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Books like War with No Name: 9 series to read next

War with No Name is science fiction and post-apocalyptic, about uplift, set in our world, dark in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

War with No Name is 4 books, 2015–2021.

“The instigator of this war is the Colony, a race of intelligent ants who, for thousands of years, have been silently building an army that would forever eradicate the destructive, oppressive humans.”
from the catalogue description of Mort(e)

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The Triffids
War Against the Chtorr
Ship Breaker
Maze Runner
Extinction Cycle
Survivalist
The Vampire Earth
Robopocalypse
Earthseed

The TriffidsSeries

seriesJohn Whitbourn, John Wyndham & Simon Clark3 books1951

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 →

War Against the ChtorrSeries

seriesDavid Gerrold7 books1983

About aliens and ecological collapse.

“The Chtorr series was originally planned as a trilogy, but as the story became more intricate, Gerrold realized that three books would not be enough for him to tell the entire story.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with A Matter for Men →

Ship BreakerSeries

seriesPaolo Bacigalupi3 books2010

“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

Start with Ship Breaker →

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
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Maze Runner →

Extinction CycleUniverse

universe45 books2014

Science fiction and post-apocalyptic, set in near future.

“VX-99, buried in a Vietnam-era file, was never a cure and never meant to be — it is a weapon, and when it slips its leash it does not kill so much as rewrite.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

SurvivalistSeries

seriesJerry Ahern, Bob Anderson, Sharon Ahern & Sean Ellis41 books1981

Science fiction and post-apocalyptic, tense in tone, about survival and war, set in near future and north america.

Start with Total War →

The Vampire EarthSeries

seriesE. E. Knight12 books2003

Dark fantasy, about vampires.

“A lot has changed in the 43rd year of the Kurian Order.”
from the catalogue description of Way of the Wolf
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Way of the Wolf →

RobopocalypseSeries

seriesDaniel H. Wilson3 books2011

About artificial intelligence and robots.

“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

Start with Robopocalypse →

EarthseedSeries

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

Dystopia, about faith and religion.

“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 →

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 War with No Name?: The Triffids — the closest match to War with No Name on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with War with No Name?: Mort(e). It is the entry the catalogue recommends for War with No Name.
How big is War with No Name?: War with No Name is 4 books, 2015–2021.

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