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Books like Lafayette O'Leary: 9 series to read next

Lafayette O'Leary is science fiction. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Lafayette O'Leary is 4 books, 1966–1984.

“Keith Laumer's Lafayette O'Leary series is described as a comic counterpart to his more serious 'Imperium' story-cycle, following a hero able to travel between feudal, magic-touched alternate Earths.”
from the catalogue description

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Apprentice Adept
His Dark Materials
Thursday Next
InterWorld
Alliance-Union
The World of Tiers
Paratime Police
A Wizard in Rhyme
Franny K. Stein, Mad Scientist

Apprentice AdeptSeries

seriesPiers Anthony7 books1980

Science fantasy, set in far future.

“Phaze is a lush planet of magic, where Proton is a barren mining planet of science.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Split Infinity →

His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

Fantasy, about coming of age.

“In a world like ours and unlike it, every human soul walks outside the body in the shape of an animal — a daemon, who speaks, who cannot be lied to, and who settles into one fixed form only when childhood ends.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

Thursday NextSeries

seriesJasper Fforde8 books2001

Fantasy, about books and reading, set in contemporary.

“Jasper Fforde's Thursday Next novels follow a literary detective in an alternate England who can jump physically into the world of books to solve crimes against literature itself.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Eyre Affair →

InterWorldSeries

seriesMichael Reaves, Mallory Reaves & Neil Gaiman3 books2007

Science fantasy and portal fantasy, set in contemporary.

“Michael Reaves developed the story with Neil Gaiman, and Reaves's daughter Mallory Reaves co-wrote the two sequels.”
from the catalogue description

Start with InterWorld →

Alliance-UnionUniverse

universe173 books1976

Set in far future.

“Around that spine cluster the merchanter novels of trader Families, the Faded Sun trilogy of human envoys among the martial alien Mri, and the Chanur books, narrated from the hierarchical, whiskered viewpoint of the hani.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

The World of TiersSeries

seriesPhilip José Farmer, David Bischoff & S. M. Stirling9 books1965

About immortality, set in secondary world.

Start with The Maker of Universes →

Paratime PoliceSeries

seriesJohn F. Carr, H. Beam Piper, Roland J. Green, Eric Fisher & Wolfgang Diehr33 books1948

Alternate history.

“The protagonists of the stories are the Paratime Police, the organization that protects the secret of paratime travel.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with He Walked Around the Horses →

A Wizard in RhymeSeries

seriesChristopher Stasheff8 books1986

Fantasy and portal fantasy, about wizards, set in secondary world.

“Matt Mantrell is an English major who gets transported to a different world where magic works by rhyme.”
from the catalogue description of Her Majesty's Wizard
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Start with Her Majesty's Wizard →

Franny K. Stein, Mad ScientistSeries

seriesJim Benton, Craig Robert Carey & J. Torres10 books2004

Set in contemporary and our world.

“Franny K. Stein is not your average girl -- she's a mad scientist.”
from the catalogue description of Lunch Walks Among Us

Start with Lunch Walks Among Us →

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 Lafayette O'Leary?: Apprentice Adept — the closest match to Lafayette O'Leary on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Lafayette O'Leary?: The Time Bender. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Lafayette O'Leary.
How big is Lafayette O'Leary?: Lafayette O'Leary is 4 books, 1966–1984.
Is Lafayette O'Leary finished?: Yes — 4 books, 1966–1984.

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