Series
Books like Nantucket: 9 series to read next
Nantucket is alternate history and science fiction, about colonialism, set in ancient world, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.
Nantucket is 5 books, 1998–2004.
“Against the Tide of Years and On the Oceans of Eternity continue the widening conflict between the islanders and Walker's rival empire, in a series that also set up Stirling's later Emberverse.”
from the catalogue description
- Clash of Eagles / The Hesperian Trilogy
- Eden (Harry Harrison)
- The Change / The Event
- Belisarius
- Days of Infamy
- Moorcock's Multiverse
- Worldwar Universe
- The Leviathan Trilogy
- Destroyermen Universe
seriesAlan Smale4 books2010
Alternate history, adventurous and tense in tone, about colonialism and war, set in north america and alternate earth.
matchedadventurouscolonialismtensealternate historywarnorth americaalternate earth
- Eden (Harry Harrison)Series
seriesHarry Harrison5 books1984
About aliens, set in prehistoric.
matchedalternate historywarscience fictionsurvivalalternate earth
- The Change / The EventSeries
seriesS. M. Stirling, A. M. Dellamonica, Diana L. Paxson, Emily Mah, Harry Turtledove, Jane Lindskold, Jody Lynn Nye, John Barnes, John Birmingham, John J. Miller, Kier Salmon, Lauren C. Teffeau, M. T. Reiten, Terry England, Victor Milán & Walter Jon Williams41 books1998
Post-apocalyptic.
matchedadventurousscience fictionnorth america
- BelisariusSeries
seriesEric Flint & David Drake7 books1998
Alternate history and science fiction, about war, set in ancient world.
matchedancient worldalternate historywarscience fiction
- Days of InfamySeries
seriesHarry Turtledove2 books2004
Dark in tone, set in early 20th century.
matchedtensealternate historywarcolonialismwar & militarynorth america
- Worldwar UniverseSeries
seriesHarry Turtledove8 books1994
Alien invasion, about aliens, set in our world.
matchedtensealternate historywarscience fiction
- The Leviathan TrilogySeries
seriesScott Westerfeld3 books2009
Steampunk, about genetic engineering, set in early 20th century.
matchedadventurouswaralternate historyscience fiction
- Destroyermen UniverseSeries
seriesTaylor Anderson20 books2008
Military science fiction, set in early 20th century.
matchedadventuroustensewaralternate historyscience fiction
Read next in Nantucket
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 Nantucket?
- Clash of Eagles / The Hesperian Trilogy — the closest match to Nantucket on what it is about, not on what sells.
- Where do I start with Nantucket?
- Island in the Sea of Time. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Nantucket.
- How big is Nantucket?
- Nantucket is 5 books, 1998–2004.









