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Books like The Pandora Experiment: 9 series to read next

The Pandora Experiment is science fiction, set in near future and our world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Pandora Experiment is 3 books, 2014–2018.

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The Windup Universe
The Idlewild Trilogy
Patternist
Unwind Dystology
Ship Breaker
Library of America P. K. Dick Collection
Slan
Dogs of War (Adrian Tchaikovsky)
Nexus 5

The Windup UniverseSeries

seriesPaolo Bacigalupi3 books2005

About ecological collapse, set in southeast asia.

Start with The Calorie Man →

The Idlewild TrilogySeries

seriesNick Sagan3 books2003

About identity.

Start with Idlewild →

PatternistSeries

seriesOctavia E. Butler6 books1976

Science fiction, dark in tone, about genetic engineering.

“The Patternist series is a group of science fiction novels by Octavia E. Butler that detail a secret history continuing from the Ancient Egyptian period to the far future that involves telepathic mind control and an extraterrestrial plague.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Wild Seed →

Unwind DystologySeries

seriesNeal Shusterman5 books2007

About rebellion and revolution, set in north america.

“The first novel follows three teens fleeing that fate, and the sequels widen the same dystopia's cast and consequences across a four-book arc plus companion material.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Unwind →

Ship BreakerSeries

seriesPaolo Bacigalupi3 books2010

Set in north america.

“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 →

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 →

SlanSeries

seriesA. E. van Vogt & Kevin J. Anderson2 books1946

Science fiction, set in our world.

“The two novels together bracket a single continuing narrative rather than an ongoing series.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Slan →

Dogs of War (Adrian Tchaikovsky)Series

seriesAdrian Tchaikovsky3 books2017

Cyberpunk.

“Dogs of War, Bear Head, and Bee Speaker widen from that first book's battlefield into questions of AI rights, corporate power, and non-human consciousness across a near-future Earth.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Dogs of War →

Nexus 5Series

seriesRamez Naam3 books2012

About artificial intelligence.

“The trilogy continues through Crux and Apex, following the same central conflict over who controls the technology.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Nexus →

Why these

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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 Pandora Experiment?: The Windup Universe — the closest match to The Pandora Experiment on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Pandora Experiment?: Thrive. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Pandora Experiment.
How big is The Pandora Experiment?: The Pandora Experiment is 3 books, 2014–2018.

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