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Books like Deepwater: 9 series to read next

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

Deepwater is 3 books, 1992–1994.

“The approach of the novels focused on the characters as younger children, around 13–14, rather than the television approach, in which the characters were much older.”
from the catalogue description of Deepwater Black

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Ender's Game
Maze Runner
Space Beagle
Alliance-Union
Rama
Tripods
Remnants
Pax / Astra
Mortal Engines

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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Maze RunnerSeries

seriesJames Dashner11 books2009

Dystopia.

“A 16 year old boy awakens with amnesia in a community of other youths in the center of a maze, and realizes they must cooperate to escape.”
from the catalogue description of The Maze Runner
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Start with The Maze Runner →

Space BeagleSeries

seriesA. E. van Vogt5 books1939

About aliens and space exploration.

Start with Black Destroyer →

Alliance-UnionUniverse

universe173 books1976

Science fiction, set in far future.

“Around that spine cluster the merchanter novels of trader Families, the Faded Sun trilogy of human envoys among the martial alien Mri, and the Chanur books, narrated from the hierarchical, whiskered viewpoint of the hani.”
from the catalogue description

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RamaUniverse

universe7 books1973

About aliens.

“Something is falling through the solar system on a hyperbolic orbit, and it is not a comet.”
from the catalogue description

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TripodsSeries

seriesJohn Christopher4 books1967

Alien invasion, about aliens and rebellion and revolution, set in our world.

“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
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Start with When the Tripods Came →

RemnantsSeries

seriesK. A. Applegate14 books2001

Science fiction and post-apocalyptic, tense in tone, about survival, set in far future.

Start with The Mayflower Project →

Pax / AstraSeries

seriesAndre Norton2 books1954

Science fiction, tense and adventurous 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! →

Mortal EnginesUniverse

universe14 books2001

Steampunk.

“In a world where the cities were put on wheels to outrun a war that ended in a single afternoon, Municipal Darwinism is the law: big towns eat small ones, strip them for parts and take their people aboard as citizens or as scrap.”
from the catalogue description

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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 Deepwater?: Ender's Game — the closest match to Deepwater on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Deepwater?: Deepwater Black. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Deepwater.
How big is Deepwater?: Deepwater is 3 books, 1992–1994.

Books like Deepwater: 9 series to read next

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