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Books like Time Rope: 9 series to read next

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

Time Rope is 4 books, from 1986.

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Tripods
H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds
Maze Runner
Kairos
Ender's Game
Jumper
Maximum Ride
TimeRiders
Patternist

TripodsSeries

seriesJohn Christopher4 books1967

Post-apocalyptic and 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 →

H. G. Wells' War of the WorldsUniverse

universe65 books1898

Alien invasion.

“No one would have believed, in the closing years of the nineteenth century, that human affairs were being watched keenly and closely from the timeless worlds of space.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The War of the Worlds →

Maze RunnerSeries

seriesJames Dashner11 books2009

Dystopia and post-apocalyptic.

“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 →

KairosSeries

seriesMadeleine L'Engle11 books1962

Science fiction.

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Ender's GameUniverse

universe39 books1977

Set in far future.

“To beat your enemy you must first understand him so completely that you love him — and in the instant you love him, you destroy him.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

JumperSeries

seriesSteven Gould6 books1992

About psychic powers, set in contemporary.

“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 →

Maximum RideSeries

seriesJames Patterson, Cate Tiernan & Mindy McGinnis12 books2005

Science fantasy, about genetic engineering and found family.

Start with The Angel Experiment →

TimeRidersSeries

seriesAlex Scarrow9 books2010

Science fiction and time travel, tense and adventurous in tone, about survival, set in our world.

“Because time travel is here, and there are those who would go back in time and change the past.That's why the TimeRiders exist: to protect us.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with TimeRiders →

PatternistSeries

seriesOctavia E. Butler6 books1976

Dark in tone, about genetic engineering.

“The Patternist series is a group of science fiction novels by Octavia E. Butler that detail a secret history continuing from the Ancient Egyptian period to the far future that involves telepathic mind control and an extraterrestrial plague.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Wild Seed →

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 Time Rope?: Tripods — the closest match to Time Rope on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Time Rope?: Time Rope. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Time Rope.
How big is Time Rope?: Time Rope is 4 books, from 1986.
Is Time Rope finished?: Yes — 4 books, from 1986.

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