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Books like Proxima (Stephen Baxter): 9 series to read next

Proxima (Stephen Baxter) is science fiction, set in other star systems. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Proxima (Stephen Baxter) is 6 books, 2011–2016.

“Stephen Baxter's Proxima follows a reluctant human colonist settled on a world orbiting Proxima Centauri as part of a secretive, one-way colonization program, intercut with political maneuvering back in a transformed solar system.”
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Ender's Game
Rama
Thistledown
Hainish
Known Space
Uplift
Academy / Priscilla (Hutch) Hutchins
Heorot
Dune

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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RamaUniverse

universe7 books1973

Set in spaceship.

“Something is falling through the solar system on a hyperbolic orbit, and it is not a comet.”
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ThistledownSeries

seriesGreg Bear5 books1978

Science fiction and hard science fiction, about space exploration, set in far future and space.

Start with The Wind from a Burning Woman →

HainishSeries

seriesUrsula K. Le Guin33 books1964

Science fiction, reflective in tone, set in far future and other star systems.

“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 →

Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

Science fiction, about aliens, 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.”
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UpliftUniverse

universe13 books1980

About uplift.

“No species, the Galactics insist, ever climbs to sapience alone.”
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Academy / Priscilla (Hutch) HutchinsSeries

seriesJack McDevitt16 books1983

Science fiction, about aliens and space exploration, set in far future and other star systems.

“Beginning with The Engines of God, the series treats deep time and the near-total absence of intelligent alien life as its central mystery, favoring slow-burn discovery over action.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Engines of God →

HeorotSeries

seriesJerry Pournelle, Larry Niven & Steven Barnes4 books1987

Science fiction, about space colonization, set in far future and other star systems.

“Reproduction and fertility expert Dr Jack Cohen acted as a consultant on the book, designing the novel life cycle of the alien antagonists, the grendels.”
from the catalogue description of The Legacy of Heorot

Start with The Legacy of Heorot →

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

About political intrigue.

“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.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Dune →

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 Proxima (Stephen Baxter)?: Ender's Game — the closest match to Proxima (Stephen Baxter) on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Proxima (Stephen Baxter)?: Proxima. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Proxima (Stephen Baxter).
How big is Proxima (Stephen Baxter)?: Proxima (Stephen Baxter) is 6 books, 2011–2016.

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