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Books like The Survivor Chronicles: 9 series to read next

The Survivor Chronicles is set in near future. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Survivor Chronicles is 4 books, 2012–2015.

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Shade's Children milieu
Maze Runner
The Passage
Night
Earthseed
Dark Inside
Gone
Forest of Hands and Teeth
The Darkest Minds

Shade's Children milieuSeries

seriesGarth Nix2 books1997

About coming of age and rebellion and revolution.

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Maze RunnerSeries

seriesJames Dashner11 books2009

Post-apocalyptic and science fiction, tense in tone, about survival, set in near future.

“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 PassageSeries

seriesJustin Cronin3 books2010

Horror, about vampires.

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NightUniverse

universe134 books2006

Set in contemporary.

“Jonathan Maberry's Night is one dark country stitched from horror and hard science, where a weaponized pathogen and an old nightmare called Doctor Nine turn out to haunt the same map.”
from the catalogue description

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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 →

Dark InsideSeries

seriesJeyn Roberts3 books2011

Post-apocalyptic and science fiction, dark in tone, about survival, set in near future and our world.

“After tremendous earthquakes destroy the Earth's major cities, an ancient evil emerges, turning ordinary people into hunters, killers, and insane monsters but a small group of teens comes together in a fight for survival and safety.”
from the catalogue description

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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

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Forest of Hands and TeethSeries

seriesCarrie Ryan9 books2009

Zombie horror.

“The Forest of Hands and Teeth follows the first heroine's break from that village into the wider, undead-infested world; The Dead-Tossed Waves and The Dark and Hollow Places carry the aftermath forward through new narrators.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Forest of Hands and Teeth →

The Darkest MindsSeries

seriesAlexandra Bracken8 books2012

About psychic powers.

“When Ruby woke up on her tenth birthday, something about her had changed.”
from the catalogue description

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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 Survivor Chronicles?: Shade's Children milieu — the closest match to The Survivor Chronicles on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Survivor Chronicles?: The Upheaval. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Survivor Chronicles.
How big is The Survivor Chronicles?: The Survivor Chronicles is 4 books, 2012–2015.

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