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Books like Solar System: 9 series to read next

Solar System is science fiction, set in far future and mars. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Solar System is 15 books, 2006–2026.

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Hainish
Ender's Game
Dune
The Martian Chronicles
The Culture
The Giver
Sirius Five
Francis Sandow
Elysium Cycle

HainishSeries

seriesUrsula K. Le Guin33 books1964

Science fiction, reflective in tone, set in far future and other star systems.

“The Hainish Cycle consists of a number of science fiction novels and stories by Ursula K. Le Guin.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Rocannon's World →

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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DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Space opera, 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 →

The Martian ChroniclesSeries

seriesRay Bradbury30 books1946

Set in near future.

Start with The Million Year Picnic →

The CultureUniverse

universe21 books1987

Space opera, about artificial intelligence, set in galactic scale.

“No money, no laws, no hunger, no death you didn't choose; a galaxy-spanning anarchy of humans and drones administered, gently and with enormous irony, by superintelligent Minds who name their warships things like *Frank Exchange Of Views*.”
from the catalogue description

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The GiverSeries

seriesLois Lowry5 books1993

Dystopia, set in secondary world.

“Each book has a different protagonist but is set in the same futuristic era.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with The Giver →

Sirius FiveSeries

seriesPhilip K. Dick2 books1969

About aliens.

“Dick's earlier young-adult manuscript Nick and the Glimmung, unpublished until 1988, shares the Glimmung character and other elements with it, suggesting he reworked the same creature across two very different books.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Galactic Pot-Healer →

Francis SandowSeries

seriesRoger Zelazny & Steven Brust5 books1968

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

Start with Dismal Light →

Elysium CycleSeries

seriesJoan Slonczewski5 books1986

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

“Joan Slonczewski's A Door into Ocean opens the Elysium Cycle by testing whether a philosophy built on the idea that 'to hurt is to be hurt' can actually survive violent occupation.”
from the catalogue description

Start with A Door Into Ocean →

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 Solar System?: Hainish — the closest match to Solar System on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Solar System?: High Windows. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Solar System.
How big is Solar System?: Solar System is 15 books, 2006–2026.

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