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Books like Exiles (Ben Bova): 9 series to read next

Exiles (Ben Bova) is science fiction, set in far future. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Exiles (Ben Bova) is 3 books, 1971–1975.

“Ben Bova's Exiles trilogy — Exiled from Earth, Flight of Exiles, and End of Exile — follows a group of people exiled from Earth aboard a starship, forced to search for a new home for later generations.”
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Alliance-Union
Cities in Flight
Ender's Game
Rama
Known Space
Heaven Chronicles / Zones of Thought
Pax / Astra
Uplift
CoDominium

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.”
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Cities in FlightSeries

seriesJames Blish10 books1950

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

“The stories cover roughly two thousand years, from the very near future to the end of the universe.”
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Start with They Shall Have Stars →

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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RamaUniverse

universe7 books1973

About aliens.

“Something is falling through the solar system on a hyperbolic orbit, and it is not a comet.”
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Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

About aliens.

“Give a clever species a few centuries and a working fusion drive, and it will fill the sky with problems.”
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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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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.”
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Start with The Stars Are Ours! →

UpliftUniverse

universe13 books1980

About uplift and aliens.

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

universe98 books1971

Military science fiction.

“The body of work runs along a few hard threads rather than one line.”
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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 Exiles (Ben Bova)?: Alliance-Union — the closest match to Exiles (Ben Bova) on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Exiles (Ben Bova)?: Exiled from Earth. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Exiles (Ben Bova).
How big is Exiles (Ben Bova)?: Exiles (Ben Bova) is 3 books, 1971–1975.
Is Exiles (Ben Bova) finished?: Yes — 3 books, 1971–1975.

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