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Books like Vermilion Sands: 9 series to read next

Vermilion Sands is science fiction, about art and artists, eerie in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Vermilion Sands is 10 books, 1956–1971.

“Vermilion Sands collects J. G. Ballard's linked short stories set in a decaying desert resort town for the wealthy and disaffected, somewhere between Palm Springs glamour and slow decline.”
from the catalogue description

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The Martian Chronicles
Library of America P. K. Dick Collection
Francis Sandow
Borne
The Giver
Dream Archipelago
Dune
Mars (Kim Stanley Robinson)
Saint Leibowitz

The Martian ChroniclesSeries

seriesRay Bradbury30 books1946

About space colonization, set in mars.

Start with The Million Year Picnic →

Library of America P. K. Dick CollectionSeries

seriesPhilip K. Dick9 books1962

Science fiction, set in near future.

“Technically banned, a novel called The Grasshopper Lies Heavy imagines a world where the Allies won instead — and its reclusive author, Hawthorne Abendsen, becomes an obsession for characters on every side.”
from the catalogue description of The Man in the High Castle

Start with The Man in the High Castle →

Francis SandowSeries

seriesRoger Zelazny & Steven Brust5 books1968

Set in other star systems.

Start with Dismal Light →

BorneSeries

seriesJeff VanderMeer3 books2017

Weird fiction and post-apocalyptic, about genetic engineering, set in big city.

“Jeff VanderMeer's series continues with the related novels The Strange Bird and Dead Astronauts, set in the same devastated world.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Borne →

The GiverSeries

seriesLois Lowry5 books1993

Dystopia.

“Each book has a different protagonist but is set in the same futuristic era.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with The Giver →

Dream ArchipelagoSeries

seriesChristopher Priest16 books1976

About identity.

“Novels like The Affirmation and The Islanders, along with numerous short stories, revisit the setting from different, often contradictory angles rather than building one continuous narrative.”
from the catalogue description

Start with An Infinite Summer →

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Space opera, about political intrigue, set in other star systems.

“The desert planet, where empire runs on a single substance: the spice melange, which folds space, prolongs life, and unlocks prescience, and which exists nowhere else in the known universe.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Dune →

Mars (Kim Stanley Robinson)Series

seriesKim Stanley Robinson36 books1982

About terraforming and space colonization, set in mars.

“Ultimately more utopian than dystopian, the story focuses on egalitarian, sociological, and scientific advances made on Mars, while Earth suffers from overpopulation and ecological disaster.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Red Mars →

Saint LeibowitzSeries

seriesWalter M. Miller & Jr.6 books1955

Post-apocalyptic, about faith and religion.

“Together the two novels form a sparse, decades-spanning series about memory, faith, and the cycles of civilization.”
from the catalogue description

Start with A Canticle for Leibowitz →

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 Vermilion Sands?: The Martian Chronicles — the closest match to Vermilion Sands on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Vermilion Sands?: Prima Belladonna. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Vermilion Sands.
How big is Vermilion Sands?: Vermilion Sands is 10 books, 1956–1971.
Is Vermilion Sands finished?: Yes — 10 books, 1956–1971.

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