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Books like The Phoenix Project: 9 series to read next

The Phoenix Project is science fiction. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Phoenix Project is 6 books, 2013–2016.

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Library of America P. K. Dick Collection
Future History
Blade Runner Universe
Ship Breaker
Unwind Dystology
To the Stars (Harrison)
The Handmaid's Tale
Maze Runner
Tripods

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 →

Future HistorySeries

seriesRobert A. Heinlein42 books1939

Science fiction.

“The term Future History was coined by John W. Campbell Jr. in the February 1941 issue of Astounding Science Fiction.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Life-Line →

Blade Runner UniverseSeries

seriesK. W. Jeter, Archie Goodwin, Les Martin & Philip K. Dick6 books1968

Cyberpunk, about robots and identity, set in big city.

“Together the two trace the story's path from prose original to screen and comic-page adaptation.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? →

Ship BreakerSeries

seriesPaolo Bacigalupi3 books2010

Post-apocalyptic, about survival.

“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 →

Unwind DystologySeries

seriesNeal Shusterman5 books2007

“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 →

To the Stars (Harrison)Series

seriesHarry Harrison3 books1980

Set in far future and other star systems.

“One of the elite stumbles onto the knowledge that news and opinions are being carefully managed to whitewash the situation, which leads him to throw his lot in with those who oppose it.”
from the catalogue description of Homeworld
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Homeworld →

The Handmaid's TaleSeries

seriesMargaret Atwood3 books1985

About 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 →

Maze RunnerSeries

seriesJames Dashner11 books2009

Post-apocalyptic, about survival.

“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
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Maze Runner →

TripodsSeries

seriesJohn Christopher4 books1967

Post-apocalyptic and alien invasion, about aliens.

“The first two books were the basis of a science fiction TV series, produced in the United Kingdom in the 1980s.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with When the Tripods Came →

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 Phoenix Project?: Library of America P. K. Dick Collection — the closest match to The Phoenix Project on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Phoenix Project?: The Phoenix Project. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Phoenix Project.
How big is The Phoenix Project?: The Phoenix Project is 6 books, 2013–2016.

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