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Books like The Outliers: 9 series to read next

The Outliers is 3 books, 2016–2018.

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Kairos
Masterminds
Richard Forthrast
Library of America P. K. Dick Collection
Jumper
The Blue Ant Trilogy
Southern Reach Trilogy
The Paladin Prophecy
The Missing

KairosSeries

seriesMadeleine L'Engle11 books1962

Science fiction.

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MastermindsSeries

seriesGordon Korman3 books2015

About cloning.

“Eli Frieden lives in the most perfect town in the world: Serenity, New Mexico.”
from the catalogue description

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Richard ForthrastSeries

seriesNeal Stephenson2 books2011

About virtual reality, set in virtual world.

“The sequel Fall; or, Dodge in Hell shifts registers entirely, following Richard's digitally preserved mind after death into an afterlife simulation built from his scanned brain.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Reamde →

Library of America P. K. Dick CollectionSeries

seriesPhilip K. Dick9 books1962

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

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JumperSeries

seriesSteven Gould6 books1992

Adventurous in tone.

“Steven Gould's series continues across Reflex, Impulse, and Exo, later following his and his wife's daughter as a second-generation jumper.”
from the catalogue description

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The Blue Ant TrilogySeries

seriesWilliam Gibson3 books2003

Techno-thriller, about surveillance, set in big city.

“Set in August and September 2002, the story follows Cayce Pollard, a 32-year-old marketing consultant who has a psychological sensitivity to corporate symbols.”
from the catalogue description of Pattern Recognition
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Southern Reach TrilogySeries

seriesJeff VanderMeer4 books2014

Weird fiction and horror, eerie in tone, about madness.

“In 2013, Paramount Pictures bought the movie rights for the series, and a film adaptation of Annihilation was made with Alex Garland as writer-director.”
from the catalogue description
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The Paladin ProphecySeries

seriesMark Frost3 books2012

Science fiction, tense in tone, set in contemporary.

“An audiobook narrated by Nick Chamian was also released in September 2012.”
from the catalogue description

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The MissingSeries

seriesMargaret Peterson Haddix10 books2008

Time travel, about coming of age.

“Jonah Skidmore is one of the stolen children, and he, along with his non-adopted sister Katherine, must help return the missing kids to their rightful places in history and fix time before it is destroyed.”
from the catalogue description
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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.

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What should I read after The Outliers?: Kairos — the closest match to The Outliers on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Outliers?: The Outliers. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Outliers.
How big is The Outliers?: The Outliers is 3 books, 2016–2018.

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