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Books like Majipoor: 9 series to read next

Majipoor is science fantasy. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Majipoor is 29 books, 1980–2013.

“The setting is a mixture of science fiction and fantasy elements.”
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Alliance-Union
Apprentice Adept
His Dark Materials
Lord of Light
The Culture
Childe Cycle
Barsoom
Solar Cycle
Cluster

Alliance-UnionUniverse

universe173 books1976

Science fiction, 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.”
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Apprentice AdeptSeries

seriesPiers Anthony7 books1980

Set in parallel universe.

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

His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

About coming of age, set in parallel universe.

“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.”
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Lord of LightSeries

seriesRoger Zelazny, Shariann Lewitt & Steve Perry5 books1967

About gods.

“One of their own, called Sam, breaks with the pantheon to return forbidden knowledge to the ordinary people they rule, touching off a war among the self-styled gods.”
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Start with Dawn →

The CultureUniverse

universe21 books1987

Space opera, about artificial intelligence, set in galactic scale.

“No money, no laws, no hunger, no death you didn't choose; a galaxy-spanning anarchy of humans and drones administered, gently and with enormous irony, by superintelligent Minds who name their warships things like *Frank Exchange Of Views*.”
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Childe CycleSeries

seriesGordon R. Dickson & David W. Wixon19 books1957

Military science fiction, about war.

“The related short stories and novellas all center on the Dorsai, primarily members of the Graeme and Morgan families.”
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Start with Act of Creation →

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

Set in mars.

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

Solar CycleSeries

seriesGene Wolfe18 books1980

Start with The Cat →

ClusterSeries

seriesPiers Anthony9 books1977

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

“Anthony originally conceived of and wrote the series as a trilogy but later added two additional volumes.”
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Start with Cluster →

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 Majipoor?: Alliance-Union — the closest match to Majipoor on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Majipoor?: Lord Valentine's Castle. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Majipoor.
How big is Majipoor?: Majipoor is 29 books, 1980–2013.

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