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Books like Moon Base Alpha: 9 series to read next

Moon Base Alpha is science fiction and mystery & detective, about space colonization, set in the moon, mysterious in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Moon Base Alpha is 3 books, 2014–2018.

“Dashiell Gibson, who lives on Moon Base Alpha, has to solve a murder of one of the moon's most prominent doctors.”
from the catalogue description of Space Case

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Greg Mandel
Lock In
Dream Park Universe
The Big Sheep
The Jackpot Trilogy
Cold As Ice
Man Plus
To the Stars (Leinster)
The Midsolar Murders

Greg MandelSeries

seriesPeter F. Hamilton5 books1993

Set in our world and british isles.

“Greg Mandel is a former special-forces soldier with a psychic 'gland' implant for reading emotions, working as a private investigator in a near-future Britain recovering from an authoritarian climate-crisis government.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Mindstar Rising →

Lock InSeries

seriesJohn Scalzi3 books2014

Police procedural, set in north america and big city.

“John Scalzi's series follows a rookie FBI agent investigating crimes that exploit this new class of disability and technology, across the novels Lock In and Head On plus the interstitial oral history Unlocked.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Lock In →

Dream Park UniverseSeries

seriesLarry Niven & Steven Barnes6 books1981

Science fiction, set in near future.

Start with The Descent of Anansi →

The Big SheepSeries

seriesRobert Kroese2 books2016

About political intrigue, set in north america and big city.

“After the Collapse of 2028, a vast section of LA, the Disincorporated Zone, was disowned by the civil authorities, and became essentially a third world country within the borders of the city.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Big Sheep →

The Jackpot TrilogySeries

seriesWilliam Gibson2 books2014

About surveillance, set in north america.

“Gibson's 2020 book Agency is set in the same world.”
from the catalogue description of The Peripheral

Start with The Peripheral →

Cold As IceSeries

seriesCharles Sheffield3 books1992

Set in space.

“The setting takes place in the late 21st century with humans having colonized the Solar System, and a terrible civil war recently resolved in which 50% of humanity was wiped out.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Cold As Ice →

Man PlusSeries

seriesFrederik Pohl & Thomas T. Thomas2 books1976

About robots, set in mars.

“Thomas T. Thomas wrote the sequel Mars Plus, continuing the story of the Martian colony years later.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Man Plus →

To the Stars (Leinster)Series

seriesMurray Leinster3 books1953

About space exploration.

“In the shed men are building an object that can change the history of mankind.”
from the catalogue description of Space Platform

Start with Space Platform →

The Midsolar MurdersSeries

seriesMur Lafferty3 books2022

Set in far future and space.

Start with Station Eternity →

Why these

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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.

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What should I read after Moon Base Alpha?: Greg Mandel — the closest match to Moon Base Alpha on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Moon Base Alpha?: Space Case. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Moon Base Alpha.
How big is Moon Base Alpha?: Moon Base Alpha is 3 books, 2014–2018.

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