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Books like Larklight Trilogy: 9 series to read next

Larklight Trilogy is science fiction and steampunk, about space exploration, set in space, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Larklight Trilogy is 3 books, 2006–2008.

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Known Space
Humanx Commonwealth
Heechee
Arcot, Morey and Wade
Cavor
Jason Croft
Space Beagle
Gaean
Academy / Priscilla (Hutch) Hutchins

Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

Set in far future.

“Give a clever species a few centuries and a working fusion drive, and it will fill the sky with problems.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

Humanx CommonwealthUniverse

universe39 books1972

Set in 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

Reading order →

HeecheeSeries

seriesFrederik Pohl19 books1972

Space opera, set in far future.

“The Heechee are an advanced alien race that visited the Solar System hundreds of millennia ago and then mysteriously disappeared.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Gateway →

Arcot, Morey and WadeSeries

seriesJohn W. Campbell & Jr.7 books1930

Space opera, set in far future.

“The books follow the same trio of scientist-adventurers through escalating, gadget-driven space adventures typical of early Golden Age SF, continuing through Islands of Space and Invaders from the Infinite.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Black Star Passes →

CavorSeries

seriesH. G. Wells & Stephen Baxter2 books1901

Set in the moon and early 20th century.

“H. G. Wells's 1901 novel The First Men in the Moon is narrated by the businessman Bedford, who joins the reclusive scientist Cavor after Cavor invents cavorite, a gravity-blocking substance that carries the two men to the Moon.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The First Men in the Moon →

Jason CroftSeries

seriesJ. U. Giesy4 books1965

Space opera, set in far future.

Start with Palos of the Dog Star Pack →

Space BeagleSeries

seriesA. E. van Vogt5 books1939

Space opera, tense in tone, set in far future and spaceship.

Start with Black Destroyer →

GaeanSeries

seriesJohn Varley3 books1979

Space opera, set in far future.

“The Gaea Trilogy consists of three science fiction novels by John Varley.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Titan →

Academy / Priscilla (Hutch) HutchinsSeries

seriesJack McDevitt16 books1983

Set in far future.

“Beginning with The Engines of God, the series treats deep time and the near-total absence of intelligent alien life as its central mystery, favoring slow-burn discovery over action.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Engines of God →

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 Larklight Trilogy?: Known Space — the closest match to Larklight Trilogy on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Larklight Trilogy?: Larklight. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Larklight Trilogy.
How big is Larklight Trilogy?: Larklight Trilogy is 3 books, 2006–2008.

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