Series

Books like Without Warning: 9 series to read next

Without Warning is science fiction and alternate history, about survival, set in north america, tense in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Without Warning is 3 books, 2008–2011.

“The novels After America and Angels of Vengeance continue the story.”
from the catalogue description

The Without Warning page →Narrow this list →

One Second After / John Matherson
The Hunger Games
The 5th Wave
Survivalist
Gone
The Andromeda Strain
Directive 51 / Daybreak
War Against the Chtorr
Empire (Orson Scott Card)

One Second After / John MathersonSeries

seriesWilliam R. Forstchen4 books2009

Set in small town.

Start with One Second After →

The Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

Dystopia, about rebellion and revolution, set in far future.

“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 →

The 5th WaveSeries

seriesRick Yancey4 books2013

Alien invasion, about aliens.

“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

Start with The 5th Wave →

SurvivalistSeries

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

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

Start with Total War →

GoneSeries

seriesMichael Grant9 books2008

“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

Start with Gone →

The Andromeda StrainSeries

seriesDaniel H. Wilson & Michael Crichton2 books1969

About plague and pandemic.

“Daniel H. Wilson's authorized 2019 sequel The Andromeda Evolution revisits the same threat five decades later.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Andromeda Strain →

Directive 51 / DaybreakSeries

seriesJohn Barnes3 books2010

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

“The resulting collapse triggers mass death, a crisis over presidential succession, and mysterious Moon-launched fusion strikes on Washington and Chicago, while a shadowy neofeudalist movement moves into the vacuum.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Directive 51 →

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 →

Empire (Orson Scott Card)Series

seriesOrson Scott Card2 books2006

About rebellion and revolution.

“The sequel Hidden Empire was released December 22, 2009.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Empire →

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 Without Warning?: One Second After / John Matherson — the closest match to Without Warning on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Without Warning?: Without Warning. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Without Warning.
How big is Without Warning?: Without Warning is 3 books, 2008–2011.

Books like Without Warning: 9 series to read next

Read next in Without Warning

Why these

Questions readers ask

Other series like this one