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Books like Bots: 9 series to read next

Bots is 15 books, 2019–2022.

Foundation
Lunar Chronicles
Forever War
Blade Runner Universe
Lucky Starr
City
Forge of God
The Wild Robot
Against the Fall of Night

universe123 books1940

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 →

Lunar ChroniclesSeries

seriesMarissa Meyer15 books2011

Fairy tale retelling, adventurous in tone, set in far future and other star systems.

“Set in a futuristic world inhabited by various species and creatures, tensions are rising between Earth and its former colony Luna, while both attempt to manage an ongoing pandemic.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Fairest: Levana's Story →

Forever WarSeries

seriesJoe Haldeman10 books1972

Military science fiction, set in far future and space.

Start with The Forever War →

Blade Runner UniverseSeries

seriesK. W. Jeter, Archie Goodwin, Les Martin & Philip K. Dick6 books1968

Cyberpunk, dark in tone, about identity, set in near future.

“Together the two trace the story's path from prose original to screen and comic-page adaptation.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? →

Lucky StarrSeries

seriesIsaac Asimov8 books1952

Adventurous in tone, set in far future.

“Conceived partly as a science-fictional take on the Lone Ranger, the six-book series lets Asimov work real planetary science into old-fashioned adventure plots.”
from the catalogue description

Start with David Starr: Space Ranger →

CitySeries

seriesClifford D. Simak19 books1944

Reflective in tone, set in far future and our world.

Start with Census →

Forge of GodSeries

seriesGreg Bear2 books1987

Dark and tense in tone, about aliens and survival.

“Earth faces destruction when an inscrutable and overwhelming alien form of life attacks.”
from the catalogue description of The Forge of God

Start with The Forge of God →

The Wild RobotSeries

seriesPeter Brown4 books2016

Set in near future and islands.

“Peter Brown's 2016 novel follows a robot washed ashore on a remote island who ends up raising an orphaned gosling, adapting to wild island life among animals unused to her presence.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Wild Robot →

Against the Fall of NightSeries

seriesArthur C. Clarke & Gregory Benford2 books1953

Reflective in tone, about space exploration, set in other star systems and far future.

“Against the Fall of Night is Arthur C. Clarke's 1953 novel of a stagnant, climate-controlled city called Diaspar a billion years in Earth's future, where a young man named Alvin becomes the first in living memory to want to leave it.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Against the Fall of Night →

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 Bots?: Foundation — the closest match to Bots on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Bots?: The Most Annoying Robots in the Universe. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Bots.
How big is Bots?: Bots is 15 books, 2019–2022.

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