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Books like Pendrake: 9 series to read next

Pendrake is science fiction. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Pendrake is 4 books, 1943–1963.

Foundation
Library of America P. K. Dick Collection
Kairos
Twilight Zone
Fantastic Voyage
Chocky
Time Traders
Null-A
Heechee

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 →

Library of America P. K. Dick CollectionSeries

seriesPhilip K. Dick9 books1962

Set in near future.

“Technically banned, a novel called The Grasshopper Lies Heavy imagines a world where the Allies won instead — and its reclusive author, Hawthorne Abendsen, becomes an obsession for characters on every side.”
from the catalogue description of The Man in the High Castle

Start with The Man in the High Castle →

KairosSeries

seriesMadeleine L'Engle11 books1962

Reading order →

Twilight ZoneUniverse

universe40 books1960

Science fiction, set in our world.

“Picture, if you will, an ordinary person on an ordinary afternoon: a tired salesman, a frightened child, a man who wants only to be left alone.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Stories from the Twilight Zone →

Fantastic VoyageSeries

seriesIsaac Asimov2 books1966

Science fiction.

“Asimov returned to the same premise of medical miniaturization in the unrelated 1987 novel Fantastic Voyage II: Destination Brain, which follows a different cast and plot rather than continuing the first book's story.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Fantastic Voyage →

ChockySeries

seriesJohn Wyndham & Mark Daniel2 books1968

Science fiction, mysterious in tone, about aliens, set in contemporary.

“The BBC produced a radio adaption by John Tydeman in 1967.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Chocky →

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 →

Null-ASeries

seriesA. E. van Vogt & John C. Wright4 books1948

Science fiction, about psychic powers.

“The World of Null-A and The Pawns of Null-A form the classic 1940s-50s core, with Null-A Three added decades later; John C. Wright's Null-A Continuum closes out the storyline after van Vogt's death.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The World of Null-A →

HeecheeSeries

seriesFrederik Pohl19 books1972

About space exploration, set in far future and space.

“The Heechee are an advanced alien race that visited the Solar System hundreds of millennia ago and then mysteriously disappeared.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Gateway →

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 Pendrake?: Foundation — the closest match to Pendrake on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Pendrake?: The Beast. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Pendrake.
How big is Pendrake?: Pendrake is 4 books, 1943–1963.
Is Pendrake finished?: Yes — 4 books, 1943–1963.

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