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Books like Keeps: 9 series to read next

Keeps is science fiction, set in far future and venus & inner planets. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Keeps is 4 books, 1943–1991.

“The stories follow different protagonists across the same harsh Venusian setting rather than one continuous plot.”
from the catalogue description

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Dune
The Hunger Games
Ender's Game
Red Rising
CoDominium
Known Space
Forever War
Berserker (Fred Saberhagen)
Old Man's War

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

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The Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

Dystopia, about totalitarianism, set in north america.

“Panem, they call it now — a nation raised on the drowned bones of North America, a glittering Capitol ringed by twelve districts it once starved into obedience.”
from the catalogue description

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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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Red RisingSeries

seriesPierce Brown & Rik Hoskin13 books2014

Dystopia.

“Pierce Brown's Red Rising follows Darrow, a lowborn 'Red' miner on a colonized Mars who discovers his caste's suffering is a lie sustained by the ruling Gold elite, and infiltrates their ranks to destroy the system from within.”
from the catalogue description

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CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

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

“The body of work runs along a few hard threads rather than one line.”
from the catalogue description

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Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

About aliens, set in space.

“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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Forever WarSeries

seriesJoe Haldeman10 books1972

Set in space.

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Berserker (Fred Saberhagen)Series

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

About robots and artificial intelligence, set in space.

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Old Man's WarSeries

seriesJohn Scalzi16 books2005

Set in space.

“Sign a document at 65, saying you intend to join up 10 years later.”
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Start with Old Man's War →

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 Keeps?: Dune — the closest match to Keeps on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Keeps?: Clash by Night. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Keeps.
How big is Keeps?: Keeps is 4 books, 1943–1991.
Is Keeps finished?: Yes — 4 books, 1943–1991.

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