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Books like System Universe: 9 series to read next

System Universe is litrpg. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

System Universe is 8 books, 2022–2025.

“Cute bunnies and beautiful butterflies became savage killing machines.”
from the catalogue description of System Change

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Alliance-Union
Mortal Engines
The Change / The Event
Stephen King multiverse
Kairos
Tolkien's legendarium
Underland Chronicles
Shannara
Cluster

Alliance-UnionUniverse

universe173 books1976

Set in far future.

“Around that spine cluster the merchanter novels of trader Families, the Faded Sun trilogy of human envoys among the martial alien Mri, and the Chanur books, narrated from the hierarchical, whiskered viewpoint of the hani.”
from the catalogue description

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Mortal EnginesUniverse

universe14 books2001

Post-apocalyptic and steampunk, set in far future.

“In a world where the cities were put on wheels to outrun a war that ended in a single afternoon, Municipal Darwinism is the law: big towns eat small ones, strip them for parts and take their people aboard as citizens or as scrap.”
from the catalogue description

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The Change / The EventSeries

seriesS. M. Stirling, A. M. Dellamonica, Diana L. Paxson, Emily Mah, Harry Turtledove, Jane Lindskold, Jody Lynn Nye, John Barnes, John Birmingham, John J. Miller, Kier Salmon, Lauren C. Teffeau, M. T. Reiten, Terry England, Victor Milán & Walter Jon Williams41 books1998

Post-apocalyptic, set in north america.

“Sixteen different authors, coordinated by Stirling, each contribute stories set in various corners of the suddenly de-industrialized world as survivors scramble to rebuild.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Change: Tales of Downfall and Rebirth →

Stephen King multiverseUniverse

universe46 books1967

Dark in tone.

“The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Gunslinger →

KairosSeries

seriesMadeleine L'Engle11 books1962

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Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

universe163 books1923

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Before the seas were bent and the mountains raised, there was Music — and from that Music came Arda, and in the west of Middle-earth the long defeat and stubborn hope of those who dwell there.”
from the catalogue description

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Underland ChroniclesSeries

seriesSuzanne Collins5 books2003

Epic fantasy, set in underground & caves.

“The Underland is inhabited by humans who traveled below hundreds of years ago, along with various giant versions of creatures like bats, cockroaches, and rats.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Gregor the Overlander →

ShannaraUniverse

universe50 books1977

Epic fantasy.

“Long after the world we know has burned itself to slag in the Great Wars, the Four Lands rise green over the bones of the old age.”
from the catalogue description

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ClusterSeries

seriesPiers Anthony9 books1977

Set in other star systems and far future.

“Anthony originally conceived of and wrote the series as a trilogy but later added two additional volumes.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Cluster →

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.

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What should I read after System Universe?: Alliance-Union — the closest match to System Universe on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with System Universe?: System Change. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for System Universe.
How big is System Universe?: System Universe is 8 books, 2022–2025.

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