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Books like The Mormon Sea: 9 series to read next

The Mormon Sea is science fiction and post-apocalyptic, set in north america. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Mormon Sea is 6 books, 1985–1989.

“Orson Scott Card's Folk of the Fringe stories follow small communities of Mormon survivors rebuilding after a devastating nuclear war has reduced America to scattered, struggling settlements.”
from the catalogue description

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Saint Leibowitz
Earthseed
The 5th Wave
Moses Todd
MaddAddam
Maze Runner
Ship Breaker
The Hunger Games
Gone

Saint LeibowitzSeries

seriesWalter M. Miller & Jr.6 books1955

Science fiction and post-apocalyptic, about faith and religion, set in north america and far future.

“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 →

EarthseedSeries

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

Dystopia.

“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 →

The 5th WaveSeries

seriesRick Yancey4 books2013

Alien invasion, tense in tone, about aliens.

“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 →

Moses ToddSeries

seriesAlden Bell2 books2010

Zombie horror.

“A 15 year old girl, wandering the Southeast after the zombie apocalypse, is continually forced to confront the nature of life, and survival, and morality.”
from the catalogue description of The Reapers Are the Angels

Start with The Reapers Are the Angels →

MaddAddamSeries

seriesMargaret Atwood3 books2003

Dystopia, about genetic engineering and ecological collapse.

Start with Oryx and Crake →

Maze RunnerSeries

seriesJames Dashner11 books2009

Dystopia, tense in tone.

“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 →

Ship BreakerSeries

seriesPaolo Bacigalupi3 books2010

Tense in tone.

“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 Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

Dystopia, tense in tone, about rebellion and revolution.

“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 →

GoneSeries

seriesMichael Grant9 books2008

Tense in tone.

“Michael Grant's Gone series begins when everyone aged fifteen and older vanishes without warning from a swath of the California coast, trapping the town of Perdido Beach inside an impenetrable barrier the survivors call the FAYZ.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Gone →

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 Mormon Sea?: Saint Leibowitz — the closest match to The Mormon Sea on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Mormon Sea?: The Fringe. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Mormon Sea.
How big is The Mormon Sea?: The Mormon Sea is 6 books, 1985–1989.

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