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Books like Kricket: 9 series to read next

Kricket is science fiction, set in other star systems. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Kricket is 3 books, 2014–2015.

“As her eighteenth birthday approaches, she now eagerly anticipates the day she'll stop running and finally find her place in the world.”
from the catalogue description of Under Different Stars

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The Talents
Xeno Relations
The Xenith Trilogy
Known Space
Humanx Commonwealth
Dune
CoDominium
Anna Nestor-Sigrid / The Aighors
Ender's Game

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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Xeno RelationsSeries

seriesTrisha McNary5 books2014

Science fiction and space opera, adventurous in tone, about aliens and psychic powers, set in other star systems and far future.

Start with Alien Pets →

The Xenith TrilogySeries

seriesChani Lynn Feener3 books2017

Tense in tone, about political intrigue.

“Kidnapped by the princess's head bodyguard, Ruckus, and imprisoned in an alien palace, Delaney is forced to impersonate the princess until Olena can be found.”
from the catalogue description of Amid Stars and Darkness

Start with Amid Stars and Darkness →

Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

Science fiction, about aliens, set in far future 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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Humanx CommonwealthUniverse

universe39 books1972

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

“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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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

Start with Dune →

CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

Military science fiction.

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

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Anna Nestor-Sigrid / The AighorsSeries

seriesGreg Bear4 books1975

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

“Greg Bear wrote it as a standalone 1980 novel rather than the start of a series.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Perihesperon →

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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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 Kricket?: The Talents — the closest match to Kricket on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Kricket?: Under Different Stars. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Kricket.
How big is Kricket?: Kricket is 3 books, 2014–2015.

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