Series

Books like Starwolf: 9 series to read next

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

Starwolf is 3 books, 1967–1968.

The Starwolf page →Narrow this list →

Known Space
CoDominium
Heechee
Dune
Foundation
Uplift
Humanx Commonwealth
Old Man's War
The Stainless Steel Rat

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 →

CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

Military science fiction.

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

Reading order →

HeecheeSeries

seriesFrederik Pohl19 books1972

About aliens and space exploration.

“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 →

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

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 →

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 →

UpliftUniverse

universe13 books1980

About uplift and aliens.

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

Reading order →

Humanx CommonwealthUniverse

universe39 books1972

About aliens.

“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

Reading order →

Old Man's WarSeries

seriesJohn Scalzi16 books2005

Military science fiction, about war.

“Sign a document at 65, saying you intend to join up 10 years later.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Old Man's War →

The Stainless Steel RatSeries

seriesHarry Harrison21 books1957

Funny in tone, about con artists.

“An adolescent boy on a dull planet resolves to live by his wits outside the law, and enacts a plan which leads to risk and reward.”
from the catalogue description of A Stainless Steel Rat Is Born
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with A Stainless Steel Rat Is Born →

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 Starwolf?: Known Space — the closest match to Starwolf on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Starwolf?: The Weapon from Beyond. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Starwolf.
How big is Starwolf?: Starwolf is 3 books, 1967–1968.
Is Starwolf finished?: Yes — 3 books, 1967–1968.

Books like Starwolf: 9 series to read next

Read next in Starwolf

Why these

Questions readers ask

Other series like this one