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Books like Through Darkest America: 9 series to read next

Through Darkest America is post-apocalyptic and science fiction, set in north america. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Through Darkest America is 3 books, 1987–1989.

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The Hunger Games
Saint Leibowitz
Dune
The Passage
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame
The 5th Wave
Ship Breaker
Moses Todd
Mortal Engines

The Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

Dystopia, about rebellion and revolution and 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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Saint LeibowitzSeries

seriesWalter M. Miller & Jr.6 books1955

About faith and religion.

“Together the two novels form a sparse, decades-spanning series about memory, faith, and the cycles of civilization.”
from the catalogue description

Start with A Canticle for Leibowitz →

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Space opera, about political intrigue, set in 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 →

The PassageSeries

seriesJustin Cronin3 books2010

Horror, about vampires.

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The Science Fiction Hall of FameSeries

seriesBen Bova, Algis Budrys, Arthur C. Clarke, Geo. W. Proctor, H. G. Wells, Robert Silverberg, Terry Carr & Theodore R. Cogswell11 books1895

“The greatest science fiction stories of all time chosen by the members of the Science Fiction Writers of America.”
from the catalogue description of The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One

Start with The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One →

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 →

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 →

Moses ToddSeries

seriesAlden Bell2 books2010

Zombie horror.

“A 15 year old girl, wandering the Southeast after the zombie apocalypse, is continually forced to confront the nature of life, and survival, and morality.”
from the catalogue description of The Reapers Are the Angels

Start with The Reapers Are the Angels →

Mortal EnginesUniverse

universe14 books2001

Steampunk, adventurous in tone.

“In a world where the cities were put on wheels to outrun a war that ended in a single afternoon, Municipal Darwinism is the law: big towns eat small ones, strip them for parts and take their people aboard as citizens or as scrap.”
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 Through Darkest America?: The Hunger Games — the closest match to Through Darkest America on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Through Darkest America?: Through Darkest America. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Through Darkest America.
How big is Through Darkest America?: Through Darkest America is 3 books, 1987–1989.
Is Through Darkest America finished?: Yes — 3 books, 1987–1989.

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