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Books like Red Space: 9 series to read next

Red Space is science fiction, about survival, set in far future and space, tense in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Red Space is 3 books, 2023–2026.

“Warned by the Captain that they're under attack, they have no choice but to investigate.”
from the catalogue description of Paradise-1

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Forge of God
Alliance-Union
Space Beagle
Pandora
Pax / Astra
Berserker (Fred Saberhagen)
Deathworld
Known Space
The Hunger Games

Forge of GodSeries

seriesGreg Bear2 books1987

Science fiction, tense and dark in tone, about survival and aliens.

“Earth faces destruction when an inscrutable and overwhelming alien form of life attacks.”
from the catalogue description of The Forge of God

Start with The Forge of God →

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

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Space BeagleSeries

seriesA. E. van Vogt5 books1939

Adventurous in tone.

Start with Black Destroyer →

PandoraSeries

seriesFrank Herbert & Bill Ransom4 books1966

About artificial intelligence.

“The Pandora Sequence opens with Frank Herbert's solo novel Destination: Void, in which a starship crew must jury-rig a working artificial consciousness after their vessel's control systems fail.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Destination: Void →

Pax / AstraSeries

seriesAndre Norton2 books1954

Adventurous in tone.

“Star Flight appears to be a later omnibus or reissue rather than a third original novel.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Stars Are Ours! →

Berserker (Fred Saberhagen)Series

seriesFred Saberhagen, Connie Willis, Edward Bryant, Jane Lindskold, Larry Niven, Poul Anderson, Roger Zelazny & Stephen R. Donaldson59 books1963

About robots and artificial intelligence.

Start with Berserker →

DeathworldSeries

seriesHarry Harrison4 books1960

Adventurous in tone.

“The central hero is a gambler who becomes involved with colonists of an extremely hostile planet.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Deathworld →

Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

Science fiction, about aliens, set in far future and space.

“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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The Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

Dystopia, about rebellion and revolution, set in north america.

“Panem, they call it now — a nation raised on the drowned bones of North America, a glittering Capitol ringed by twelve districts it once starved into obedience.”
from the catalogue description

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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 Red Space?: Forge of God — the closest match to Red Space on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Red Space?: Paradise-1. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Red Space.
How big is Red Space?: Red Space is 3 books, 2023–2026.

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