Series

Books like Julian West: 9 series to read next

Julian West is science fiction, set in north america. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Julian West is 7 books, 1888–1977.

“Together the two novels were highly influential on turn-of-the-century utopian and socialist thought.”
from the catalogue description

The Julian West page →Narrow this list →

Mars (Kim Stanley Robinson)
Space Merchants
The Lost Cause
Library of America P. K. Dick Collection
To the Stars (Harrison)
Quantum Logic
Foundation
Orange County
Science in the Capital

Mars (Kim Stanley Robinson)Series

seriesKim Stanley Robinson36 books1982

Hard science fiction, about terraforming and space colonization.

“Ultimately more utopian than dystopian, the story focuses on egalitarian, sociological, and scientific advances made on Mars, while Earth suffers from overpopulation and ecological disaster.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Red Mars →

Space MerchantsSeries

seriesFrederik Pohl & C. M. Kornbluth2 books1953

Dark in tone, set in venus & inner planets.

“Together the two books form a compact bookend pair rather than an ongoing series.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Space Merchants →

The Lost CauseSeries

seriesCory Doctorow2 books2023

About ecological collapse and rebellion and revolution.

“Canada is doing much better, and able to help USA.”
from the catalogue description of The Canadian Miracle

Start with The Canadian Miracle →

Library of America P. K. Dick CollectionSeries

seriesPhilip K. Dick9 books1962

Science fiction, set in near future.

“Technically banned, a novel called The Grasshopper Lies Heavy imagines a world where the Allies won instead — and its reclusive author, Hawthorne Abendsen, becomes an obsession for characters on every side.”
from the catalogue description of The Man in the High Castle

Start with The Man in the High Castle →

To the Stars (Harrison)Series

seriesHarry Harrison3 books1980

Tense in tone, about rebellion and revolution, set in other star systems.

“One of the elite stumbles onto the knowledge that news and opinions are being carefully managed to whitewash the situation, which leads him to throw his lot in with those who oppose it.”
from the catalogue description of Homeworld
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Homeworld →

Quantum LogicSeries

seriesGreg Bear7 books1990

Tense in tone.

Reading order →

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 →

Orange CountySeries

seriesKim Stanley Robinson3 books1984

Science fiction, set in north america and near future.

“Each novel describes the life of young people in one of the three near-future worlds; each novel begins with an exposition that tells the reader about the fictional world.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Wild Shore →

Science in the CapitalSeries

seriesKim Stanley Robinson5 books2004

Hard science fiction, about ecological collapse.

“Robinson later revised the trilogy into a single volume, Green Earth.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Forty Signs of Rain →

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 Julian West?: Mars (Kim Stanley Robinson) — the closest match to Julian West on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Julian West?: Looking Backward, 2000-1887. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Julian West.
How big is Julian West?: Julian West is 7 books, 1888–1977.

Books like Julian West: 9 series to read next

Read next in Julian West

Why these

Questions readers ask

Other series like this one