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Books like The Variant Saga: 9 series to read next

The Variant Saga is science fiction and dystopia, set in our world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Variant Saga is 5 books, 2015–2019.

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Library of America P. K. Dick Collection
A Clockwork Orange
Blade Runner Universe
Dogs of War (Adrian Tchaikovsky)
Ship Breaker
Divergent
Unwind Dystology
Fahrenheit 451
Uglies Universe

Library of America P. K. Dick CollectionSeries

seriesPhilip K. Dick9 books1962

Science fiction, set in near future.

“Technically banned, a novel called The Grasshopper Lies Heavy imagines a world where the Allies won instead — and its reclusive author, Hawthorne Abendsen, becomes an obsession for characters on every side.”
from the catalogue description of The Man in the High Castle

Start with The Man in the High Castle →

A Clockwork OrangeSeries

seriesAnthony Burgess4 books1962

Challenging in tone, about totalitarianism, set in big city.

“After his crimes catch up with him, Alex is made the subject of a controversial state program meant to forcibly reform his behavior, and the novel uses his ordeal to question whether imposed goodness is worth the loss of free will.”
from the catalogue description

Start with A Clockwork Orange →

Blade Runner UniverseSeries

seriesK. W. Jeter, Archie Goodwin, Les Martin & Philip K. Dick6 books1968

Cyberpunk, about robots, set in big city.

“Together the two trace the story's path from prose original to screen and comic-page adaptation.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? →

Dogs of War (Adrian Tchaikovsky)Series

seriesAdrian Tchaikovsky3 books2017

Cyberpunk.

“Dogs of War, Bear Head, and Bee Speaker widen from that first book's battlefield into questions of AI rights, corporate power, and non-human consciousness across a near-future Earth.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Dogs of War →

Ship BreakerSeries

seriesPaolo Bacigalupi3 books2010

Post-apocalyptic, about survival.

“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 →

DivergentSeries

seriesVeronica Roth10 books2011

Set in big city.

Start with The Transfer →

Unwind DystologySeries

seriesNeal Shusterman5 books2007

“The first novel follows three teens fleeing that fate, and the sequels widen the same dystopia's cast and consequences across a four-book arc plus companion material.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Unwind →

Fahrenheit 451Series

seriesRay Bradbury2 books1951

About books and reading and totalitarianism.

“Set in a future where books are outlawed and firemen exist to burn them, it follows fireman Guy Montag as doubts about his job push him toward the very literature he's supposed to destroy.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Fireman →

Uglies UniverseSeries

seriesScott Westerfeld & Devin Grayson9 books2005

“Tally Youngblood, the original tetralogy's protagonist, initially awaits her own operation before learning it also surgically dulls independent thought, driving her toward the hidden resistance community called the Smoke.”
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 Variant Saga?: Library of America P. K. Dick Collection — the closest match to The Variant Saga on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Variant Saga?: The Amber Project. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Variant Saga.
How big is The Variant Saga?: The Variant Saga is 5 books, 2015–2019.

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