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Books like Intervention: 9 series to read next

Intervention is science fiction, about psychic powers and aliens, set in our world, tense in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Intervention is 3 books, from 1987.

“Or will they show us the way to take our place among the truly intelligent races of the universe?”
from the catalogue description of The Surveillance

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Galactic Milieu
The Themis Files
Dune
The Saga of Seven Suns Universe
Tripods
Commonwealth
Ender's Game
Foundation
Forge of God

Galactic MilieuSeries

seriesJulian May10 books1981

Science fiction, tense in tone, about psychic powers and aliens.

“From the front flap of the Knopf first printing: The year is 2051.”
from the catalogue description of Jack the Bodiless
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Start with Jack the Bodiless →

The Themis FilesSeries

seriesSylvain Neuvel3 books2015

About robots, set in contemporary.

“Sleeping Giants and its sequels are told almost entirely through interview transcripts conducted by an unnamed, evasive interrogator, giving the series a documentary, oral-history feel unusual for first-contact SF.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Sleeping Giants →

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

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 →

The Saga of Seven Suns UniverseSeries

seriesKevin J. Anderson16 books2002

About war, set in far future.

Start with Veiled Alliances →

TripodsSeries

seriesJohn Christopher4 books1967

Post-apocalyptic and alien invasion, about rebellion and revolution.

“The first two books were the basis of a science fiction TV series, produced in the United Kingdom in the 1980s.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with When the Tripods Came →

CommonwealthUniverse

universe12 books2002

Set in far future.

“Step aboard the train at the Second Chance terminal and ride the wormhole to another star.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

Ender's GameUniverse

universe39 books1977

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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FoundationUniverse

universe123 books1940

About robots, set in far future.

“There is a science that reads the future of quadrillions the way an astronomer reads the orbits of stars.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Foundation →

Forge of GodSeries

seriesGreg Bear2 books1987

Dark in tone, about survival.

“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 →

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 Intervention?: Galactic Milieu — the closest match to Intervention on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Intervention?: The Surveillance. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Intervention.
How big is Intervention?: Intervention is 3 books, from 1987.
Is Intervention finished?: Yes — 3 books, from 1987.

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