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Books like Forgotten Space: 9 series to read next

Forgotten Space is science fiction and space opera, set in far future and space. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Forgotten Space is 4 books, from 2021.

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Cities in Flight
Old Man's War
Uplift
Alliance-Union
Catteni Sequence
Starstream
Pax / Astra
The Talents
None But Man

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 →

Old Man's WarSeries

seriesJohn Scalzi16 books2005

About war.

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

UpliftUniverse

universe13 books1980

About uplift and aliens.

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

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Catteni SequenceSeries

seriesAnne McCaffrey5 books1970

About slavery and aliens.

“The Catteni series is a tetralogy of science fiction novels by American writer Anne McCaffrey.”
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Start with Freedom's Landing →

StarstreamSeries

seriesJeffrey A. Carver2 books1989

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

“The two were published within a year of each other under the same author.”
from the catalogue description

Start with From a Changeling Star →

Pax / AstraSeries

seriesAndre Norton2 books1954

About survival.

“Star Flight appears to be a later omnibus or reissue rather than a third original novel.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Stars Are Ours! →

The TalentsUniverse

universe18 books1959

About psychic powers.

“Somewhere a Prime holds a Tower, gathers the gestalt of a generator's power, and flings a starship — or a single frightened child — across the light-years between worlds.”
from the catalogue description

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None But ManSeries

seriesGordon R. Dickson3 books1963

About aliens and war.

Start with Hilifter →

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.

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What should I read after Forgotten Space?: Cities in Flight — the closest match to Forgotten Space on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Forgotten Space?: Foresight. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Forgotten Space.
How big is Forgotten Space?: Forgotten Space is 4 books, from 2021.

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