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Books like Sky Chasers: 9 series to read next

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

Sky Chasers is 3 books, 2011–2014.

“If a violent battle destroyed the only world you’ve ever known, would you be brave enough to save who was left?”
from the catalogue description of Glow

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Alliance-Union
The Illuminae Files
Dune
The Hunger Games
Space Beagle
Red Rising
Heaven Chronicles / Zones of Thought
The Interdependency
Lost Missions / Paradisi Chronicles

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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The Illuminae FilesSeries

seriesAmie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff4 books2015

“Illuminae is set in 2575 and is the collective story of teenage colonist Kady Grant and her boyfriend Ezra Mason, as they become refugees after becoming caught in a political crossfire.”
from the catalogue description of Illuminae

Start with Illuminae →

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

About political intrigue, set in other star systems.

“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 →

The Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

Dystopia, about totalitarianism, 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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Space BeagleSeries

seriesA. E. van Vogt5 books1939

Adventurous in tone, about aliens and space exploration.

Start with Black Destroyer →

Red RisingSeries

seriesPierce Brown & Rik Hoskin13 books2014

Dystopia, about class conflict.

“Pierce Brown's Red Rising follows Darrow, a lowborn 'Red' miner on a colonized Mars who discovers his caste's suffering is a lie sustained by the ruling Gold elite, and infiltrates their ranks to destroy the system from within.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Red Rising →

Heaven Chronicles / Zones of ThoughtSeries

seriesJoan D. Vinge & Vernor Vinge8 books1976

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

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The InterdependencySeries

seriesJohn Scalzi3 books2017

Adventurous in tone, about political intrigue, set in galactic scale.

“John Scalzi's trilogy, beginning with The Collapsing Empire, follows the political and personal fallout as the empire's foundations unravel.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Collapsing Empire →

Lost Missions / Paradisi ChroniclesSeries

seriesMarti Ward3 books2019

Set in other star systems.

“Suddenly he finds the colonization effort is for another planet, in another galaxy, and he's the sole human guinea pig being gated through a wormhole with an AI playing Noah to LETO SS Casindra's ark.”
from the catalogue description of Casindra Lost

Start with Casindra Lost →

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 Sky Chasers?: Alliance-Union — the closest match to Sky Chasers on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Sky Chasers?: Glow. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Sky Chasers.
How big is Sky Chasers?: Sky Chasers is 3 books, 2011–2014.

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