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Books like The System Apocalypse: Relentless: 9 series to read next

The System Apocalypse: Relentless is litrpg and science fiction. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The System Apocalypse: Relentless is 3 books, 2021–2023.

“Bail bondsman and veteran Hal Mason is hauling in a fugitive in Pittsburgh when the System arrives, frying every electronic device in reach and handing ordinary people game-like abilities overnight.”
from the catalogue description of A Fist Full of Credits

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The Triffids
Alone (James Phelan)
Maze Runner
The 5th Wave
The Andromeda Strain
Gone
Earthseed
Ship Breaker
The Hunger Games

The TriffidsSeries

seriesJohn Whitbourn, John Wyndham & Simon Clark3 books1951

Set in 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 →

Alone (James Phelan)Series

seriesJames Phelan3 books2010

Zombie horror, about plague and pandemic.

“Jesse is on a UN Youth Ambassadors camp in New York when his subway carriage is rocked by an explosion.”
from the catalogue description of Chasers

Start with Chasers →

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.

“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 →

The Andromeda StrainSeries

seriesDaniel H. Wilson & Michael Crichton2 books1969

About plague and pandemic.

“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 →

GoneSeries

seriesMichael Grant9 books2008

“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 →

EarthseedSeries

seriesOctavia E. Butler, Damian Duffy, David Brame & John Jennings7 books1993

Dystopia, 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 →

Ship BreakerSeries

seriesPaolo Bacigalupi3 books2010

“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 →

The Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

Dystopia, about rebellion and revolution, set in far future.

“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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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: Relentless?: The Triffids — the closest match to The System Apocalypse: Relentless on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The System Apocalypse: Relentless?: A Fist Full of Credits. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The System Apocalypse: Relentless.
How big is The System Apocalypse: Relentless?: The System Apocalypse: Relentless is 3 books, 2021–2023.

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