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Books like Jayne Castle's Ghost Hunters: 9 series to read next

Jayne Castle's Ghost Hunters is about psychic powers, set in other star systems and far future. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Jayne Castle's Ghost Hunters is 8 books, 1999–2009.

“Beginning with Bridal Jitters and running through After Dark, Harmony, After Glow, Ghost Hunter, Silver Master, Dark Light and Obsidian Prey, each novel pairs a new couple against that world's psychic-powered society.”
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Arcane Society / Curtain / Harmony Universe
Foundation
Greg Mandel
Dune
Teixcalaan
The Talents
Quadrail
Winter's Orbit
Heechee

Arcane Society / Curtain / Harmony UniverseSeries

seriesJayne Ann Krentz35 books1996

Set in contemporary.

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FoundationUniverse

universe123 books1940

About robots.

“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 →

Greg MandelSeries

seriesPeter F. Hamilton5 books1993

Set in near future and british isles.

“Greg Mandel is a former special-forces soldier with a psychic 'gland' implant for reading emotions, working as a private investigator in a near-future Britain recovering from an authoritarian climate-crisis government.”
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Start with Mindstar Rising →

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Space opera, 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.”
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Start with Dune →

TeixcalaanSeries

seriesArkady Martine2 books2019

Space opera, reflective in tone, about political intrigue and identity.

“A Memory Called Empire and A Desolation Called Peace pair court intrigue with Mahit's conflicted, outsider fascination with an empire she can't help admiring.”
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Start with A Memory Called Empire →

The TalentsUniverse

universe18 books1959

Science fiction, about psychic powers.

“Somewhere a Prime holds a Tower, gathers the gestalt of a generator's power, and flings a starship — or a single frightened child — across the light-years between worlds.”
from the catalogue description

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QuadrailSeries

seriesTimothy Zahn5 books2005

Space opera, about political intrigue, set in space.

“Paired with the telepathically gifted Bayta, Compton investigates and fights the Modhri, a parasitic group-mind quietly seizing control of galactic leaders from within.”
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Start with Night Train to Rigel →

Winter's OrbitSeries

seriesEverina Maxwell2 books2021

Space opera, about marriage of convenience and political intrigue, set in space.

“After Prince Taam of Iskat dies mysteriously, his cousin Kiem is forced to marry Taam's widower.”
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Start with Winter's Orbit →

HeecheeSeries

seriesFrederik Pohl19 books1972

Space opera, about space exploration, set in space.

“The Heechee are an advanced alien race that visited the Solar System hundreds of millennia ago and then mysteriously disappeared.”
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Start with Gateway →

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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.

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What should I read after Jayne Castle's Ghost Hunters?: Arcane Society / Curtain / Harmony Universe — the closest match to Jayne Castle's Ghost Hunters on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Jayne Castle's Ghost Hunters?: Bridal Jitters. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Jayne Castle's Ghost Hunters.
How big is Jayne Castle's Ghost Hunters?: Jayne Castle's Ghost Hunters is 8 books, 1999–2009.

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