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Books like Transformers movie prequels: 9 series to read next

Transformers movie prequels is science fiction, about robots and war, 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.

Transformers movie prequels is 2 books, 2007–2009.

“There have been many publishers of a book bearing the name Transformers based on the toy lines of the same name.”
from the catalogue description of Ghosts of Yesterday

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The Themis Files
ゴジラ / Godzilla
Saucer
Robopocalypse
Janissaries
Berserker (Fred Saberhagen)
Animorphs
Vatta
Blackcollar

The Themis FilesSeries

seriesSylvain Neuvel3 books2015

Mysterious in tone, about aliens.

“Sleeping Giants and its sequels are told almost entirely through interview transcripts conducted by an unnamed, evasive interrogator, giving the series a documentary, oral-history feel unusual for first-contact SF.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Sleeping Giants →

ゴジラ / GodzillaSeries

seriesMarc Cerasini, Greg Keyes, 香山滋, H. B. Gilmour, Greg Cox, Kimberly Weinberger, Scott Ciencin, Stephen Molstad & 山崎貴17 books1955

Science fiction, tense in tone, set in our world and contemporary.

“While all set within the same continuity, each novel has its own plot and storyline, with Toho's kaiju featured as the stars.”
from the catalogue description
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SaucerSeries

seriesStephen Coonts3 books2002

About aliens.

“Seismic surveyor Rip Cantrell has made an exhilarating discovery - a flying saucer embedded in the Sahara sandstone.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Saucer →

RobopocalypseSeries

seriesDaniel H. Wilson3 books2011

Dark in tone, about artificial intelligence and survival, set in near future.

“Told in a present-tense, techno-thriller style compared to Michael Crichton's work, the New York Times bestseller continues in the sequel Robogenesis, which follows the aftermath of the robot uprising.”
from the catalogue description

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JanissariesSeries

seriesJerry Pournelle, Roland J. Green, David Weber & Phillip Pournelle4 books1979

About political intrigue and slavery, set in other star systems and far future.

“Janissaries are an American series of military and political-based science fiction novels are set in an interstellar confederation of races, in which humans are a slave race entrusted with military affairs and law enforcement.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

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Berserker (Fred Saberhagen)Series

seriesFred Saberhagen, Connie Willis, Edward Bryant, Jane Lindskold, Larry Niven, Poul Anderson, Roger Zelazny & Stephen R. Donaldson59 books1963

Space opera, set in far future and space.

Start with Berserker →

AnimorphsUniverse

universe66 books1996

About aliens and shapeshifters.

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

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VattaUniverse

universe10 books2003

Space opera, set in far future and space.

“Get kicked out of the Academy and the family still hands you a ship.”
from the catalogue description

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BlackcollarSeries

seriesTimothy Zahn3 books1983

Set in far future.

“Timothy Zahn's Blackcollar trilogy, his debut work, follows survivors of Earth's underground resistance against the Ryqril, an alien empire that conquered the planet a generation earlier.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Blackcollar →

Why these

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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.

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What should I read after Transformers movie prequels?: The Themis Files — the closest match to Transformers movie prequels on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Transformers movie prequels?: Ghosts of Yesterday. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Transformers movie prequels.
How big is Transformers movie prequels?: Transformers movie prequels is 2 books, 2007–2009.

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