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Books like Tatja Grimm: 9 series to read next

Tatja Grimm is science fiction, about space exploration, set in far future and other star systems, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Tatja Grimm is 4 books, 1968–1987.

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Known Space
Humanx Commonwealth
Mesklin
Heechee
Uplift
Hainish
Cities in Flight
The Final Architecture
CoDominium

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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MesklinSeries

seriesHal Clement6 books1954

Hard science fiction.

“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
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Start with Mission of Gravity →

HeecheeSeries

seriesFrederik Pohl19 books1972

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 →

UpliftUniverse

universe13 books1980

About uplift, set in space.

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

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HainishSeries

seriesUrsula K. Le Guin33 books1964

Reflective in tone.

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

Cities in FlightSeries

seriesJames Blish10 books1950

About space colonization, set in space.

“The stories cover roughly two thousand years, from the very near future to the end of the universe.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with They Shall Have Stars →

The Final ArchitectureSeries

seriesAdrian Tchaikovsky6 books2021

Tense in tone, about war, set in space.

“Eighty years ago, Earth was destroyed by an alien 'Architect'.”
from the catalogue description of Shards of Earth
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Shards of Earth →

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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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 Tatja Grimm?: Known Space — the closest match to Tatja Grimm on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Tatja Grimm?: Grimm's Story. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Tatja Grimm.
How big is Tatja Grimm?: Tatja Grimm is 4 books, 1968–1987.
Is Tatja Grimm finished?: Yes — 4 books, 1968–1987.

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