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Books like Colsec: 9 series to read next

Colsec is science fiction, about survival and totalitarianism, set in far future, tense in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Colsec is 3 books, 1984–1985.

“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

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The Hunger Games
Pax / Astra
Chaos Walking
To the Stars (Harrison)
Catteni Sequence
Lunar Chronicles
Foundation
Tripods
Dune

The Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

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

Reading order →

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! →

Chaos WalkingSeries

seriesPatrick Ness5 books2008

Science fiction and dystopia, tense and dark in tone, set in far future and other star systems.

Start with The Knife of Never Letting Go →

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
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Start with Homeworld →

Catteni SequenceSeries

seriesAnne McCaffrey5 books1970

Space opera, about slavery.

“The Catteni series is a tetralogy of science fiction novels by American writer Anne McCaffrey.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Freedom's Landing →

Lunar ChroniclesSeries

seriesMarissa Meyer15 books2011

Fairy tale retelling, about political intrigue.

“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
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Fairest: Levana's Story →

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 →

TripodsSeries

seriesJohn Christopher4 books1967

Post-apocalyptic and alien invasion, set in our world and 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 →

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 →

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 Colsec?: The Hunger Games — the closest match to Colsec on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Colsec?: Exiles of Colsec. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Colsec.
How big is Colsec?: Colsec is 3 books, 1984–1985.
Is Colsec finished?: Yes — 3 books, 1984–1985.

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