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Books like Time Spike: 9 series to read next

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

Time Spike is 4 books, 2008–2022.

“Something had thrown the prison back in time millions of years.”
from the catalogue description

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H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds
Dune
Eden (Harry Harrison)
Ender's Game
Richard Forthrast
The Hunger Games
Known Space
The 5th Wave
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame

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 →

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Space opera, about political intrigue, set in far future and 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 →

Eden (Harry Harrison)Series

seriesHarry Harrison5 books1984

About aliens, set in alternate earth.

“Harry Harrison's Eden trilogy imagines an Earth where the dinosaurs never died out, evolving instead into the Yilane, a technologically advanced reptilian civilization that shares the planet uneasily with early humans.”
from the catalogue description

Start with West of Eden →

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

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Richard ForthrastSeries

seriesNeal Stephenson2 books2011

About virtual reality, set in our world and virtual world.

“The sequel Fall; or, Dodge in Hell shifts registers entirely, following Richard's digitally preserved mind after death into an afterlife simulation built from his scanned brain.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Reamde →

The Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

Dystopia, dark in tone, set in far future.

“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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Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

About aliens, set in far future and space.

“Give a clever species a few centuries and a working fusion drive, and it will fill the sky with problems.”
from the catalogue description

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The 5th WaveSeries

seriesRick Yancey4 books2013

Alien invasion and post-apocalyptic, 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 →

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 →

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 Spike?: H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds — the closest match to Time Spike on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Time Spike?: Time Spike. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Time Spike.
How big is Time Spike?: Time Spike is 4 books, 2008–2022.

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