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Books like Miss Pickerell: 9 series to read next

Miss Pickerell is science fiction, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Miss Pickerell is 18 books, 1950–1986.

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Danny Dunn
Cavor
Rick Brant Science Adventure
My Teacher Is an Alien
Kairos
NASA Trilogy
Thunder
Needle
Jumper

Danny DunnSeries

seriesJay Williams & Raymond Abrashkin15 books1956

Science fiction and adventure, adventurous in tone, set in mid 20th century.

“Danny Dunn is the young protagonist of a long-running mid-century American juvenile science fiction series by Raymond Abrashkin and Jay Williams, starting in 1956.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Danny Dunn and the Anti-Gravity Paint →

CavorSeries

seriesH. G. Wells & Stephen Baxter2 books1901

About aliens, set in early 20th century 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 →

Rick Brant Science AdventureSeries

seriesJohn Blaine & Peter J. Harkins24 books1947

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

“From Wikipedia: Rick meets Scotty and investigates sabotage occurring on his father's rocket experiment.”
from the catalogue description of The Rocket's Shadow

Start with The Rocket's Shadow →

My Teacher Is an AlienSeries

seriesBruce Coville4 books1989

About aliens.

“Susan Simmons can tell that her new substitute teacher is really weird.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with My Teacher Is an Alien →

KairosSeries

seriesMadeleine L'Engle11 books1962

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NASA TrilogySeries

seriesStephen Baxter4 books1996

Hard science fiction and alternate history, tense in tone.

Start with Voyage →

ThunderSeries

seriesJames F. David3 books1995

Time travel, tense in tone.

“When a freak natural phenomenon dissolves the boundaries between yesterday and today, the world is transformed into a patchwork mixture of the present and the distant past.”
from the catalogue description of Footprints of Thunder

Start with Footprints of Thunder →

NeedleSeries

seriesHal Clement2 books1950

Hard science fiction, about aliens.

“Together the mismatched pair must learn to communicate and cooperate, first to survive and later to track down the second alien, which has hidden inside another human in the same Pacific island community.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Needle →

JumperSeries

seriesSteven Gould6 books1992

Tense in tone, about psychic powers.

“Steven Gould's series continues across Reflex, Impulse, and Exo, later following his and his wife's daughter as a second-generation jumper.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Jumper →

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 Miss Pickerell?: Danny Dunn — the closest match to Miss Pickerell on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Miss Pickerell?: Miss Pickerell Goes to Mars. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Miss Pickerell.
How big is Miss Pickerell?: Miss Pickerell is 18 books, 1950–1986.
Is Miss Pickerell finished?: Yes — 18 books, 1950–1986.

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