, 2019–2020.

Tripods
The 5th Wave
The Hunger Games
Maze Runner
Mortal Engines
Earthfall
Broken Skies
Shade's Children milieu
Reckoners

seriesJohn Christopher4 books1967

About aliens and rebellion and revolution, set in our world and near future.

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

The 5th WaveSeries

seriesRick Yancey4 books2013

Tense in tone, about aliens and survival, set in north america.

“Cassie Sullivan, the survivor of an alien invasion, must rescue her young brother from the enemy with help from a boy who may be one of them.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The 5th Wave →

The Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

Dystopia, tense in tone, set in far future and north america.

“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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Reading order →

Maze RunnerSeries

seriesJames Dashner11 books2009

Dystopia, tense in tone, about survival, set in near future.

“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 →

Mortal EnginesUniverse

universe14 books2001

Steampunk, adventurous in tone, about survival, set in far future.

“In a world where the cities were put on wheels to outrun a war that ended in a single afternoon, Municipal Darwinism is the law: big towns eat small ones, strip them for parts and take their people aboard as citizens or as scrap.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

EarthfallSeries

seriesMark Walden3 books2012

Tense in tone, about survival, set in near future.

“Sam wakes to see strange vessels gathered in the skies around London.”
from the catalogue description of Earthfall

Start with Earthfall →

Broken SkiesSeries

seriesTheresa Kay3 books2014

Science fiction.

Start with Broken Skies →

Shade's Children milieuSeries

seriesGarth Nix2 books1997

Dystopia, about survival and coming of age, set in near future.

Start with Shade's Children →

ReckonersSeries

seriesBrandon Sanderson & Steven Bohls6 books2013

Superhero, adventurous in tone, set in north america and near future.

“One young man orphaned by a High Epic joins a group that is killing Epics.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Steelheart →

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 Last 8?: Tripods — the closest match to The Last 8 on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Last 8?: The Last 8. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Last 8.
How big is The Last 8?: The Last 8 is 2 books, 2019–2020.

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