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Books like Throwback: 9 series to read next

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

Throwback is 3 books, 2019–2021.

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The Guardians of Time
The Missing
The Chronos Files Universe
Hourglass Door
Space Demons
Tripods
Daniel X
Jumper
Evil Genius (Catherine Jinks)

The Guardians of TimeSeries

seriesMarianne Curley4 books2002

Fantasy.

“The first novel in the Guardians of Time Trilogy, it follows Ethan, a member of The Named, and his new apprentice, Isabel, who he is training under the guidance of his mentor Arkarian.”
from the catalogue description of The Named
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Start with The Named →

The MissingSeries

seriesMargaret Peterson Haddix10 books2008

About identity.

“Jonah Skidmore is one of the stolen children, and he, along with his non-adopted sister Katherine, must help return the missing kids to their rightful places in history and fix time before it is destroyed.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Found →

The Chronos Files UniverseSeries

seriesRysa Walker & David Estes15 books2014

Science fiction and time travel, set in our world and contemporary.

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Hourglass DoorSeries

seriesLisa Mangum3 books2009

Fantasy and romance.

“Dante, a prisoner sent from fifteenth-century Italy into the present time as punishment, meets and falls in love with Abby, a high school senior who may be the only one who can save him.”
from the catalogue description of The Hourglass Door

Start with The Hourglass Door →

Space DemonsSeries

seriesGillian Rubinstein & Richard Tulloch4 books1986

About virtual reality.

“Gillian Rubinstein's Space Demons follows a group of Australian schoolkids drawn into a mysterious video game that starts pulling them physically into its world, with consequences that follow them home.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Space Demons →

TripodsSeries

seriesJohn Christopher4 books1967

Post-apocalyptic, about aliens and rebellion and revolution, set in near future.

“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 →

Daniel XSeries

seriesJames Patterson, Chris Grabenstein, Ned Rust, Adam Sadler & Michael Ledwidge6 books2008

About aliens.

“The Dangerous Days of Daniel X opens James Patterson's science-fiction series, co-written with Michael Ledwidge, marking Patterson's return to genre science fiction in a similar vein to his Maximum Ride series.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Dangerous Days of Daniel X →

JumperSeries

seriesSteven Gould6 books1992

About psychic powers.

“Steven Gould's series continues across Reflex, Impulse, and Exo, later following his and his wife's daughter as a second-generation jumper.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Jumper →

Evil Genius (Catherine Jinks)Series

seriesCatherine Jinks3 books2005

Science fiction, tense in tone, set in contemporary and our world.

“Catherine Jinks is an Australian writer of fiction books for all age groups.”
from the catalogue description of Evil Genius

Start with Evil Genius →

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.

Questions readers ask

What should I read after Throwback?: The Guardians of Time — the closest match to Throwback on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Throwback?: Throwback. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Throwback.
How big is Throwback?: Throwback is 3 books, 2019–2021.

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