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Books like Lost Colony: 9 series to read next

Lost Colony is romance and science fiction, set in far future and other star systems, emotional in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Lost Colony is 3 books, 1986–1989.

“Krentz likened the novel to a historical romance set in another world, and its success inspired her to begin writing historical romances under the pseudonym Amanda Quick.”
from the catalogue description of Sweet Starfire

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Lost Colony (Susan Grant)
Old Man's War
Defy the Stars (Claudia Gray)
The Xenith Trilogy
Catteni Sequence
Anna Nestor-Sigrid / The Aighors
Vorkosigan
Ender's Game
Uplift

Lost Colony (Susan Grant)Series

seriesSusan Grant1 book2011

About war.

“Young General Tao knows only one kind of honor, to his people.”
from the catalogue description of The Last Warrior

Start with The Last Warrior →

Old Man's WarSeries

seriesJohn Scalzi16 books2005

Military science fiction, about war.

“Sign a document at 65, saying you intend to join up 10 years later.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Old Man's War →

Defy the Stars (Claudia Gray)Series

seriesClaudia Gray3 books2017

About artificial intelligence.

“Noemi Vidal is seventeen years old and sworn to protect her planet, Genesis.”
from the catalogue description of Defy the Stars

Start with Defy the Stars →

The Xenith TrilogySeries

seriesChani Lynn Feener3 books2017

Tense in tone, about aliens and 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 →

Catteni SequenceSeries

seriesAnne McCaffrey5 books1970

About slavery and aliens.

“The Catteni series is a tetralogy of science fiction novels by American writer Anne McCaffrey.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Freedom's Landing →

Anna Nestor-Sigrid / The AighorsSeries

seriesGreg Bear4 books1975

About aliens.

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

Start with Perihesperon →

VorkosiganUniverse

universe27 books1986

Science fiction and space opera, set in far future and other star systems.

“Beyond his backwater lies the wormhole nexus: a scatter of human worlds strung along unstable jump-routes, where a blood-and-honor warrior aristocracy, a coolly egalitarian utopia, and a hundred lesser polities trade, spy, and go to war.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Shards of Honor →

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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UpliftUniverse

universe13 books1980

About uplift and aliens.

“No species, the Galactics insist, ever climbs to sapience alone.”
from the catalogue description

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Why these

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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 Lost Colony?: Lost Colony (Susan Grant) — the closest match to Lost Colony on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Lost Colony?: Sweet Starfire. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Lost Colony.
How big is Lost Colony?: Lost Colony is 3 books, 1986–1989.

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