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Books like Circus World: 9 series to read next

Circus World is science fiction, 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.

Circus World is 13 books, 1978–1982.

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Cities in Flight
Catteni Sequence
Humanx Commonwealth
Uplift
Pax / Astra
Deathworld
Known Space
Old Man's War
Heechee

Cities in FlightSeries

seriesJames Blish10 books1950

Science fiction and space opera, about space colonization, set in far future and space.

“The stories cover roughly two thousand years, from the very near future to the end of the universe.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with They Shall Have Stars →

Catteni SequenceSeries

seriesAnne McCaffrey5 books1970

About slavery.

“The Catteni series is a tetralogy of science fiction novels by American writer Anne McCaffrey.”
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Start with Freedom's Landing →

Humanx CommonwealthUniverse

universe39 books1972

Science fiction, adventurous in tone, about aliens, set in far future and other star systems.

“Two species that ought, by every buried instinct, to recoil from one another instead clasp hand to truhand and build a galaxy together.”
from the catalogue description

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UpliftUniverse

universe13 books1980

About uplift.

“No species, the Galactics insist, ever climbs to sapience alone.”
from the catalogue description

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Pax / AstraSeries

seriesAndre Norton2 books1954

Tense in tone.

“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! →

DeathworldSeries

seriesHarry Harrison4 books1960

Science fiction, adventurous in tone, about space colonization and survival, set in far future and other star systems.

“The central hero is a gambler who becomes involved with colonists of an extremely hostile planet.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Deathworld →

Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

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

“Give a clever species a few centuries and a working fusion drive, and it will fill the sky with problems.”
from the catalogue description

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Old Man's WarSeries

seriesJohn Scalzi16 books2005

Military science fiction, about war.

“Sign a document at 65, saying you intend to join up 10 years later.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Old Man's War →

HeecheeSeries

seriesFrederik Pohl19 books1972

Science fiction and space opera, about space exploration and aliens, set in far future and other star systems.

“The Heechee are an advanced alien race that visited the Solar System hundreds of millennia ago and then mysteriously disappeared.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Gateway →

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 Circus World?: Cities in Flight — the closest match to Circus World on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Circus World?: Circus World. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Circus World.
How big is Circus World?: Circus World is 13 books, 1978–1982.
Is Circus World finished?: Yes — 13 books, 1978–1982.

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