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Books like Realm: 9 series to read next

Realm is 5 books, 2020–2025.

Dune
Ender's Game
Science Fiction Megapack
CoDominium
Alliance-Union
Foundation
Known Space
Forever War
Barsoom

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 →

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.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

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.

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

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Alliance-UnionUniverse

universe173 books1976

Science fiction, set in far future.

“Around that spine cluster the merchanter novels of trader Families, the Faded Sun trilogy of human envoys among the martial alien Mri, and the Chanur books, narrated from the hierarchical, whiskered viewpoint of the hani.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

FoundationUniverse

universe123 books1940

About robots.

“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 →

Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

About aliens.

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

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Forever WarSeries

seriesJoe Haldeman10 books1972

Military science fiction.

Start with The Forever War →

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

Science fantasy, set in mars.

“Barsoom is a fictional representation of the planet Mars created by American pulp fiction author Edgar Rice Burroughs.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with A Princess of Mars →

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 Realm?: Dune — the closest match to Realm on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Realm?: Fall of Titan. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Realm.
How big is Realm?: Realm is 5 books, 2020–2025.

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