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Books like TimeRiders: 9 series to read next

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

TimeRiders is 9 books, 2010–2014.

“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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Maximum Ride
Oxford Time Travel
Tripods
Thunder
Gone
The 5th Wave
Left Behind
Jumper
Infinity Ring

Maximum RideSeries

seriesJames Patterson, Cate Tiernan & Mindy McGinnis12 books2005

Science fantasy, about genetic engineering and found family.

Start with The Angel Experiment →

Oxford Time TravelSeries

seriesConnie Willis6 books1982

Set in british isles.

“Connie Willis's Oxford Time Travel novels are set at a near-future Oxford University where historians travel into the past as observers, constrained by a version of history that resists any change large enough to alter real events.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Fire Watch →

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 →

ThunderSeries

seriesJames F. David3 books1995

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

“When a freak natural phenomenon dissolves the boundaries between yesterday and today, the world is transformed into a patchwork mixture of the present and the distant past.”
from the catalogue description of Footprints of Thunder

Start with Footprints of Thunder →

GoneSeries

seriesMichael Grant9 books2008

Dark in tone.

“Michael Grant's Gone series begins when everyone aged fifteen and older vanishes without warning from a swath of the California coast, trapping the town of Perdido Beach inside an impenetrable barrier the survivors call the FAYZ.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Gone →

The 5th WaveSeries

seriesRick Yancey4 books2013

Alien invasion and post-apocalyptic, about aliens, set in north america.

“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 →

Left BehindUniverse

universe63 books1995

Dystopia, about faith and religion.

“Pilots vanish from their cockpits, drivers from moving cars, children from their beds, clothing left folded where the faithful stood.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

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 →

Infinity RingSeries

seriesJames Dashner, Matt de la Peña, Carrie Ryan, Jennifer A. Nielsen, Lisa McMann & Matthew J. Kirby8 books2012

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

“The first book introduces the trio and follows them as they try to prevent a revolt by the Amancio brothers.”
from the catalogue description of A Mutiny in Time
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Start with A Mutiny in Time →

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 TimeRiders?: Maximum Ride — the closest match to TimeRiders on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with TimeRiders?: TimeRiders. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for TimeRiders.
How big is TimeRiders?: TimeRiders is 9 books, 2010–2014.

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