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Books like Lady Astronaut: 9 series to read next

Lady Astronaut is science fiction and alternate history. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Lady Astronaut is 9 books, 2012–2025.

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NASA Trilogy
Take Them to the Stars
The Martian
The Tranquillity Alternative
Ender's Game
Rama
Thunder and Lightning
Worldwar Universe
H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds

NASA TrilogySeries

seriesStephen Baxter4 books1996

Hard science fiction.

Start with Voyage →

Take Them to the StarsSeries

seriesSylvain Neuvel3 books2021

About aliens.

Start with A History of What Comes Next →

The MartianSeries

seriesAndy Weir2 books2012

Hard science fiction.

“Using scientific improvisation and dark humor, Watney works to keep himself alive long enough for a rescue to reach him.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Martian →

The Tranquillity AlternativeSeries

seriesAllen Steele3 books1988

Science fiction and alternate history, tense in tone, about space exploration and political intrigue, set in mid 20th century and the moon.

Start with Operation Blue Horizon →

Ender's GameUniverse

universe39 books1977

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

Reading order →

RamaUniverse

universe7 books1973

About aliens, set in spaceship.

“Something is falling through the solar system on a hyperbolic orbit, and it is not a comet.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

Thunder and LightningSeries

seriesJohn Varley4 books2003

Adventurous in tone.

“Red Thunder and Red Lightning follow the first generation's improvised trip to Mars; Rolling Thunder and Dark Lightning pick up decades later with their descendants.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Red Thunder →

Worldwar UniverseSeries

seriesHarry Turtledove8 books1994

Alien invasion, about aliens and war.

Reading order →

H. G. Wells' War of the WorldsUniverse

universe65 books1898

Alien invasion.

“No one would have believed, in the closing years of the nineteenth century, that human affairs were being watched keenly and closely from the timeless worlds of space.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The War of the Worlds →

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.

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What should I read after Lady Astronaut?: NASA Trilogy — the closest match to Lady Astronaut on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Lady Astronaut?: The Calculating Stars. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Lady Astronaut.
How big is Lady Astronaut?: Lady Astronaut is 9 books, 2012–2025.

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