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Books like City: 9 series to read next

City is science fiction, set in far future and our world, reflective in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

City is 19 books, 1944–1973.

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Hainish
Foundation
This Immortal
Saint Leibowitz
Last Men
Against the Fall of Night
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame
A Meeting with Medusa
Helliconia

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
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Start with Rocannon's World →

FoundationUniverse

universe123 books1940

Science fiction, 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 →

This ImmortalSeries

seriesHarry Turtledove & Roger Zelazny2 books1966

Post-apocalyptic, adventurous in tone, about colonialism.

Start with This Immortal →

Saint LeibowitzSeries

seriesWalter M. Miller & Jr.6 books1955

Post-apocalyptic, about faith and religion.

“Together the two novels form a sparse, decades-spanning series about memory, faith, and the cycles of civilization.”
from the catalogue description

Start with A Canticle for Leibowitz →

Last MenUniverse

universe21 books1930

Challenging in tone.

“Two billion years of human history, narrated at the speed of a geologist.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

Against the Fall of NightSeries

seriesArthur C. Clarke & Gregory Benford2 books1953

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

“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 →

The Science Fiction Hall of FameSeries

seriesBen Bova, Algis Budrys, Arthur C. Clarke, Geo. W. Proctor, H. G. Wells, Robert Silverberg, Terry Carr & Theodore R. Cogswell11 books1895

Science fiction.

“The greatest science fiction stories of all time chosen by the members of the Science Fiction Writers of America.”
from the catalogue description of The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One

Start with The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One →

A Meeting with MedusaSeries

seriesAlastair Reynolds, Arthur C. Clarke & Stephen Baxter2 books1971

Challenging in tone.

“Arthur C. Clarke's A Meeting with Medusa follows an astronaut, badly injured in an earlier disaster, on a solo balloon expedition into Jupiter's atmosphere, where he encounters vast floating lifeforms unlike anything previously catalogued.”
from the catalogue description

Start with A Meeting with Medusa →

HelliconiaSeries

seriesBrian W. Aldiss4 books1982

Challenging in tone, about space colonization.

Start with Helliconia Spring →

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 City?: Hainish — the closest match to City on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with City?: Census. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for City.
How big is City?: City is 19 books, 1944–1973.
Is City finished?: Yes — 19 books, 1944–1973.

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