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Books like Five Moons: 9 series to read next

Five Moons is science fiction, set in otherworld. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Five Moons is 8 books, 2016–2020.

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Barsoom
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame
H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds
Riverworld
Dune
The Courier's Daughter Trilogy
The World of Tiers
The Lost Regiment
Foundation

BarsoomSeries

seriesEdgar Rice Burroughs, Rob Dorsey, Geary Gravel, Ann Tonsor Zeddies, Stuart Moore, Austin Grossman, Bebe Balocca, Catherynne M. Valente, Chris Claremont, Chuck Dixon, David Barr Kirtley, Garth Nix, Genevieve Valentine, Joe R. Lansdale, John Coleman Burroughs, John Joseph Adams, Jonathan Maberry, L. E. Modesitt, Jr., Mike Resnick, Peter S. Beagle, Robin Wasserman, S. M. Stirling, Theodora Goss, Tobias S. Buckell & William Gilmour53 books1917

Science fantasy, set in mars.

“Barsoom is a fictional representation of the planet Mars created by American pulp fiction author Edgar Rice Burroughs.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with A Princess of Mars →

The Science Fiction Hall of FameSeries

seriesBen Bova, Algis Budrys, Arthur C. Clarke, Geo. W. Proctor, H. G. Wells, Robert Silverberg, Terry Carr & Theodore R. Cogswell11 books1895

“The greatest science fiction stories of all time chosen by the members of the Science Fiction Writers of America.”
from the catalogue description of The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One

Start with The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One →

H. G. Wells' War of the WorldsUniverse

universe65 books1898

Alien invasion.

“No one would have believed, in the closing years of the nineteenth century, that human affairs were being watched keenly and closely from the timeless worlds of space.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The War of the Worlds →

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

About faith and religion, set in other star systems.

“The Riverworld is an artificial, or heavily terraformed, planet where all humans who ever lived throughout history have been resurrected.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with River of Eternity →

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Space opera, about political intrigue, set in other star systems.

“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 →

The Courier's Daughter TrilogySeries

seriesC. J. Redwine3 books2012

Tense in tone, about survival, set in secondary world.

“Set in a walled, post-collapse city ruled by rigid survival laws, it follows a young woman searching for her missing father against the city's authorities and the monstrous forces beyond its walls.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Defiance →

The World of TiersSeries

seriesPhilip José Farmer, David Bischoff & S. M. Stirling9 books1965

About immortality, set in secondary world.

Start with The Maker of Universes →

The Lost RegimentSeries

seriesWilliam R. Forstchen9 books1990

Military science fiction, tense in tone, about war and survival.

“William R. Forstchen's Lost Regiment series begins with Rally Cry, in which a Civil War Union regiment is swept onto a distant world where humans transplanted from many eras and cultures are farmed as food by an alien race.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Rally Cry →

FoundationUniverse

universe123 books1940

About robots.

“There is a science that reads the future of quadrillions the way an astronomer reads the orbits of stars.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Foundation →

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 Five Moons?: Barsoom — the closest match to Five Moons on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Five Moons?: Resurrection. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Five Moons.
How big is Five Moons?: Five Moons is 8 books, 2016–2020.

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