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Books like Lost Species: 9 series to read next

Lost Species is science fiction, about expeditions, set in our world and early 20th century, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Lost Species is 12 books, 1897–1915.

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Cavor
Walter Goodwin
Doctor Dolittle
Caspak Universe
Tarzan
Saucer
Billy
Aia
Barsoom

CavorSeries

seriesH. G. Wells & Stephen Baxter2 books1901

About space exploration, set in the moon and underground & caves.

“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 →

Walter GoodwinSeries

seriesA. Merritt3 books1918

Science fantasy, eerie in tone, set in lost world.

“The two books follow Goodwin from one uncanny expedition to the next rather than forming a tightly plotted continuing saga.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Moon Pool →

Doctor DolittleSeries

seriesHugh Lofting, Kathryn Knight & Nick Price27 books1920

Fantasy, whimsical in tone, set in early 20th century and our world.

“Lofting wrote twelve novels between 1920 and 1936, beginning with The Story of Doctor Dolittle, with two further story collections published after his 1947 death.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Story of Doctor Dolittle: Being the History of His Peculiar Life at Home and Astonishing Adventures in Foreign Parts →

Caspak UniverseSeries

seriesEdgar Rice Burroughs & Mike Wolfer4 books1918

About survival, set in lost world.

Reading order →

TarzanUniverse

universe100 books1912

Adventure, adventurous in tone, set in early 20th century.

“Deep in a jungle no map has tamed, an English lord's orphaned son is suckled by a she-ape and grows to manhood knowing neither his name nor his kind.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

SaucerSeries

seriesStephen Coonts3 books2002

Tense in tone, set in contemporary.

“Seismic surveyor Rip Cantrell has made an exhilarating discovery - a flying saucer embedded in the Sahara sandstone.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Saucer →

BillySeries

seriesTerry Bisson15 books2005

Set in contemporary.

Start with Billy and the Ants →

AiaSeries

seriesE. Charles Vivian2 books1923

Eerie in tone, about addiction, set in lost world.

“Marshall's expedition leads him to a hidden valley whose inhabitants are descended from ancient Chaldean colonists.”
from the catalogue description of Fields of Sleep

Start with Fields of Sleep →

BarsoomSeries

seriesEdgar Rice Burroughs, Rob Dorsey, Geary Gravel, Ann Tonsor Zeddies, Stuart Moore, Austin Grossman, Bebe Balocca, Catherynne M. Valente, Chris Claremont, Chuck Dixon, David Barr Kirtley, Garth Nix, Genevieve Valentine, Joe R. Lansdale, John Coleman Burroughs, John Joseph Adams, Jonathan Maberry, L. E. Modesitt, Jr., Mike Resnick, Peter S. Beagle, Robin Wasserman, S. M. Stirling, Theodora Goss, Tobias S. Buckell & William Gilmour53 books1917

Science fantasy, set in mars.

“Barsoom is a fictional representation of the planet Mars created by American pulp fiction author Edgar Rice Burroughs.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with A Princess of Mars →

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 Lost Species?: Cavor — the closest match to Lost Species on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Lost Species?: A Matter of Interest. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Lost Species.
How big is Lost Species?: Lost Species is 12 books, 1897–1915.
Is Lost Species finished?: Yes — 12 books, 1897–1915.

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