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Books like Michael Wireman: 9 series to read next

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

Michael Wireman is 4 books, 1957–1959.

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Dune
CoDominium
Known Space
Ender's Game
Red Rising
Forever War
Chaos Walking
Berserker (Fred Saberhagen)
The Hunger Games

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Space opera.

“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

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CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

Military science fiction.

“The body of work runs along a few hard threads rather than one line.”
from the catalogue description

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Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

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

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

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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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Red RisingSeries

seriesPierce Brown & Rik Hoskin13 books2014

Dystopia and space opera, about class conflict.

“Pierce Brown's Red Rising follows Darrow, a lowborn 'Red' miner on a colonized Mars who discovers his caste's suffering is a lie sustained by the ruling Gold elite, and infiltrates their ranks to destroy the system from within.”
from the catalogue description

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Forever WarSeries

seriesJoe Haldeman10 books1972

Military science fiction.

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Chaos WalkingSeries

seriesPatrick Ness5 books2008

Dystopia.

Start with The Knife of Never Letting Go →

Berserker (Fred Saberhagen)Series

seriesFred Saberhagen, Connie Willis, Edward Bryant, Jane Lindskold, Larry Niven, Poul Anderson, Roger Zelazny & Stephen R. Donaldson59 books1963

Space opera, about robots and artificial intelligence.

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The Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

Dystopia, about survival, set in north america.

“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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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 Michael Wireman?: Dune — the closest match to Michael Wireman on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Michael Wireman?: Hot Potato. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Michael Wireman.
How big is Michael Wireman?: Michael Wireman is 4 books, 1957–1959.
Is Michael Wireman finished?: Yes — 4 books, 1957–1959.

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