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Books like The Road to Nowhere: 9 series to read next

The Road to Nowhere 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 Road to Nowhere is 3 books, 2014–2019.

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Earthseed
The Passage
MaddAddam
The Handmaid's Tale
Maze Runner
Ship Breaker
Shade's Children milieu
Last Survivors
War Against the Chtorr

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 PassageSeries

seriesJustin Cronin3 books2010

Horror, tense in tone, about vampires.

Start with The Passage →

MaddAddamSeries

seriesMargaret Atwood3 books2003

About genetic engineering and ecological collapse.

Start with Oryx and Crake →

The Handmaid's TaleSeries

seriesMargaret Atwood3 books1985

Tense in tone, about totalitarianism and rebellion and revolution.

“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

Tense in tone.

“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 →

Ship BreakerSeries

seriesPaolo Bacigalupi3 books2010

Tense in tone.

“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 →

Shade's Children milieuSeries

seriesGarth Nix2 books1997

Tense in tone, about coming of age and rebellion and revolution.

Start with Shade's Children →

Last SurvivorsSeries

seriesSusan Beth Pfeffer4 books2006

Start with Life As We Knew It →

War Against the ChtorrSeries

seriesDavid Gerrold7 books1983

Tense in tone, 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 →

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 Road to Nowhere?: Earthseed — the closest match to The Road to Nowhere on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Road to Nowhere?: The Book of the Unnamed Midwife. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Road to Nowhere.
How big is The Road to Nowhere?: The Road to Nowhere is 3 books, 2014–2019.

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