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Books like The System Apocalypse: 9 series to read next

The System Apocalypse is science fiction and litrpg, about survival, set in near future and oceania. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The System Apocalypse is 34 books across 6 series, 2017–2026.

“What sets it apart is its blunt, systems-first pragmatism: less chosen-one prophecy than logistics, resource math, and the grim arithmetic of who lives.”
from the catalogue description

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Tripods
Forge of God
The 5th Wave
Dune
Maze Runner
The Hunger Games
Alliance-Union
The Vampire Earth
The Dire Earth

TripodsSeries

seriesJohn Christopher4 books1967

Alien invasion.

“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 →

Forge of GodSeries

seriesGreg Bear2 books1987

Science fiction, tense and dark in tone, about survival and aliens.

“Earth faces destruction when an inscrutable and overwhelming alien form of life attacks.”
from the catalogue description of The Forge of God

Start with The Forge of God →

The 5th WaveSeries

seriesRick Yancey4 books2013

Alien invasion.

“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 →

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Science fiction and space opera, about political intrigue, set in far future and other star systems.

“The desert planet, where empire runs on a single substance: the spice melange, which folds space, prolongs life, and unlocks prescience, and which exists nowhere else in the known universe.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Dune →

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 Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

Dystopia, about totalitarianism.

“Panem, they call it now — a nation raised on the drowned bones of North America, a glittering Capitol ringed by twelve districts it once starved into obedience.”
from the catalogue description

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Alliance-UnionUniverse

universe173 books1976

Science fiction, set in far future.

“Around that spine cluster the merchanter novels of trader Families, the Faded Sun trilogy of human envoys among the martial alien Mri, and the Chanur books, narrated from the hierarchical, whiskered viewpoint of the hani.”
from the catalogue description

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The Vampire EarthSeries

seriesE. E. Knight12 books2003

Dark fantasy, about vampires.

“A lot has changed in the 43rd year of the Kurian Order.”
from the catalogue description of Way of the Wolf
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Start with Way of the Wolf →

The Dire EarthSeries

seriesJason M. Hough6 books2013

Science fiction and post-apocalyptic, tense in tone, about survival and aliens, set in near future and our world.

“The first book in the series, The Darwin Elevator, was released in July 2013, and the two sequels, The Exodus Towers and The Plague Forge, were released later that same year.”
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Start with The Dire Earth →

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 System Apocalypse?: Tripods — the closest match to The System Apocalypse on what it is about, not on what sells.
How big is The System Apocalypse?: The System Apocalypse is 34 books across 6 series, 2017–2026.

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