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Books like Petaybee: 9 series to read next

Petaybee is science fiction, set in far future and other star systems. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Petaybee is 6 books across 2 series, 1993–2008.

“High above circles Intergal, the company that engineered the world and now means to strip it for ore.”
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Ender's Game
Dune
Cytoverse
Uplift
Known Space
Hainish
Catteni Sequence
CoDominium
Old Man's War

Ender's GameUniverse

universe39 books1977

Science fiction, 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.”
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DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Science fiction and space opera, about political intrigue, set in far future and other star systems.

“The desert planet, where empire runs on a single substance: the spice melange, which folds space, prolongs life, and unlocks prescience, and which exists nowhere else in the known universe.”
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Start with Dune →

CytoverseUniverse

universe10 books2008

Set in space.

“Detritus is a dead world buried under the wreckage of a hundred fallen starships, and the humans caverned beneath it live by one hard truth: to survive, you climb into a cockpit and you fight.”
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UpliftUniverse

universe13 books1980

About uplift and aliens, set in space.

“No species, the Galactics insist, ever climbs to sapience alone.”
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Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

About aliens, set in space.

“Give a clever species a few centuries and a working fusion drive, and it will fill the sky with problems.”
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HainishSeries

seriesUrsula K. Le Guin33 books1964

Reflective in tone.

“The Hainish Cycle consists of a number of science fiction novels and stories by Ursula K. Le Guin.”
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Start with Rocannon's World →

Catteni SequenceSeries

seriesAnne McCaffrey5 books1970

About slavery and aliens.

“The Catteni series is a tetralogy of science fiction novels by American writer Anne McCaffrey.”
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Start with Freedom's Landing →

CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

Military science fiction.

“The body of work runs along a few hard threads rather than one line.”
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Old Man's WarSeries

seriesJohn Scalzi16 books2005

Military science fiction, about war, set in space.

“Sign a document at 65, saying you intend to join up 10 years later.”
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Start with Old Man's War →

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 Petaybee?: Ender's Game — the closest match to Petaybee on what it is about, not on what sells.
How big is Petaybee?: Petaybee is 6 books across 2 series, 1993–2008.

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