Series

Books like Spectrum: 9 series to read next

Spectrum is science fiction. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Spectrum is 7 books, 1941–1966.

Library of America P. K. Dick Collection
Foundation
Kairos
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame
Twilight Zone
The Culture
Time Traders
Time Odyssey
Change War

Library of America P. K. Dick CollectionSeries

seriesPhilip K. Dick9 books1962

Set in near future.

“Technically banned, a novel called The Grasshopper Lies Heavy imagines a world where the Allies won instead — and its reclusive author, Hawthorne Abendsen, becomes an obsession for characters on every side.”
from the catalogue description of The Man in the High Castle

Start with The Man in the High Castle →

FoundationUniverse

universe123 books1940

Science fiction, about robots, set in far future.

“There is a science that reads the future of quadrillions the way an astronomer reads the orbits of stars.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Foundation →

KairosSeries

seriesMadeleine L'Engle11 books1962

Reading order →

The Science Fiction Hall of FameSeries

seriesBen Bova, Algis Budrys, Arthur C. Clarke, Geo. W. Proctor, H. G. Wells, Robert Silverberg, Terry Carr & Theodore R. Cogswell11 books1895

“The greatest science fiction stories of all time chosen by the members of the Science Fiction Writers of America.”
from the catalogue description of The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One

Start with The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One →

Twilight ZoneUniverse

universe40 books1960

Science fiction, set in our world.

“Picture, if you will, an ordinary person on an ordinary afternoon: a tired salesman, a frightened child, a man who wants only to be left alone.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Stories from the Twilight Zone →

The CultureUniverse

universe21 books1987

Space opera, 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

Reading order →

Time TradersSeries

seriesAndre Norton, Sherwood Smith & P. M. Griffin7 books1958

Adventurous in tone, set in other star systems.

“Norton, later joined by collaborators Sherwood Smith and P. M. Griffin, expanded the sequence to seven novels published between 1958 and 2002, and revised the opening book herself in 2000.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Time Traders →

Time OdysseySeries

seriesArthur C. Clarke & Stephen Baxter3 books2003

About aliens, set in space.

Start with Time's Eye →

Change WarSeries

seriesFritz Leiber16 books1958

Science fiction and time travel.

“Leiber followed it with a string of shorter Change War stories, later gathered into collections such as Changewar, exploring other soldiers and other flashpoints in the same endless, mutable conflict.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Big Time →

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 Spectrum?: Library of America P. K. Dick Collection — the closest match to Spectrum on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Spectrum?: Spectrum. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Spectrum.
How big is Spectrum?: Spectrum is 7 books, 1941–1966.
Is Spectrum finished?: Yes — 7 books, 1941–1966.

Books like Spectrum: 9 series to read next

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