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Books like Jacob Wonderbar: 9 series to read next

Jacob Wonderbar is science fiction, about space exploration and friendship, set in space, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Jacob Wonderbar is 3 books, 2011–2013.

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Known Space
The Stainless Steel Rat
Rod Allbright / Rod Allbright and the Galactic Patrol
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Crimson Deathbringer
The Android's Dream
The Taken Trilogy (Alan Dean Foster)
Humanx Commonwealth
Heechee

Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

Science fiction, about aliens, set in space and other star systems.

“Give a clever species a few centuries and a working fusion drive, and it will fill the sky with problems.”
from the catalogue description

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The Stainless Steel RatSeries

seriesHarry Harrison21 books1957

About con artists.

“An adolescent boy on a dull planet resolves to live by his wits outside the law, and enacts a plan which leads to risk and reward.”
from the catalogue description of A Stainless Steel Rat Is Born
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with A Stainless Steel Rat Is Born →

Rod Allbright / Rod Allbright and the Galactic PatrolSeries

seriesBruce Coville4 books1993

Science fiction, adventurous and funny in tone, about aliens, set in space.

“A movie based on the book premiered on Netflix in 2018.”
from the catalogue description of Aliens Ate My Homework

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyUniverse

universe18 books1979

Science fiction and humor, funny in tone, set in space and far future.

“The Earth is scheduled for demolition to make way for a hyperspace bypass, and honestly, nobody filed the paperwork properly.”
from the catalogue description

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The Crimson DeathbringerSeries

seriesSean Robins1 book2019

Military science fiction, about war.

“Soon after, their lives are set on a crash course with a galactic war that threatens the very existence of the human race.”
from the catalogue description

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The Android's DreamSeries

seriesJohn Scalzi2 books2006

About artificial intelligence and genetic engineering.

“John Scalzi's The Android's Dream follows ex-soldier Harry Creek as the hunt for a replacement leads him to Robin Baker, an ordinary woman carrying hidden sheep DNA that makes her the key to avoiding a war.”
from the catalogue description

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The Taken Trilogy (Alan Dean Foster)Series

seriesAlan Dean Foster3 books2004

Science fiction, adventurous in tone, about space exploration and aliens, set in space and other star systems.

“Ever since his classic debut, The Tar-Aiym Krang, the first of the wildly successful Pip and Flinx adventures, New York Times bestselling author Alan Dean Foster has captivated readers around the world.”
from the catalogue description of Lost and Found

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Humanx CommonwealthUniverse

universe39 books1972

Science fiction, adventurous in tone, about aliens, set in space and other star systems.

“Two species that ought, by every buried instinct, to recoil from one another instead clasp hand to truhand and build a galaxy together.”
from the catalogue description

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HeecheeSeries

seriesFrederik Pohl19 books1972

Science fiction and space opera, about space exploration and aliens, set in space and other star systems.

“The Heechee are an advanced alien race that visited the Solar System hundreds of millennia ago and then mysteriously disappeared.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Gateway →

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 Jacob Wonderbar?: Known Space — the closest match to Jacob Wonderbar on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Jacob Wonderbar?: Jacob Wonderbar and the Cosmic Space Kapow. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Jacob Wonderbar.
How big is Jacob Wonderbar?: Jacob Wonderbar is 3 books, 2011–2013.

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