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Books like Don't Bite the Sun: 9 series to read next

Don't Bite the Sun is science fiction and dystopia, about identity, set in far future, reflective in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Don't Bite the Sun is 2 books, 1976–1977.

“Over the course of the story, the nameless narrator fails to relate to her seven Jang friends but finds herself, feels emotion, and learns love.”
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The Giver
Hainish
Ender's Game
The Worthing Chronicle
Dune
Brave New World
Francis Sandow
Against the Fall of Night
Radchaai

The GiverSeries

seriesLois Lowry5 books1993

Set in secondary world.

“Each book has a different protagonist but is set in the same futuristic era.”
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Start with The Giver →

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.”
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Start with Rocannon's World →

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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The Worthing ChronicleSeries

seriesOrson Scott Card17 books1978

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

“The first three books in this series are currently out of print.”
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Start with Capitol: The Worthing Chronicle →

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.”
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Start with Dune →

Brave New WorldSeries

seriesAldous Huxley & H. A. Cartledge8 books1932

About class conflict.

“Some editions pair the novel with Huxley's own 1958 nonfiction essay collection, Brave New World Revisited, which reassesses the book's ideas rather than continuing its story.”
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Start with Brave New World →

Francis SandowSeries

seriesRoger Zelazny & Steven Brust5 books1968

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

Start with Dismal Light →

Against the Fall of NightSeries

seriesArthur C. Clarke & Gregory Benford2 books1953

About space exploration.

“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.”
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Start with Against the Fall of Night →

RadchaaiUniverse

universe11 books2012

Space opera, about political intrigue, set in space.

“Civilization is what the Radch calls itself, and civilization is a courtesy extended at gunpoint.”
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Why these

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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 Don't Bite the Sun?: The Giver — the closest match to Don't Bite the Sun on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Don't Bite the Sun?: Don't Bite the Sun. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Don't Bite the Sun.
How big is Don't Bite the Sun?: Don't Bite the Sun is 2 books, 1976–1977.
Is Don't Bite the Sun finished?: Yes — 2 books, 1976–1977.

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