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Books like Star Maker: 9 series to read next

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

Star Maker is 9 books, 1937–1997.

“Together they sit within Stapledon's last-men-universe of linked visionary future histories.”
from the catalogue description

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Foundation
Xeelee
The Culture
Neverness Universe
Thistledown
Hainish
Dune
A Meeting with Medusa
Canopus in Argos: Archives

FoundationUniverse

universe123 books1940

About robots.

“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 →

XeeleeSeries

seriesStephen Baxter & uncredited89 books1987

Hard science fiction, set in space.

“The Xeelee are described as symbiotic entities composed of spacetime defects, Bose–Einstein condensates, and baryonic matter.”
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Start with Raft →

The CultureUniverse

universe21 books1987

About artificial intelligence.

“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 →

Neverness UniverseSeries

seriesDavid Zindell6 books1985

Set in space and other star systems.

Reading order →

ThistledownSeries

seriesGreg Bear5 books1978

Hard science fiction, set in space.

Start with The Wind from a Burning Woman →

HainishSeries

seriesUrsula K. Le Guin33 books1964

Set in other star systems.

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

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 →

A Meeting with MedusaSeries

seriesAlastair Reynolds, Arthur C. Clarke & Stephen Baxter2 books1971

Hard science fiction, about immortality, set in space and outer planets & moons.

“Arthur C. Clarke's A Meeting with Medusa follows an astronaut, badly injured in an earlier disaster, on a solo balloon expedition into Jupiter's atmosphere, where he encounters vast floating lifeforms unlike anything previously catalogued.”
from the catalogue description

Start with A Meeting with Medusa →

Canopus in Argos: ArchivesSeries

seriesDoris Lessing5 books1979

Science fiction, reflective in tone, about aliens, set in far future.

“Canopus in Argos: Archives is a sequence of five science fiction novels by Nobel laureate author Doris Lessing, which portray a number of societies at different stages of development, over a great period of time.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Re: Colonised Planet 5, Shikasta →

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 Maker?: Foundation — the closest match to Star Maker on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Star Maker?: Star Maker. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Star Maker.
How big is Star Maker?: Star Maker is 9 books, 1937–1997.
Is Star Maker finished?: Yes — 9 books, 1937–1997.

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