Series
Books like Orion: 9 series to read next
Orion is science fiction and time travel, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.
Orion is 14 books, 1977–2011.
“Follow him, servant of a great race, as he battles his enemy down the halls of time, from the caves of our ancestors to the final confrontation under the hammer of nuclear annihilation.”
from the catalogue description
- Temporal Regulatory Authority / Jason Thanou
- Barsoom
- Known Space
- Time Patrol
- Old Man's War
- Dune
- Foundation
- Vatta
- Mistworld Universe
seriesSteve White6 books2006
Science fiction and time travel, adventurous and tense in tone.
matchedadventurousscience fictiontime traveltense
- BarsoomSeries
seriesEdgar Rice Burroughs, Rob Dorsey, Geary Gravel, Ann Tonsor Zeddies, Stuart Moore, Austin Grossman, Bebe Balocca, Catherynne M. Valente, Chris Claremont, Chuck Dixon, David Barr Kirtley, Garth Nix, Genevieve Valentine, Joe R. Lansdale, John Coleman Burroughs, John Joseph Adams, Jonathan Maberry, L. E. Modesitt, Jr., Mike Resnick, Peter S. Beagle, Robin Wasserman, S. M. Stirling, Theodora Goss, Tobias S. Buckell & William Gilmour53 books1917
Set in mars.
matchedadventurousscience fictionscience fantasy
- Known SpaceUniverse
universe142 books1964
About aliens.
matchedscience fictionspacefar futureother star systems
- Time PatrolSeries
seriesPoul Anderson, Larry Niven, Robert Silverberg & S. M. Stirling24 books1955
Science fiction and time travel, adventurous in tone, set in our world.
matchedadventurousscience fictionour worldtime travel
- Old Man's WarSeries
seriesJohn Scalzi16 books2005
Military science fiction.
matchedadventurousscience fictionwarspacefar futureother star systemsspace opera
- DuneUniverse
universe78 books1963
About political intrigue.
matchedscience fictionfar futureother star systemsspace opera
- FoundationUniverse
universe123 books1940
Science fiction, about robots, set in far future.
matchedscience fictionfar futurerobots
- VattaUniverse
universe10 books2003
Military science fiction.
matchedadventurousscience fictiontensespacefar futureother star systemsspace opera
- Mistworld UniverseSeries
seriesSimon R. Green12 books1992
Set in galactic scale.
matchedadventurousscience fictionwarfar futurespace opera
Read next in Orion
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 Orion?
- Temporal Regulatory Authority / Jason Thanou — the closest match to Orion on what it is about, not on what sells.
- Where do I start with Orion?
- Orion. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Orion.
- How big is Orion?
- Orion is 14 books, 1977–2011.
- Is Orion finished?
- Yes — 14 books, 1977–2011.