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Books like Hive: 9 series to read next

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

Hive is 5 books, 1969–1974.

“T. J. Bass's Hive novels imagine a grim, wildly overpopulated far-future Earth run by a vast hive-mind bureaucracy that treats most of humanity as disposable.”
from the catalogue description

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Dune
Pandora
Saint Leibowitz
Forever War
Ender's Game
Forge of God
Berserker (Fred Saberhagen)
Thousand Worlds
Ocean / Galactic Center

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

About political intrigue.

“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 →

PandoraSeries

seriesFrank Herbert & Bill Ransom4 books1966

Science fiction, about survival and artificial intelligence, set in far future and other star systems.

“The Pandora Sequence opens with Frank Herbert's solo novel Destination: Void, in which a starship crew must jury-rig a working artificial consciousness after their vessel's control systems fail.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Destination: Void →

Saint LeibowitzSeries

seriesWalter M. Miller & Jr.6 books1955

Post-apocalyptic, set in north america.

“Together the two novels form a sparse, decades-spanning series about memory, faith, and the cycles of civilization.”
from the catalogue description

Start with A Canticle for Leibowitz →

Forever WarSeries

seriesJoe Haldeman10 books1972

Military science fiction, set in space.

Start with The Forever War →

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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Forge of GodSeries

seriesGreg Bear2 books1987

Tense in tone, about aliens.

“Earth faces destruction when an inscrutable and overwhelming alien form of life attacks.”
from the catalogue description of The Forge of God

Start with The Forge of God →

Berserker (Fred Saberhagen)Series

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

Tense in tone, about war, set in space.

Start with Berserker →

Thousand WorldsSeries

seriesGeorge R. R. Martin & Howard Waldrop24 books1971

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

“George R.R. Martin's Thousand Worlds is a loose future-history setting he used for several of his 1970s-80s stories and novels, encompassing human interstellar colonization and encounters with older, stranger civilizations.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Hero →

Ocean / Galactic CenterSeries

seriesGregory Benford12 books1972

Hard science fiction, about aliens.

“For some time now, Earth has been heavily influenced by the aliens, who have conquered the oceans, sinking a lot of the ships, making that kind of transportation of goods impossible.”
from the catalogue description of Swarmer, Skimmer
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Start with Swarmer, Skimmer →

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 Hive?: Dune — the closest match to Hive on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Hive?: Half Past Human. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Hive.
How big is Hive?: Hive is 5 books, 1969–1974.
Is Hive finished?: Yes — 5 books, 1969–1974.

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