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Books like The Shadow Project: 9 series to read next

The Shadow Project is science fiction, set in our world, tense and adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Shadow Project is 2 books, 2009–2010.

“Danny Lipman is a thief...until one night he robs the wrong house.”
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Jumper
The Triffids
Tripods
The Andromeda Strain
Maximum Ride
TimeRiders
The Caretaker Trilogy
Needle
Gone

JumperSeries

seriesSteven Gould6 books1992

“Steven Gould's series continues across Reflex, Impulse, and Exo, later following his and his wife's daughter as a second-generation jumper.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Jumper →

The TriffidsSeries

seriesJohn Whitbourn, John Wyndham & Simon Clark3 books1951

Post-apocalyptic, dark in tone.

“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 →

TripodsSeries

seriesJohn Christopher4 books1967

Post-apocalyptic, about aliens and rebellion and revolution, set in near future.

“The first two books were the basis of a science fiction TV series, produced in the United Kingdom in the 1980s.”
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Start with When the Tripods Came →

The Andromeda StrainSeries

seriesDaniel H. Wilson & Michael Crichton2 books1969

Science fiction, tense in tone, about plague and pandemic and survival, set in contemporary.

“Daniel H. Wilson's authorized 2019 sequel The Andromeda Evolution revisits the same threat five decades later.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Andromeda Strain →

Maximum RideSeries

seriesJames Patterson, Cate Tiernan & Mindy McGinnis12 books2005

About genetic engineering and found family.

Start with The Angel Experiment →

TimeRidersSeries

seriesAlex Scarrow9 books2010

Science fiction and time travel, tense and adventurous in tone, about survival, set in our world.

“Because time travel is here, and there are those who would go back in time and change the past.That's why the TimeRiders exist: to protect us.”
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Start with TimeRiders →

The Caretaker TrilogySeries

seriesDavid Klass3 books2006

Thriller & suspense, about ecological collapse and coming of age, set in near future.

“After learning that he has been sent from the future for a special purpose, eighteen-year-old Jack receives help from an unusual dog and a shape-shifting female fighter.”
from the catalogue description of Firestorm
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Start with Firestorm →

NeedleSeries

seriesHal Clement2 books1950

Hard science fiction, about aliens.

“Together the mismatched pair must learn to communicate and cooperate, first to survive and later to track down the second alien, which has hidden inside another human in the same Pacific island community.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Needle →

GoneSeries

seriesMichael Grant9 books2008

Dark in tone.

“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 →

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 Shadow Project?: Jumper — the closest match to The Shadow Project on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Shadow Project?: The Shadow Project. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Shadow Project.
How big is The Shadow Project?: The Shadow Project is 2 books, 2009–2010.
Is The Shadow Project finished?: Yes — 2 books, 2009–2010.

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