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Books like Maurai: 9 series to read next

Maurai is science fiction and post-apocalyptic, about ecological collapse and political intrigue, set in our world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Maurai is 6 books, 1959–1983.

“The Maurai dominate the Pacific and Indian Oceans.”
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Dune
Foundation
The Hunger Games
Saint Leibowitz
This Immortal
The Obernewtyn Chronicles
Mara and Dann
Alliance-Union
The Pure Trilogy

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Space opera, set in other star systems.

“The desert planet, where empire runs on a single substance: the spice melange, which folds space, prolongs life, and unlocks prescience, and which exists nowhere else in the known universe.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Dune →

FoundationUniverse

universe123 books1940

About robots.

“There is a science that reads the future of quadrillions the way an astronomer reads the orbits of stars.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Foundation →

The Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

Dystopia, about totalitarianism.

“Panem, they call it now — a nation raised on the drowned bones of North America, a glittering Capitol ringed by twelve districts it once starved into obedience.”
from the catalogue description

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Saint LeibowitzSeries

seriesWalter M. Miller & Jr.6 books1955

About faith and religion.

“Together the two novels form a sparse, decades-spanning series about memory, faith, and the cycles of civilization.”
from the catalogue description

Start with A Canticle for Leibowitz →

This ImmortalSeries

seriesHarry Turtledove & Roger Zelazny2 books1966

About immortality and aliens.

Start with This Immortal →

The Obernewtyn ChroniclesSeries

seriesIsobelle Carmody9 books1987

Fantasy, about psychic powers, set in secondary world.

“Carmody began writing it at the age of fourteen, and reworked the novel through high school and university.”
from the catalogue description of Obernewtyn
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Start with Obernewtyn →

Mara and DannSeries

seriesDoris Lessing2 books1999

About coming of age.

“Told to forget their real names forever or be killed, the brother and sister live for years among the primitive Rock People, taken in by one of their own kind but always outcasts.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Mara and Dann →

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.”
from the catalogue description

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The Pure TrilogySeries

seriesJulianna Baggott3 books2012

Dystopia.

Start with Pure →

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 Maurai?: Dune — the closest match to Maurai on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Maurai?: The Sky People. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Maurai.
How big is Maurai?: Maurai is 6 books, 1959–1983.
Is Maurai finished?: Yes — 6 books, 1959–1983.

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