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Books like Not Alone: 9 series to read next

Not Alone is science fiction and first contact. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Not Alone is 20 books, 2015–2021.

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Whoniverse
H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds
Known Space
Foundation
Science Fiction Megapack
CoDominium
Saucer
Time Traders
Ender's Game

WhoniverseUniverse

universe2034 books1964

Science fiction.

“Somewhere a blue police box that has no business existing folds a whole world in behind one door, and an old traveller wearing a brand-new face steps out onto a beach, a battlefield, the last warm afternoon of a dying sun.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Timewyrm: Genesys →

H. G. Wells' War of the WorldsUniverse

universe65 books1898

Alien invasion.

“No one would have believed, in the closing years of the nineteenth century, that human affairs were being watched keenly and closely from the timeless worlds of space.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The War of the Worlds →

Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

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

Reading order →

FoundationUniverse

universe123 books1940

About robots, set in far future.

“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 →

Science Fiction MegapackSeries

seriesJohn Gregory Betancourt, uncredited, Robert Silverberg, Adam-Troy Castro, Anna Hunger, Ayn Rand, Ben Bova, Bryce Walton, Damon Knight, Donald A. Wollheim, E. Everett Evans, Everett B. Cole, H. L. Gold, Jerry Oltion, Jerry Sohl, Lloyd Biggle, Jr., Milton Lesser, Murray Leinster, Myron R. Lewis, Raymond F. Jones, R. DeWitt Miller, Richard Wilson, Robert Moore Williams, Samuel R. Delany, S. J. Byrne, Tom Godwin & Tony Rothman37 books1938

Science fiction.

Start with The Science Fiction Megapack: 25 Science Fiction Stories by Masters →

CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

Military science fiction, set in other star systems and far future.

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

Reading order →

SaucerSeries

seriesStephen Coonts3 books2002

Science fiction, adventurous and tense in tone, about aliens, set in contemporary and our world.

“Seismic surveyor Rip Cantrell has made an exhilarating discovery - a flying saucer embedded in the Sahara sandstone.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Saucer →

Time TradersSeries

seriesAndre Norton, Sherwood Smith & P. M. Griffin7 books1958

Time travel, set in other star systems.

“Norton, later joined by collaborators Sherwood Smith and P. M. Griffin, expanded the sequence to seven novels published between 1958 and 2002, and revised the opening book herself in 2000.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Time Traders →

Ender's GameUniverse

universe39 books1977

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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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.

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What should I read after Not Alone?: Whoniverse — the closest match to Not Alone on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Not Alone?: Not Alone: First Encounter. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Not Alone.
How big is Not Alone?: Not Alone is 20 books, 2015–2021.

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