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Books like The Passage: 9 series to read next

The Passage is post-apocalyptic and horror, about survival, set in north america, dark in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Passage is 3 books, 2010–2016.

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The Handmaid's Tale
Earthseed
The 5th Wave
MaddAddam
Shade's Children milieu
Directive 51 / Daybreak
The Strain
One Second After / John Matherson
Ship Breaker

The Handmaid's TaleSeries

seriesMargaret Atwood3 books1985

About totalitarianism and gender and society.

“The Handmaid's Tale is Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel set in Gilead, a totalitarian theocracy that has overthrown the United States and forces fertile women into reproductive servitude as Handmaids; it is narrated by one such woman, Offred.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Handmaid's Tale →

EarthseedSeries

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

About faith and religion.

“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, 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 →

MaddAddamSeries

seriesMargaret Atwood3 books2003

About genetic engineering and ecological collapse.

Start with Oryx and Crake →

Shade's Children milieuSeries

seriesGarth Nix2 books1997

About coming of age and rebellion and revolution.

Start with Shade's Children →

Directive 51 / DaybreakSeries

seriesJohn Barnes3 books2010

About political intrigue.

“The resulting collapse triggers mass death, a crisis over presidential succession, and mysterious Moon-launched fusion strikes on Washington and Chicago, while a shadowy neofeudalist movement moves into the vacuum.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Directive 51 →

The StrainSeries

seriesChuck Hogan & Guillermo Del Toro3 books2009

Set in contemporary.

“When a Boeing 777 lands at JFK Airport with nearly everyone aboard dead, CDC epidemiologist Ephraim Goodweather is called in and instead uncovers a vampiric plague beginning to spread through New York City.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Strain →

One Second After / John MathersonSeries

seriesWilliam R. Forstchen4 books2009

About war, set in small town.

Start with One Second After →

Ship BreakerSeries

seriesPaolo Bacigalupi3 books2010

“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 →

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 Passage?: The Handmaid's Tale — the closest match to The Passage on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Passage?: The Passage. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Passage.
How big is The Passage?: The Passage is 3 books, 2010–2016.

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