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Books like The Wrecked Earth: 9 series to read next

The Wrecked Earth is science fiction and post-apocalyptic, set in near future and our world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Wrecked Earth is 11 books, 2012–2013.

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The Triffids
War Against the Chtorr
Ship Breaker
The Apocalypse Triptych
Flood
Tripods
Shade's Children milieu
Maze Runner
Forge of God

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 →

War Against the ChtorrSeries

seriesDavid Gerrold7 books1983

About aliens and war, set in north america.

“The Chtorr series was originally planned as a trilogy, but as the story became more intricate, Gerrold realized that three books would not be enough for him to tell the entire story.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with A Matter for Men →

Ship BreakerSeries

seriesPaolo Bacigalupi3 books2010

Set in north america.

“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 Apocalypse TriptychSeries

seriesHugh Howey & John Joseph Adams4 books2014

About plague and pandemic.

Start with The End Is Nigh →

FloodSeries

seriesStephen Baxter6 books2008

Science fiction, about survival and ecological collapse, set in near future.

“The 2009 sequel, Ark, follows a parallel thread of people who instead gamble everything on a desperate escape from the drowning planet.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Flood →

TripodsSeries

seriesJohn Christopher4 books1967

Alien invasion, about aliens and rebellion and revolution.

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

Shade's Children milieuSeries

seriesGarth Nix2 books1997

Dystopia, about coming of age and rebellion and revolution.

Start with Shade's Children →

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
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Maze Runner →

Forge of GodSeries

seriesGreg Bear2 books1987

About 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 →

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.

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What should I read after The Wrecked Earth?: The Triffids — the closest match to The Wrecked Earth on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Wrecked Earth?: Caught Out. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Wrecked Earth.
How big is The Wrecked Earth?: The Wrecked Earth is 11 books, 2012–2013.

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