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Books like Time Scout: 9 series to read next

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

Time Scout is 4 books, 1995–2001.

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Maximum Ride
Kairos
Bromeliad
Rats of NIMH
The Missing
The Chronicles of St. Mary's
His Dark Materials
TimeRiders
Michael Vey

Maximum RideSeries

seriesJames Patterson, Cate Tiernan & Mindy McGinnis12 books2005

Science fantasy, about genetic engineering and survival.

Start with The Angel Experiment →

KairosSeries

seriesMadeleine L'Engle11 books1962

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BromeliadSeries

seriesTerry Pratchett3 books1989

Fantasy, about transported to another world and survival.

“The trilogy tells the story of the Nomes, a race of tiny people from another world who now live hidden among humans.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Truckers →

Rats of NIMHSeries

seriesJane Leslie Conly & Robert C. O'Brien3 books1971

Fantasy, about survival.

“All three carry forward the original's interest in community, responsibility, and the costs of intelligence.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH →

The MissingSeries

seriesMargaret Peterson Haddix10 books2008

About identity, set in north america.

“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
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Found →

The Chronicles of St. Mary'sSeries

seriesJodi Taylor46 books2013

Funny in tone.

“Beginning with Just One Damned Thing After Another, the comic time-travel series has grown to nineteen novels ranging across historical periods from the Cretaceous to the twentieth century.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Very First Damned Thing →

His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

Fantasy, set in parallel universe.

“In a world like ours and unlike it, every human soul walks outside the body in the shape of an animal — a daemon, who speaks, who cannot be lied to, and who settles into one fixed form only when childhood ends.”
from the catalogue description

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TimeRidersSeries

seriesAlex Scarrow9 books2010

About survival.

“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
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with TimeRiders →

Michael VeySeries

seriesRichard Paul Evans10 books2011

About psychic powers.

“When Michael's best friends, Ostin Liss and cheerleader Taylor Ridley, make an accidental discovery, the three of them learn that there are other kids with similar powers - and that someone, or something, is haunting them.”
from the catalogue description of The Prisoner of Cell 25

Start with The Prisoner of Cell 25 →

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 Scout?: Maximum Ride — the closest match to Time Scout on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Time Scout?: Time Scout. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Time Scout.
How big is Time Scout?: Time Scout is 4 books, 1995–2001.
Is Time Scout finished?: Yes — 4 books, 1995–2001.

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