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Books like The Longest Road: 9 series to read next

The Longest Road is 3 books, 2012–2015.

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Kairos
Pym
Empire of the Sun
Castle Rock
The Collected Science Fiction and Fantasy of Jack London
Library of America P. K. Dick Collection
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame
His Dark Materials
VALIS

KairosSeries

seriesMadeleine L'Engle11 books1962

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PymSeries

seriesEdgar Allan Poe, Jules Verne & Mat Johnson5 books1838

Adventure, about expeditions, set in arctic & antarctica and 19th century.

“Jules Verne wrote an unauthorized 1897 sequel, An Antarctic Mystery, resolving Poe's cliffhanger in more rationalist terms, while Mat Johnson's 2011 novel Pym uses Poe's original as the springboard for a satirical modern story about race.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket →

Empire of the SunSeries

seriesJ. G. Ballard2 books1984

Historical fiction, about coming of age, set in east asia.

“J. G. Ballard's Empire of the Sun draws on his own childhood to follow Jim, a British boy separated from his parents in Japanese-occupied Shanghai during World War II and interned in a civilian camp for the rest of the war.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Empire of the Sun →

Castle RockSeries

seriesStephen King & Richard Chizmar16 books1978

Horror, set in small town.

“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

Start with Nona →

The Collected Science Fiction and Fantasy of Jack LondonSeries

seriesJack London6 books1906

Set in early 20th century.

Start with Before Adam & Other Stories →

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 →

The Science Fiction Hall of FameSeries

seriesBen Bova, Algis Budrys, Arthur C. Clarke, Geo. W. Proctor, H. G. Wells, Robert Silverberg, Terry Carr & Theodore R. Cogswell11 books1895

“The greatest science fiction stories of all time chosen by the members of the Science Fiction Writers of America.”
from the catalogue description of The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One

Start with The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One →

His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, about coming of age, set in parallel universe.

“In a world like ours and unlike it, every human soul walks outside the body in the shape of an animal — a daemon, who speaks, who cannot be lied to, and who settles into one fixed form only when childhood ends.”
from the catalogue description

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VALISSeries

seriesPhilip K. Dick4 books1981

Challenging in tone, about faith and religion.

“The title is an acronym for Vast Active Living Intelligence System, Dick's gnostic vision of God.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with VALIS →

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What should I read after The Longest Road?: Kairos — the closest match to The Longest Road on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Longest Road?: The Longest Road. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Longest Road.
How big is The Longest Road?: The Longest Road is 3 books, 2012–2015.

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