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Books like Susan Calvin: 9 series to read next

Susan Calvin is science fiction, set in near future and our world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Susan Calvin is 23 books, 1941–2016.

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Foundation
Blade Runner Universe
Library of America P. K. Dick Collection
Dogs of War (Adrian Tchaikovsky)
Lock In
Otherland
Robopocalypse
Halting State
Sunrise Alley

FoundationUniverse

universe123 books1940

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 →

Blade Runner UniverseSeries

seriesK. W. Jeter, Archie Goodwin, Les Martin & Philip K. Dick6 books1968

Cyberpunk, dark in tone, set in big city.

“Together the two trace the story's path from prose original to screen and comic-page adaptation.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? →

Library of America P. K. Dick CollectionSeries

seriesPhilip K. Dick9 books1962

Science fiction, 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 →

Dogs of War (Adrian Tchaikovsky)Series

seriesAdrian Tchaikovsky3 books2017

Cyberpunk.

“Dogs of War, Bear Head, and Bee Speaker widen from that first book's battlefield into questions of AI rights, corporate power, and non-human consciousness across a near-future Earth.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Dogs of War →

Lock InSeries

seriesJohn Scalzi3 books2014

Police procedural, set in big city.

“John Scalzi's series follows a rookie FBI agent investigating crimes that exploit this new class of disability and technology, across the novels Lock In and Head On plus the interstitial oral history Unlocked.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Lock In →

OtherlandSeries

seriesTad Williams6 books1996

Cyberpunk, about virtual reality, set in virtual world.

“Otherland is a science fiction tetralogy by American writer Tad Williams, published between 1996 and 2001.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with City of Golden Shadow →

RobopocalypseSeries

seriesDaniel H. Wilson3 books2011

Dark in tone, about survival and war.

“Told in a present-tense, techno-thriller style compared to Michael Crichton's work, the New York Times bestseller continues in the sequel Robogenesis, which follows the aftermath of the robot uprising.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Robopocalypse →

Halting StateSeries

seriesCharles Stross2 books2007

Cyberpunk, about surveillance.

“The plot centres on a bank robbery in a virtual world.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Halting State →

Sunrise AlleySeries

seriesCatherine Asaro2 books2004

About survival.

“The man said is name was Turner Pascal - but Pascal was dead, killed in a car wreck.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Sunrise Alley →

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 Susan Calvin?: Foundation — the closest match to Susan Calvin on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Susan Calvin?: Excerpt from "Liar!". It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Susan Calvin.
How big is Susan Calvin?: Susan Calvin is 23 books, 1941–2016.

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