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Books like Tomorrow (John Marsden): 9 series to read next

Tomorrow (John Marsden) is about survival and war, set in oceania and contemporary, tense in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Tomorrow (John Marsden) is 10 books, 1993–2006.

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The Hunger Games
Gone
The 5th Wave
Animorphs
World War Z
Ship Breaker
Shade's Children milieu
The Undertow Trilogy
Maze Runner

The Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

Dystopia, about totalitarianism, set in far future and north america.

“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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GoneSeries

seriesMichael Grant9 books2008

Science fiction, tense and dark in tone, about survival, set in contemporary.

“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

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The 5th WaveSeries

seriesRick Yancey4 books2013

Alien invasion, 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

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AnimorphsUniverse

universe66 books1996

Science fantasy, about aliens and shapeshifters.

“The Yeerks are grey slugs the length of your thumb.”
from the catalogue description

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World War ZSeries

seriesMax Brooks3 books2006

Zombie horror and horror, about plague and pandemic.

Start with World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War →

Ship BreakerSeries

seriesPaolo Bacigalupi3 books2010

Set in north america.

“Paolo Bacigalupi's Ship Breaker follows Nailer as helping her pulls him out of his abusive father's orbit and into a much larger, more dangerous game involving her family's fortune.”
from the catalogue description

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Shade's Children milieuSeries

seriesGarth Nix2 books1997

Dystopia.

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The Undertow TrilogySeries

seriesMichael Buckley3 books2015

Set in north america.

“A sixteen-year-old girl is caught in an epic clash of civilizations when a society of undersea warriors marches out of the ocean into modern-day Coney Island.”
from the catalogue description of Undertow

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Maze RunnerSeries

seriesJames Dashner11 books2009

Dystopia.

“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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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 Tomorrow (John Marsden)?: The Hunger Games — the closest match to Tomorrow (John Marsden) on what it is about, not on what sells.
How big is Tomorrow (John Marsden)?: Tomorrow (John Marsden) is 10 books, 1993–2006.
Is Tomorrow (John Marsden) finished?: Yes — 10 books, 1993–2006.

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