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Books like SpaceHome: 9 series to read next

SpaceHome is science fiction, set in space and outer planets & moons. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

SpaceHome is 3 books, 1984–1987.

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Cities in Flight
Thunder and Lightning
Gaean
Starchild (Robert G. Williscroft)
Poseidon's Children
To the Stars (Leinster)
Uplift
Known Space
Jupiter

Cities in FlightSeries

seriesJames Blish10 books1950

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

“The stories cover roughly two thousand years, from the very near future to the end of the universe.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with They Shall Have Stars →

Thunder and LightningSeries

seriesJohn Varley4 books2003

Science fiction, adventurous in tone, about space exploration, set in near future and space.

“Red Thunder and Red Lightning follow the first generation's improvised trip to Mars; Rolling Thunder and Dark Lightning pick up decades later with their descendants.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Red Thunder →

GaeanSeries

seriesJohn Varley3 books1979

About aliens.

“The Gaea Trilogy consists of three science fiction novels by John Varley.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Titan →

Starchild (Robert G. Williscroft)Series

seriesRobert G. Williscroft3 books2014

Science fiction, set in space.

“Slingshot follows the lives of the men and women who build the largest machine in human history – the world's first space launch loop.”
from the catalogue description of Slingshot

Start with Slingshot →

Poseidon's ChildrenSeries

seriesAlastair Reynolds3 books2012

Mysterious in tone.

“One-hundred-and-fifty years from now, the moon and Mars are settled, and colonies stretch all the way out to the edge of the solar system.”
from the catalogue description of Blue Remembered Earth

Start with Blue Remembered Earth →

To the Stars (Leinster)Series

seriesMurray Leinster3 books1953

Tense in tone, set in the moon.

“In the shed men are building an object that can change the history of mankind.”
from the catalogue description of Space Platform

Start with Space Platform →

UpliftUniverse

universe13 books1980

About uplift and aliens.

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

Reading order →

Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

About aliens.

“Give a clever species a few centuries and a working fusion drive, and it will fill the sky with problems.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

JupiterSeries

seriesCharles Sheffield, Jerry Pournelle & James P. Hogan6 books1996

About coming of age.

“The Jupiter novels are a series of science fiction novels from Tor Books patterned after Robert A. Heinlein's young adult novels.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Higher Education →

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 SpaceHome?: Cities in Flight — the closest match to SpaceHome on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with SpaceHome?: Saturnalia. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for SpaceHome.
How big is SpaceHome?: SpaceHome is 3 books, 1984–1987.

Books like SpaceHome: 9 series to read next

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