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Books like Across the Universe: 9 series to read next

Across the Universe is science fiction, set in far future and spaceship, tense in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Across the Universe is 5 books, 2011–2013.

“As the story alternates point of view between the two teens, the mystery of who is awakening and killing the hibernating colonists leads them to an even greater mystery.”
from the catalogue description of Across the Universe

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The Hunger Games
Alliance-Union
Chaos Walking
Ender's Game
Foundation
Pax / Astra
The 100
Matched
Dune

The Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

Dark in tone, about rebellion and revolution, set in north america.

“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

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Alliance-UnionUniverse

universe173 books1976

Science fiction, set in far future.

“Around that spine cluster the merchanter novels of trader Families, the Faded Sun trilogy of human envoys among the martial alien Mri, and the Chanur books, narrated from the hierarchical, whiskered viewpoint of the hani.”
from the catalogue description

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Chaos WalkingSeries

seriesPatrick Ness5 books2008

Dark in tone.

Start with The Knife of Never Letting Go →

Ender's GameUniverse

universe39 books1977

Science fiction, set in far future.

“To beat your enemy you must first understand him so completely that you love him — and in the instant you love him, you destroy him.”
from the catalogue description

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FoundationUniverse

universe123 books1940

About robots.

“There is a science that reads the future of quadrillions the way an astronomer reads the orbits of stars.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Foundation →

Pax / AstraSeries

seriesAndre Norton2 books1954

Science fiction, tense and adventurous in tone, about survival, set in far future.

“Star Flight appears to be a later omnibus or reissue rather than a third original novel.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Stars Are Ours! →

The 100Series

seriesKass Morgan4 books2013

Post-apocalyptic.

“Day 21, its sequel, was released on September 25, 2014, and Homecoming was released on February 26, 2015.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with The 100 →

MatchedSeries

seriesAlly Condie3 books2010

About rebellion and revolution.

“Ally Condie's dystopian trilogy follows Cassia, a teenager in a rigidly controlled Society that assigns citizens' spouses, careers, and even manner of death, after a glitch shows her a second face at her own Matching ceremony.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Matched →

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Science fiction and space opera, about political intrigue, set in far future and other star systems.

“The desert planet, where empire runs on a single substance: the spice melange, which folds space, prolongs life, and unlocks prescience, and which exists nowhere else in the known universe.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Dune →

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 Across the Universe?: The Hunger Games — the closest match to Across the Universe on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Across the Universe?: Across the Universe. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Across the Universe.
How big is Across the Universe?: Across the Universe is 5 books, 2011–2013.

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