Loreful
HomeDiscover
Search series, authors…⌘K
Loreful

Reading orders for SF/F series and shared universes — with your place kept in every one.

Explore

UniversesSeriesWorksAuthorsAtlas

Help

FAQAboutSite map

Account & legal

Sign inCreate accountPrivacyTerms

Data

Built on ISFDB, Wikipedia, Wikidata and Open Library. Curated reading orders carry their reasoning on the page; the rest follow publication order. Data sources & licenses

© Loreful · data: ISFDB · CC BY

More like Four Cities

anchored on:science fictionpost-apocalyptic

but
Narrow·
  • Cover of H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds
    H. G. Wells' War of the WorldsUniverse

    universe · 65 books · 1898

    Alien invasion.

    “No one would have believed, in the closing years of the nineteenth century, that human affairs were being watched keenly and closely from the timeless worlds of space.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The War of the Worlds →

    similar byscience fiction+2 more

    includes The War of the Worlds

  • Cover of The 5th Wave
    The 5th WaveSeries

    series · 4 books · 2013

    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
    Start with The 5th Wave →

    similar bysurvivaldarkscience fictionpost-apocalypticnorth americatensenear future+1 more

  • Cover of Maze Runner
    Maze RunnerSeries

    series · 11 books · 2009

    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
    Start with The Maze Runner →

    similar bysurvivalscience fictionpost-apocalyptictensenear future+3 more

  • Cover of Farnham's Freehold
    Farnham's FreeholdNovel

    Robert A. Heinlein · standalone novel · 1964

    Time travel, about race and racism.

    similar bysurvivalscience fictionpost-apocalypticnorth americatensenear future+1 more

  • Cover of Patternist
    PatternistSeries

    series · 6 books · 1976

    completed

    About genetic engineering.

    “The Patternist series is a group of science fiction novels by Octavia E. Butler that detail a secret history continuing from the Ancient Egyptian period to the far future that involves telepathic mind control and an extraterrestrial plague.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Wild Seed →

    similar bydarkscience fiction+4 more

  • Cover of The Change / The Event
    The Change / The EventSeries

    series · 41 books · 1998

    Adventurous in tone.

    “Sixteen different authors, coordinated by Stirling, each contribute stories set in various corners of the suddenly de-industrialized world as survivors scramble to rebuild.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Island in the Sea of Time →

    similar bypost-apocalypticnorth americascience fiction+4 more