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Books like Company: 9 series to read next

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

Company is 60 books across 7 series, 1997–2024.

“Dr. Zeus Incorporated has solved two problems its shareholders long thought insoluble: time travel, and death.”
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This Immortal
Future History
Hainish
Earthsea
Arc of a Scythe
Ender's Game
Foundation
Dune
Mars (Kim Stanley Robinson)

This ImmortalSeries

seriesHarry Turtledove & Roger Zelazny2 books1966

Post-apocalyptic, about aliens and colonialism.

Start with This Immortal →

Future HistorySeries

seriesRobert A. Heinlein42 books1939

Science fiction.

“The term Future History was coined by John W. Campbell Jr. in the February 1941 issue of Astounding Science Fiction.”
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Start with Life-Line →

HainishSeries

seriesUrsula K. Le Guin33 books1964

Set in other star systems.

“The Hainish Cycle consists of a number of science fiction novels and stories by Ursula K. Le Guin.”
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Start with Rocannon's World →

EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Fantasy and epic fantasy, about wizards, set in secondary world.

“There is a lesson every wizard of Earthsea learns young: to know a thing's true name is to hold its whole being, and to speak it is to move the balance of the world.”
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Arc of a ScytheSeries

seriesNeal Shusterman, David Yoon, Jarrod Shusterman, Michael H. Payne, Michelle Knowlden & Sofia Lapuente17 books2016

Dystopia.

“Thunderhead and The Toll continue the trilogy, joined by companion material collected as Gleanings.”
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Start with Scythe →

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.”
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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.”
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Start with Foundation →

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Set in 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.”
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Start with Dune →

Mars (Kim Stanley Robinson)Series

seriesKim Stanley Robinson36 books1982

Science fiction and hard science fiction, about terraforming and space colonization, set in mars and far future.

“Ultimately more utopian than dystopian, the story focuses on egalitarian, sociological, and scientific advances made on Mars, while Earth suffers from overpopulation and ecological disaster.”
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Start with Red Mars →

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 Company?: This Immortal — the closest match to Company on what it is about, not on what sells.
How big is Company?: Company is 60 books across 7 series, 1997–2024.
Is Company finished?: Yes — 60 books across 7 series, 1997–2024.

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