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Books like The Remaining: 9 series to read next

The Remaining is science fiction and post-apocalyptic, about survival, set in near future, dark in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Remaining is 6 books, 2014–2015.

“After a bacterium turns ninety percent of the world's population into violent predators, Captain Lee Harden, who has been trained for this type of scenario, emerges from his bunker and tries to rally survivors and restore order.”
from the catalogue description

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The Passage
War Against the Chtorr
Ship Breaker
Survivalist
Directive 51 / Daybreak
Maze Runner
The Ashes Trilogy
One Second After / John Matherson
Extinction Cycle

The PassageSeries

seriesJustin Cronin3 books2010

Horror, about vampires.

Start with The Passage →

War Against the ChtorrSeries

seriesDavid Gerrold7 books1983

About aliens and ecological collapse.

“The Chtorr series was originally planned as a trilogy, but as the story became more intricate, Gerrold realized that three books would not be enough for him to tell the entire story.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with A Matter for Men →

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

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SurvivalistSeries

seriesJerry Ahern, Bob Anderson, Sharon Ahern & Sean Ellis41 books1981

Science fiction and post-apocalyptic, tense in tone, about survival and war, set in near future and north america.

Start with Total War →

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 →

Maze RunnerSeries

seriesJames Dashner11 books2009

Dystopia.

“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 →

The Ashes TrilogySeries

seriesIlsa J. Bick3 books2011

“The trilogy follows one continuous crisis across its three volumes.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Ashes →

One Second After / John MathersonSeries

seriesWilliam R. Forstchen4 books2009

Set in small town.

Start with One Second After →

Extinction CycleUniverse

universe45 books2014

Science fiction and post-apocalyptic, set in near future.

“VX-99, buried in a Vietnam-era file, was never a cure and never meant to be — it is a weapon, and when it slips its leash it does not kill so much as rewrite.”
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.

Questions readers ask

What should I read after The Remaining?: The Passage — the closest match to The Remaining on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Remaining?: The Remaining. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Remaining.
How big is The Remaining?: The Remaining is 6 books, 2014–2015.

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