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Patternist Series

4 primary works • 6 total works
(aka Patternmaster or Seed to Harvest)

This is a reading order based on internal chronology, not publication order.

These novels detail a secret history continuing from the ancient Egyptian period to the far future. They involves telepathic mind control and an extraterrestrial plague.

In order of publication:

Patternmaster (1976)
Mind of My Mind (19…

Book 1

Wild Seed
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4.21 · 38745 Ratings · 3629 Reviews · published 1980 · 55 editions
Doro is an entity who changes bodies like clothes,…

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    Book 2

    Mind of My Mind
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    4.19     · 15248 Ratings · 1192 Reviews · published 1977 · 2 editions
    For 4,000 years, an immortal has spread the seeds …

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    Book 3

    Clay's Ark
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    3.84     · 11872 Ratings · 1135 Reviews · published 1984 · 33 editions
    An innocent familiy, carjacked on a desolate highw…

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    Survivor
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    3.80     · 1388 Ratings · 191 Reviews · published 1978 · 10 editions
    Know Thy Enemy

    They fled from an Earth ravaged by p…

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    Book 4

    Patternmaster
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    4.03     · 10690 Ratings · 876 Reviews · published 1976 · 32 editions
    The combined mind-force of a telepathic race, Patt…

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    Book 1-4

    Seed to Harvest
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    4.39     · 6619 Ratings · 496 Reviews · published 2007 · 2 editions
    In her classic Patternist series, multiple Hugo an…

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