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Books like Star Ka'at: 9 series to read next

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

Star Ka'at is 5 books, 1976–2020.

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Known Space
Humanx Commonwealth
Uplift
Barsoom
The Talents
Heechee
Mesklin
CoDominium
Catteni Sequence

Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

Set in space.

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

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Humanx CommonwealthUniverse

universe39 books1972

Set in space.

“Two species that ought, by every buried instinct, to recoil from one another instead clasp hand to truhand and build a galaxy together.”
from the catalogue description

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UpliftUniverse

universe13 books1980

Space opera, about uplift, set in space.

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

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BarsoomSeries

seriesEdgar Rice Burroughs, Rob Dorsey, Geary Gravel, Ann Tonsor Zeddies, Stuart Moore, Austin Grossman, Bebe Balocca, Catherynne M. Valente, Chris Claremont, Chuck Dixon, David Barr Kirtley, Garth Nix, Genevieve Valentine, Joe R. Lansdale, John Coleman Burroughs, John Joseph Adams, Jonathan Maberry, L. E. Modesitt, Jr., Mike Resnick, Peter S. Beagle, Robin Wasserman, S. M. Stirling, Theodora Goss, Tobias S. Buckell & William Gilmour53 books1917

Science fantasy, set in mars.

“Barsoom is a fictional representation of the planet Mars created by American pulp fiction author Edgar Rice Burroughs.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with A Princess of Mars →

The TalentsUniverse

universe18 books1959

About psychic powers.

“Somewhere a Prime holds a Tower, gathers the gestalt of a generator's power, and flings a starship — or a single frightened child — across the light-years between worlds.”
from the catalogue description

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HeecheeSeries

seriesFrederik Pohl19 books1972

Space opera, about space exploration, set in space.

“The Heechee are an advanced alien race that visited the Solar System hundreds of millennia ago and then mysteriously disappeared.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Gateway →

MesklinSeries

seriesHal Clement6 books1954

Hard science fiction, about space exploration.

“The idea came from an object that was at the time believed to exist in the 61 Cygni system, and which might represent an extrasolar planet.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Mission of Gravity →

CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

Military science fiction.

“The body of work runs along a few hard threads rather than one line.”
from the catalogue description

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Catteni SequenceSeries

seriesAnne McCaffrey5 books1970

Space opera, about slavery.

“The Catteni series is a tetralogy of science fiction novels by American writer Anne McCaffrey.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Freedom's Landing →

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 Star Ka'at?: Known Space — the closest match to Star Ka'at on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Star Ka'at?: Star Ka'at. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Star Ka'at.
How big is Star Ka'at?: Star Ka'at is 5 books, 1976–2020.
Is Star Ka'at finished?: Yes — 5 books, 1976–2020.

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