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Books like Greatwinter: 9 series to read next

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

Greatwinter is 10 books, 1992–2001.

“Sean Christopher McMullen is an Australian science fiction and fantasy author.”
from the catalogue description
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The Obernewtyn Chronicles
Dune
The Hunger Games
Saint Leibowitz
Ender's Game
Maurai
The Culture
Berserker (Fred Saberhagen)
Mortal Engines

The Obernewtyn ChroniclesSeries

seriesIsobelle Carmody9 books1987

Fantasy, about psychic powers.

“Carmody began writing it at the age of fourteen, and reworked the novel through high school and university.”
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DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Space opera.

“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.”
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Start with Dune →

The Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

About rebellion and revolution and totalitarianism, set in north america.

“Panem, they call it now — a nation raised on the drowned bones of North America, a glittering Capitol ringed by twelve districts it once starved into obedience.”
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Saint LeibowitzSeries

seriesWalter M. Miller & Jr.6 books1955

About faith and religion, set in north america.

“Together the two novels form a sparse, decades-spanning series about memory, faith, and the cycles of civilization.”
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Start with A Canticle for Leibowitz →

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.”
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MauraiSeries

seriesPoul Anderson6 books1959

About ecological collapse.

“The Maurai dominate the Pacific and Indian Oceans.”
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Start with The Sky People →

The CultureUniverse

universe21 books1987

Space opera, 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*.”
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Berserker (Fred Saberhagen)Series

seriesFred Saberhagen, Connie Willis, Edward Bryant, Jane Lindskold, Larry Niven, Poul Anderson, Roger Zelazny & Stephen R. Donaldson59 books1963

Space opera, about robots, set in space.

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Mortal EnginesUniverse

universe14 books2001

Steampunk.

“In a world where the cities were put on wheels to outrun a war that ended in a single afternoon, Municipal Darwinism is the law: big towns eat small ones, strip them for parts and take their people aboard as citizens or as scrap.”
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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 Greatwinter?: The Obernewtyn Chronicles — the closest match to Greatwinter on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Greatwinter?: Souls in the Great Machine. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Greatwinter.
How big is Greatwinter?: Greatwinter is 10 books, 1992–2001.

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