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Books like Rift: 9 series to read next

Rift 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.

Rift is 7 books, 1985–1986.

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Ender's Game
Known Space
CoDominium
Humanx Commonwealth
Heechee
Uplift
The Talents
Dune
Ocean / Galactic Center

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

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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.”
from the catalogue description

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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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Humanx CommonwealthUniverse

universe39 books1972

Adventurous in tone.

“Two species that ought, by every buried instinct, to recoil from one another instead clasp hand to truhand and build a galaxy together.”
from the catalogue description

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HeecheeSeries

seriesFrederik Pohl19 books1972

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

“The Heechee are an advanced alien race that visited the Solar System hundreds of millennia ago and then mysteriously disappeared.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

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UpliftUniverse

universe13 books1980

Adventurous in tone, about uplift.

“No species, the Galactics insist, ever climbs to sapience alone.”
from the catalogue description

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The TalentsUniverse

universe18 books1959

Science fiction, about psychic powers.

“Somewhere a Prime holds a Tower, gathers the gestalt of a generator's power, and flings a starship — or a single frightened child — across the light-years between worlds.”
from the catalogue description

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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 →

Ocean / Galactic CenterSeries

seriesGregory Benford12 books1972

Hard science fiction.

“For some time now, Earth has been heavily influenced by the aliens, who have conquered the oceans, sinking a lot of the ships, making that kind of transportation of goods impossible.”
from the catalogue description of Swarmer, Skimmer
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Swarmer, Skimmer →

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 Rift?: Ender's Game — the closest match to Rift on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Rift?: Brightness Falls from the Air. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Rift.
How big is Rift?: Rift is 7 books, 1985–1986.
Is Rift finished?: Yes — 7 books, 1985–1986.

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