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Books like Geodyssey: 9 series to read next

Geodyssey is historical fiction, set in our world and prehistoric. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Geodyssey is 6 books, 1993–2010.

“The culmination of more than a quarter century of research, it is a stunningly ambitious achievement from a master of imaginative fiction.”
from the catalogue description of Isle of Woman

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Earth's Children
Empire of the Sun
Ibandi
First North Americans
Kin
The Collected Science Fiction and Fantasy of Jack London
Time Circle
Theseus
In the Beginning

Earth's ChildrenSeries

seriesJean M. Auel6 books1980

Set in europe.

“Although Auel had previously mentioned in interviews that there would be a seventh novel, publicity announcements for the sixth confirmed that it would be the final book in the sequence.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with The Clan of the Cave Bear →

Empire of the SunSeries

seriesJ. G. Ballard2 books1984

Set in east asia.

“J. G. Ballard's Empire of the Sun draws on his own childhood to follow Jim, a British boy separated from his parents in Japanese-occupied Shanghai during World War II and interned in a civilian camp for the rest of the war.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Empire of the Sun →

IbandiSeries

seriesSteven Barnes2 books2006

About faith and religion.

“Thirty thousand years ago, in the heart of the African continent and in the shadow of the largest freestanding mountain in the world, lived the Ibandi.”
from the catalogue description of Great Sky Woman

Start with Great Sky Woman →

First North AmericansSeries

seriesKathleen O'Neal Gear & W. Michael Gear34 books1990

Set in north america.

“The remaining novels cover a wide variety of times and settings, most standalone stories in no particular order, ranging from tropical Florida in the 6th millennium BC to the Chaco Empire of the Southwest in the 13th century AD.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with People of the Wolf →

KinSeries

seriesPeter Dickinson4 books1998

“When cut off from their kin and lost in the desert 200,000 years ago, Suth and five other orphans struggle to survive and to find their way to safety.”
from the catalogue description of Suth's Story

Start with Suth's Story →

The Collected Science Fiction and Fantasy of Jack LondonSeries

seriesJack London6 books1906

Set in early 20th century.

Start with Before Adam & Other Stories →

Time CircleSeries

seriesLinda Lay Shuler3 books1988

Set in north america.

“A beautiful woman born in the American southwest into the long extinct Anasazi tribe, long before Columbus...whose blue eyes marked her as a witch and set her apart from the Indian tribe that raised her.”
from the catalogue description of She Who Remembers

Start with She Who Remembers →

TheseusSeries

seriesMary Renault2 books1958

Mythic fantasy, about quests, set in mediterranean and ancient world.

“Renault wrote a sequel, The Bull from the Sea, in 1962.”
from the catalogue description of The King Must Die

Start with The King Must Die →

In the BeginningSeries

seriesJohn Christopher2 books1972

Historical fiction, reflective in tone, about coming of age, set in prehistoric and our world.

Start with In the Beginning →

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 Geodyssey?: Earth's Children — the closest match to Geodyssey on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Geodyssey?: Isle of Woman. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Geodyssey.
How big is Geodyssey?: Geodyssey is 6 books, 1993–2010.

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