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Books like Tiny Time Machine: 9 series to read next

Tiny Time Machine 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.

Tiny Time Machine is 3 books, 2021–2024.

“All life on Earth will die of thirst unless a couple of loners on the run can use a strange time portal activated by a smartphone to stop a secret project.”
from the catalogue description

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Southern Reach Trilogy
The Caretaker Trilogy
The Triffids
Thunder
Zoo
TimeRiders
Maurai
Nemesis Saga
The NUMA Files

Southern Reach TrilogySeries

seriesJeff VanderMeer4 books2014

Weird fiction and horror, eerie in tone, about madness.

“In 2013, Paramount Pictures bought the movie rights for the series, and a film adaptation of Annihilation was made with Alex Garland as writer-director.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Annihilation →

The Caretaker TrilogySeries

seriesDavid Klass3 books2006

Thriller & suspense, about coming of age.

“After learning that he has been sent from the future for a special purpose, eighteen-year-old Jack receives help from an unusual dog and a shape-shifting female fighter.”
from the catalogue description of Firestorm
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Start with Firestorm →

The TriffidsSeries

seriesJohn Whitbourn, John Wyndham & Simon Clark3 books1951

Post-apocalyptic, dark in tone, set in british isles.

“Together the three novels form a loose post-apocalyptic trilogy built on Wyndham's original premise rather than a tightly plotted single story.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Day of the Triffids →

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 →

ZooSeries

seriesJames Patterson, Max DiLallo & Michael Ledwidge2 books2012

Thriller & suspense.

“A sequel, Zoo 2, by Patterson and Max DiLallo, was released on June 7, 2016, as a novella.”
from the catalogue description of Zoo

Start with Zoo →

TimeRidersSeries

seriesAlex Scarrow9 books2010

“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.”
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Start with TimeRiders →

MauraiSeries

seriesPoul Anderson6 books1959

Post-apocalyptic, about political intrigue, set in far future.

“The Maurai dominate the Pacific and Indian Oceans.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with The Sky People →

Nemesis SagaSeries

seriesJeremy Robinson8 books2012

Thriller & suspense.

“Robinson noted that various classic kaiju films especially those featuring Godzilla and Gamera were big influences on the series.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Island 731 →

The NUMA FilesSeries

seriesClive Cussler, Graham Brown & Paul Kemprecos6 books2004

Thriller & suspense.

“Lost City finds them investigating a life-extending enzyme discovered deep in the North Atlantic, and the string of deaths and disappearances surrounding its discovery.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Lost City →

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 Tiny Time Machine?: Southern Reach Trilogy — the closest match to Tiny Time Machine on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Tiny Time Machine?: Tiny Time Machine. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Tiny Time Machine.
How big is Tiny Time Machine?: Tiny Time Machine is 3 books, 2021–2024.

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