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Books like Celestial Empire: 9 series to read next

Celestial Empire is science fiction. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Celestial Empire is 10 books, 2003–2009.

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Foundation
Dune
CoDominium
Red Rising
Ender's Game
The Hunger Games
Hainish
Childe Cycle
To the Stars (Harrison)

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 →

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 →

CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

Military science fiction.

“The body of work runs along a few hard threads rather than one line.”
from the catalogue description

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Red RisingSeries

seriesPierce Brown & Rik Hoskin13 books2014

Dark in tone.

“Pierce Brown's Red Rising follows Darrow, a lowborn 'Red' miner on a colonized Mars who discovers his caste's suffering is a lie sustained by the ruling Gold elite, and infiltrates their ranks to destroy the system from within.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Red Rising →

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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The Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

Dark in tone, about survival and totalitarianism.

“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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HainishSeries

seriesUrsula K. Le Guin33 books1964

Science fiction, reflective in tone, set in far future and other star systems.

“The Hainish Cycle consists of a number of science fiction novels and stories by Ursula K. Le Guin.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Rocannon's World →

Childe CycleSeries

seriesGordon R. Dickson & David W. Wixon19 books1957

Military science fiction.

“The related short stories and novellas all center on the Dorsai, primarily members of the Graeme and Morgan families.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Act of Creation →

To the Stars (Harrison)Series

seriesHarry Harrison3 books1980

Science fiction and dystopia, tense in tone, about rebellion and revolution, set in far future and other star systems.

“One of the elite stumbles onto the knowledge that news and opinions are being carefully managed to whitewash the situation, which leads him to throw his lot in with those who oppose it.”
from the catalogue description of Homeworld
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Homeworld →

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 Celestial Empire?: Foundation — the closest match to Celestial Empire on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Celestial Empire?: The Voyage of Night Shining White. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Celestial Empire.
How big is Celestial Empire?: Celestial Empire is 10 books, 2003–2009.

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