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Books like Variant: 9 series to read next

Variant is 3 books, 2011–2014.

“Wells has stated that the initial draft of Variant took him only eleven days to write.”
from the catalogue description

Left Behind
The Hunger Games
Maze Runner
Shadow Children
The Testing Trilogy
The Handmaid's Tale
Delirium (Lauren Oliver)
Earthseed
The Birdman Project

universe63 books1995

About faith and religion, set in our world.

“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 →

The Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

About rebellion and revolution, 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

Reading order →

Maze RunnerSeries

seriesJames Dashner11 books2009

Post-apocalyptic.

“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
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Maze Runner →

Shadow ChildrenSeries

seriesMargaret Peterson Haddix7 books1998

Set in north america.

“In some cases, a parent may choose to forge a child's identification card so a shadow child can live a normal life.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Among the Hidden →

The Testing TrilogySeries

seriesJoelle Charbonneau4 books2013

About political intrigue.

“Joelle Charbonneau's Testing trilogy is set generations after a war has wrecked the world's governments and resources, when a rebuilt society selects its most promising graduates for the Testing, a competition meant to find future leaders.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Testing →

The Handmaid's TaleSeries

seriesMargaret Atwood3 books1985

About gender and society and rebellion and revolution, set in north america.

“The Handmaid's Tale is Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel set in Gilead, a totalitarian theocracy that has overthrown the United States and forces fertile women into reproductive servitude as Handmaids; it is narrated by one such woman, Offred.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Handmaid's Tale →

Delirium (Lauren Oliver)Series

seriesLauren Oliver11 books2011

Science fiction and dystopia.

“Companion novellas fill in supporting characters' perspectives alongside the main trilogy.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Annabel →

EarthseedSeries

seriesOctavia E. Butler, Damian Duffy, David Brame & John Jennings7 books1993

Post-apocalyptic, about faith and religion, set in north america.

“The two-book series was left unfinished at Butler's death; a planned third novel, Parable of the Trickster, was never completed.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Parable of the Sower →

The Birdman ProjectSeries

seriesE. L. Giles2 books2018

Dystopia.

“With the ominous threat of a trial and the terrible grief that comes with the loss of a close friend, survival soon emerges as second nature to her.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Birdman Project →

Why these

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What should I read after Variant?: Left Behind — the closest match to Variant on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Variant?: Variant. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Variant.
How big is Variant?: Variant is 3 books, 2011–2014.

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