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Books like Aquila: 9 series to read next

Aquila is science fiction, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Aquila is 7 books, 1982–1988.

“Now, 100 years after Julius Caesar's death, journey to another dimension where time is warped, Bigfoot growls, hot air balloons sail, and Rome never fell.”
from the catalogue description of The Aquiliad

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The Change / The Event
Sierra Waters
Infinity Ring
Temporal Regulatory Authority / Jason Thanou
H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds
Allan Quatermain
Danger Boy
Foundation
Eden (Harry Harrison)

The Change / The EventSeries

seriesS. M. Stirling, A. M. Dellamonica, Diana L. Paxson, Emily Mah, Harry Turtledove, Jane Lindskold, Jody Lynn Nye, John Barnes, John Birmingham, John J. Miller, Kier Salmon, Lauren C. Teffeau, M. T. Reiten, Terry England, Victor Milán & Walter Jon Williams41 books1998

Post-apocalyptic.

“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 description

Start with The Change: Tales of Downfall and Rebirth →

Sierra WatersSeries

seriesPaul Levinson3 books2006

Set in near future.

“Starting in the near future, the novel also has scenes set in the ancient world and Victorian New York.”
from the catalogue description of The Plot to Save Socrates

Start with The Plot to Save Socrates →

Infinity RingSeries

seriesJames Dashner, Matt de la Peña, Carrie Ryan, Jennifer A. Nielsen, Lisa McMann & Matthew J. Kirby8 books2012

Science fiction and time travel, adventurous in tone, set in our world.

“The first book introduces the trio and follows them as they try to prevent a revolt by the Amancio brothers.”
from the catalogue description of A Mutiny in Time
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with A Mutiny in Time →

Temporal Regulatory Authority / Jason ThanouSeries

seriesSteve White6 books2006

Science fiction and time travel, adventurous and tense in tone.

“Jason Thanou of the Temporal Regulatory Authority had about had it with nursemaiding parties of ivory-tower academics through Earth's blood-drenched history, keeping them alive as they sought evidence for their pet theories.”
from the catalogue description of Blood of the Heroes

Start with Blood of the Heroes →

H. G. Wells' War of the WorldsUniverse

universe65 books1898

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 description

Start with The War of the Worlds →

Allan QuatermainSeries

seriesH. Rider Haggard, Jean Francis Webb & Thomas Kent Miller25 books1885

Set in africa.

“An English professional big game hunter and adventurer, in film and television he has been portrayed by Richard Chamberlain, Sean Connery, Cedric Hardwicke, Patrick Swayze and Stewart Granger among others.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Marie →

Danger BoySeries

seriesMark London Williams4 books2001

“A twelve-year-old boy from the twenty-first century, a girl from medieval Alexandria, Egypt, and a super-intelligent young saurian from an alternative Earth--each for different reasons--join together in travels through time and space.”
from the catalogue description of Ancient Fire

Start with Ancient Fire →

FoundationUniverse

universe123 books1940

About robots, set in far future.

“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 →

Eden (Harry Harrison)Series

seriesHarry Harrison5 books1984

About survival, set in prehistoric.

“Harry Harrison's Eden trilogy imagines an Earth where the dinosaurs never died out, evolving instead into the Yilane, a technologically advanced reptilian civilization that shares the planet uneasily with early humans.”
from the catalogue description

Start with West of Eden →

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 Aquila?: The Change / The Event — the closest match to Aquila on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Aquila?: The Aquiliad. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Aquila.
How big is Aquila?: Aquila is 7 books, 1982–1988.

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