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Books like Foreigner Novels: 9 series to read next

Foreigner Novels 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.

Foreigner Novels is 13 books, 2009–2023.

“Cajeiri, the young son of the powerful leader of the Western Association, has become a target for forces bent on destroying his father's rule.”
from the catalogue description of Conspirator

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Dune
Hainish
Ender's Game
Radchaai
Heaven Chronicles / Zones of Thought
CoDominium
Doona
Known Space
The Culture

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Science fiction and space opera, about political intrigue, set in far future and 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 →

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.”
from the catalogue description
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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.”
from the catalogue description

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RadchaaiUniverse

universe11 books2012

About identity.

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

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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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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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DoonaSeries

seriesAnne McCaffrey & Jody Lynn Nye3 books1969

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

“The colonists and Hrrubans must negotiate an unprecedented, closely governed coexistence rather than the separation their governments would prefer.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Decision at Doona →

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.”
from the catalogue description

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The CultureUniverse

universe21 books1987

About artificial intelligence, 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*.”
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 Foreigner Novels?: Dune — the closest match to Foreigner Novels on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Foreigner Novels?: Conspirator. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Foreigner Novels.
How big is Foreigner Novels?: Foreigner Novels is 13 books, 2009–2023.

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