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Books like The Roar: 9 series to read next

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

The Roar is 2 books, 2008–2012.

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Shade's Children milieu
Tripods
Maze Runner
The 5th Wave
Ship Breaker
Gone
The Ashes Trilogy
The Triffids
The Passage

Shade's Children milieuSeries

seriesGarth Nix2 books1997

Dystopia, about rebellion and revolution.

Start with Shade's Children →

TripodsSeries

seriesJohn Christopher4 books1967

Alien invasion, about aliens and rebellion and revolution.

“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
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Start with When the Tripods Came →

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 5th WaveSeries

seriesRick Yancey4 books2013

Alien invasion, about aliens, set in north america.

“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 →

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 →

GoneSeries

seriesMichael Grant9 books2008

Set in contemporary.

“Michael Grant's Gone series begins when everyone aged fifteen and older vanishes without warning from a swath of the California coast, trapping the town of Perdido Beach inside an impenetrable barrier the survivors call the FAYZ.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Gone →

The Ashes TrilogySeries

seriesIlsa J. Bick3 books2011

Set in north america.

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

Start with Ashes →

The TriffidsSeries

seriesJohn Whitbourn, John Wyndham & Simon Clark3 books1951

Science fiction and post-apocalyptic, dark in tone, about survival, set in our world and british isles.

“Together the three novels form a loose post-apocalyptic trilogy built on Wyndham's original premise rather than a tightly plotted single story.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Day of the Triffids →

The PassageSeries

seriesJustin Cronin3 books2010

Horror, about vampires, set in north america.

Start with The Passage →

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 Roar?: Shade's Children milieu — the closest match to The Roar on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Roar?: The Roar. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Roar.
How big is The Roar?: The Roar is 2 books, 2008–2012.

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