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Books like Shatterworld Trilogy: 9 series to read next

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

Shatterworld Trilogy is 3 books, 1995–2016.

“Fearing nuclear holocaust, a group of pacifists leave Earth in search of a new planet where they hope to live peacefully according to God's will.”
from the catalogue description of Shatterworld

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Catteni Sequence
Dune
Pandora
Ender's Game
Mars (Kim Stanley Robinson)
Bronson Beta
Cities in Flight
Homecoming (Orson Scott Card)
Heorot

Catteni SequenceSeries

seriesAnne McCaffrey5 books1970

About slavery and aliens.

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

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 →

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 →

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 →

Mars (Kim Stanley Robinson)Series

seriesKim Stanley Robinson36 books1982

Hard science fiction, about terraforming, set in mars.

“Ultimately more utopian than dystopian, the story focuses on egalitarian, sociological, and scientific advances made on Mars, while Earth suffers from overpopulation and ecological disaster.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Red Mars →

Bronson BetaSeries

seriesEdwin Balmer, Philip Wylie, Jeff Deischer & R. L. Helms5 books1933

Science fiction, set in other star systems.

“The two novels form a self-contained disaster-and-survival duology.”
from the catalogue description

Start with When Worlds Collide →

Cities in FlightSeries

seriesJames Blish10 books1950

Science fiction and space opera, about space colonization, set in far future and space.

“The stories cover roughly two thousand years, from the very near future to the end of the universe.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with They Shall Have Stars →

Homecoming (Orson Scott Card)Series

seriesOrson Scott Card5 books1992

Science fiction, about faith and religion, set in other star systems and far future.

“Some of the names also come from the Book of Mormon.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Memory of Earth →

HeorotSeries

seriesJerry Pournelle, Larry Niven & Steven Barnes4 books1987

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

“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 →

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 Shatterworld Trilogy?: Catteni Sequence — the closest match to Shatterworld Trilogy on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Shatterworld Trilogy?: Shatterworld. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Shatterworld Trilogy.
How big is Shatterworld Trilogy?: Shatterworld Trilogy is 3 books, 1995–2016.

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