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Books like Writers Save the World: 9 series to read next

Writers Save the World is science fiction, about ecological collapse, set in our world and near future, hopeful in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Writers Save the World is 3 books, 2021–2023.

“Climate change, income inequality, racism, pandemics, an almost unmanageable tangle of issues.”
from the catalogue description of Fix the World

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Mara / Raging Earth
The Lost Cause
The Windup Universe
Ecotopia
The Martian
Mars (Kim Stanley Robinson)
A Clockwork Orange
Frontera
Orange County

Mara / Raging EarthSeries

seriesJulie Bertagna4 books2002

Post-apocalyptic, tense in tone, about survival.

“Mara must think of a way to save herself, the other villagers and, most importantly, the world.”
from the catalogue description of Exodus

Start with Exodus →

The Lost CauseSeries

seriesCory Doctorow2 books2023

Reflective in tone, set in north america.

“Canada is doing much better, and able to help USA.”
from the catalogue description of The Canadian Miracle

Start with The Canadian Miracle →

The Windup UniverseSeries

seriesPaolo Bacigalupi3 books2005

Dark in tone, set in southeast asia.

Start with The Calorie Man →

EcotopiaSeries

seriesErnest Callenbach2 books1975

Set in north america.

“The EE story seems to take place in the 1990s; Callenbach assumes that the pro-business, anti-environmental Reagan-era policies—already evident at the time of publication—will have persisted in the United States after Reagan's presidency.”
from the catalogue description of Ecotopia Emerging

Start with Ecotopia Emerging →

The MartianSeries

seriesAndy Weir2 books2012

Hard science fiction, about survival, set in mars.

“Using scientific improvisation and dark humor, Watney works to keep himself alive long enough for a rescue to reach him.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Martian →

Mars (Kim Stanley Robinson)Series

seriesKim Stanley Robinson36 books1982

Hard science fiction, about space colonization, set in mars and far future.

“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
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Start with Red Mars →

A Clockwork OrangeSeries

seriesAnthony Burgess4 books1962

Dark in tone, about totalitarianism, set in big city.

“After his crimes catch up with him, Alex is made the subject of a controversial state program meant to forcibly reform his behavior, and the novel uses his ordeal to question whether imposed goodness is worth the loss of free will.”
from the catalogue description

Start with A Clockwork Orange →

FronteraSeries

seriesJoan Slonczewski2 books2011

Hard science fiction, about aliens and coming of age, set in north america.

“Jennifer Ramos Kennedy, a girl from a rich and politically influential family whose twin brother has died in an accident and left her bereft, is about to enter her freshman year at Frontera College.”
from the catalogue description of The Highest Frontier

Start with The Highest Frontier →

Orange CountySeries

seriesKim Stanley Robinson3 books1984

Set in north america.

“Each novel describes the life of young people in one of the three near-future worlds; each novel begins with an exposition that tells the reader about the fictional world.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Wild Shore →

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.

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What should I read after Writers Save the World?: Mara / Raging Earth — the closest match to Writers Save the World on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Writers Save the World?: Fix the World. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Writers Save the World.
How big is Writers Save the World?: Writers Save the World is 3 books, 2021–2023.

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