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Books like Ender Wiggin: 9 series to read next

Ender Wiggin is science fiction, about aliens, set in far future and other star systems. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Ender Wiggin is 14 books, 1977–2021.

“Set within the wider Ender's Game universe, the series shifts from military coming-of-age story to slower, more philosophical science fiction as it progresses.”
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Dune
Old Man's War
Heaven Chronicles / Zones of Thought
Known Space
The Culture
Hainish
CoDominium
Radchaai
Uplift

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

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 →

Old Man's WarSeries

seriesJohn Scalzi16 books2005

Science fiction and space opera, adventurous in tone, about war, set in far future and other star systems.

“Sign a document at 65, saying you intend to join up 10 years later.”
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Start with Old Man's War →

Heaven Chronicles / Zones of ThoughtSeries

seriesJoan D. Vinge & Vernor Vinge8 books1976

Science fiction and space opera, set in far future and space.

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Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

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

“Give a clever species a few centuries and a working fusion drive, and it will fill the sky with problems.”
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The CultureUniverse

universe21 books1987

Set in galactic scale.

“No money, no laws, no hunger, no death you didn't choose; a galaxy-spanning anarchy of humans and drones administered, gently and with enormous irony, by superintelligent Minds who name their warships things like *Frank Exchange Of Views*.”
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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 →

CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

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

“The body of work runs along a few hard threads rather than one line.”
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RadchaaiUniverse

universe11 books2012

About political intrigue.

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

universe13 books1980

About uplift.

“No species, the Galactics insist, ever climbs to sapience alone.”
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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.

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What should I read after Ender Wiggin?: Dune — the closest match to Ender Wiggin on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Ender Wiggin?: Ender's Game. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Ender Wiggin.
How big is Ender Wiggin?: Ender Wiggin is 14 books, 1977–2021.

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