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Books like Father Carmody: 9 series to read next

Father Carmody is science fiction, 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.

Father Carmody is 7 books, 1953–1981.

“The stories originated as shorter pieces - including the 1955 story 'Father' - later expanded into novel form and gathered into further collections such as Father to the Stars.”
from the catalogue description

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Dune
Riverworld
Ender's Game
Hainish
Pandora
Marjorie Westriding
The Quintaglio Ascension
Kefahuchi Tract Trilogy
CoDominium

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.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Dune →

RiverworldSeries

seriesPhilip José Farmer, John Gregory Betancourt, Robert Weinberg, Allen Steele, Barry N. Malzberg, Brad Strickland, David Bischoff, Dean Wesley Smith, Ed Gorman, Esther M. Friesner, Harry Turtledove, Jerry Oltion, Jody Lynn Nye, Lawrence Watt-Evans, Mike Resnick, Owl Goingback, Phillip C. Jennings, Rick Wilber, Robert Sampson & Robert Sheckley37 books1965

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

“The Riverworld is an artificial, or heavily terraformed, planet where all humans who ever lived throughout history have been resurrected.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with River of Eternity →

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

Reading order →

HainishSeries

seriesUrsula K. Le Guin33 books1964

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

“The Hainish Cycle consists of a number of science fiction novels and stories by Ursula K. Le Guin.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Rocannon's World →

PandoraSeries

seriesFrank Herbert & Bill Ransom4 books1966

About artificial intelligence and survival.

“The Pandora Sequence opens with Frank Herbert's solo novel Destination: Void, in which a starship crew must jury-rig a working artificial consciousness after their vessel's control systems fail.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Destination: Void →

Marjorie WestridingSeries

seriesSheri S. Tepper3 books1989

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

“Raising the Stones and Sideshow carry the trilogy's ideas forward across roughly a thousand years and more of the same future history, with Marjorie's legacy and the extinct alien Arbai continuing to shape events.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Grass →

The Quintaglio AscensionSeries

seriesRobert J. Sawyer3 books1992

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

“Young Afsan is privileged, called to the distant Capital City to apprentice with Saleed the court astrologer.”
from the catalogue description of Far-Seer
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Far-Seer →

Kefahuchi Tract TrilogySeries

seriesM. John Harrison3 books2002

Space opera, set in space.

“M. John Harrison's Kefahuchi Tract trilogy circles a strange, physics-breaking anomaly in deep space that draws scientists, smugglers, and drifters into its pull across different eras.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Light →

CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

Military science fiction.

“The body of work runs along a few hard threads rather than one line.”
from the catalogue description

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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 Father Carmody?: Dune — the closest match to Father Carmody on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Father Carmody?: Attitudes. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Father Carmody.
How big is Father Carmody?: Father Carmody is 7 books, 1953–1981.
Is Father Carmody finished?: Yes — 7 books, 1953–1981.

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