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Books like Burl: 9 series to read next

Burl is science fiction, about survival, set in far future and other star systems. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Burl is 4 books, 1920–1954.

“Burl, born into this stranded, near-primitive community, has to out-think these giant predators to keep his people alive.”
from the catalogue description

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Pax / Astra
The Hunger Games
The Obernewtyn Chronicles
Tripods
Mortal Engines
Brion Brandd
Heorot
Dune
Colsec

Pax / AstraSeries

seriesAndre Norton2 books1954

Science fiction, adventurous and tense 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 Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

Dystopia, 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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The Obernewtyn ChroniclesSeries

seriesIsobelle Carmody9 books1987

Fantasy, about psychic powers, set in secondary world.

“Carmody began writing it at the age of fourteen, and reworked the novel through high school and university.”
from the catalogue description of Obernewtyn
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Obernewtyn →

TripodsSeries

seriesJohn Christopher4 books1967

About aliens and rebellion and revolution, set in near future.

“The first two books were the basis of a science fiction TV series, produced in the United Kingdom in the 1980s.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with When the Tripods Came →

Mortal EnginesUniverse

universe14 books2001

Steampunk.

“In a world where the cities were put on wheels to outrun a war that ended in a single afternoon, Municipal Darwinism is the law: big towns eat small ones, strip them for parts and take their people aboard as citizens or as scrap.”
from the catalogue description

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Brion BranddSeries

seriesHarry Harrison2 books1962

Science fiction, about survival, set in far future and other star systems.

Start with Planet of the Damned →

HeorotSeries

seriesJerry Pournelle, Larry Niven & Steven Barnes4 books1987

About space colonization.

“Reproduction and fertility expert Dr Jack Cohen acted as a consultant on the book, designing the novel life cycle of the alien antagonists, the grendels.”
from the catalogue description of The Legacy of Heorot

Start with The Legacy of Heorot →

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Space opera, about political intrigue.

“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 →

ColsecSeries

seriesDouglas Hill3 books1984

About totalitarianism and rebellion and revolution.

“When a space craft carrying twelve youthful offenders, who have in someway rebelled against the Earth's harshly authoritarian society, crash lands on an alien planet, the six survivors must contend with the planet's hostile life forms.”
from the catalogue description of Exiles of Colsec

Start with Exiles of Colsec →

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 Burl?: Pax / Astra — the closest match to Burl on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Burl?: The Mad Planet. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Burl.
How big is Burl?: Burl is 4 books, 1920–1954.
Is Burl finished?: Yes — 4 books, 1920–1954.

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