Series

Books like The Moondark Saga: 9 series to read next

The Moondark Saga is 3 books, 1990–1994.

“For centuries the proud Dog People had roamed with their horses across the grassy plains and fir-clad hills of the Northwest.”
from the catalogue description of Warrior

The The Moondark Saga page →Narrow this list →

The Change / The Event
The Hunger Games
Mortal Engines
Alliance-Union
Maurai
Saint Leibowitz
Dune
Hiero Desteen Universe
Pelbar Cycle

The Change / The EventSeries

seriesS. M. Stirling, A. M. Dellamonica, Diana L. Paxson, Emily Mah, Harry Turtledove, Jane Lindskold, Jody Lynn Nye, John Barnes, John Birmingham, John J. Miller, Kier Salmon, Lauren C. Teffeau, M. T. Reiten, Terry England, Victor Milán & Walter Jon Williams41 books1998

Science fiction and post-apocalyptic, adventurous in tone, set in north america.

“Sixteen different authors, coordinated by Stirling, each contribute stories set in various corners of the suddenly de-industrialized world as survivors scramble to rebuild.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Change: Tales of Downfall and Rebirth →

The Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

Dystopia, about totalitarianism.

“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.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

Mortal EnginesUniverse

universe14 books2001

Steampunk.

“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 →

Alliance-UnionUniverse

universe173 books1976

Science fiction, set in far future.

“Around that spine cluster the merchanter novels of trader Families, the Faded Sun trilogy of human envoys among the martial alien Mri, and the Chanur books, narrated from the hierarchical, whiskered viewpoint of the hani.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

MauraiSeries

seriesPoul Anderson6 books1959

About ecological collapse, set in our world.

“The Maurai dominate the Pacific and Indian Oceans.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Sky People →

Saint LeibowitzSeries

seriesWalter M. Miller & Jr.6 books1955

About faith and religion.

“Together the two novels form a sparse, decades-spanning series about memory, faith, and the cycles of civilization.”
from the catalogue description

Start with A Canticle for Leibowitz →

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Space opera, set in other star systems.

“The desert planet, where empire runs on a single substance: the spice melange, which folds space, prolongs life, and unlocks prescience, and which exists nowhere else in the known universe.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Dune →

Hiero Desteen UniverseSeries

seriesSterling E. Lanier & Lucy Andrews Cummin3 books1973

Science fiction and post-apocalyptic, about survival, set in far future.

Reading order →

Pelbar CycleSeries

seriesPaul O. Williams7 books1981

Science fiction and post-apocalyptic, set in far future.

“Blends fighting adventures with philosophic travels of villagers and outsiders.”
from the catalogue description of The Breaking of Northwall

Start with The Breaking of Northwall →

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 Moondark Saga?: The Change / The Event — the closest match to The Moondark Saga on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Moondark Saga?: Warrior. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Moondark Saga.
How big is The Moondark Saga?: The Moondark Saga is 3 books, 1990–1994.

Books like The Moondark Saga: 9 series to read next

Read next in The Moondark Saga

Why these

Questions readers ask

Other series like this one