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Books like The Gaia Chronicles: 9 series to read next

The Gaia Chronicles is science fiction. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Gaia Chronicles is 4 books, 2014–2018.

“Like every child in Is-Land, all Astra Ordott wants is to have her Security shot, do her National Service and defend her Gaian homeland from Non-Lander 'infiltrators'.”
from the catalogue description of Astra

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The Giver
Dune
The Hunger Games
Ender's Game
Mortal Engines
Brave New World
Hainish
Lunar Chronicles
Chaos Walking

The GiverSeries

seriesLois Lowry5 books1993

Science fiction and dystopia, set in far future and secondary world.

“Each book has a different protagonist but is set in the same futuristic era.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with The Giver →

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Space opera.

“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 →

The Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

Tense in tone, set in north america.

“Panem, they call it now — a nation raised on the drowned bones of North America, a glittering Capitol ringed by twelve districts it once starved into obedience.”
from the catalogue description

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Ender's GameUniverse

universe39 books1977

Science fiction, set in far future.

“To beat your enemy you must first understand him so completely that you love him — and in the instant you love him, you destroy him.”
from the catalogue description

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Mortal EnginesUniverse

universe14 books2001

Post-apocalyptic and steampunk, adventurous in tone.

“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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Brave New WorldSeries

seriesAldous Huxley & H. A. Cartledge8 books1932

About class conflict, set in otherworld.

“Some editions pair the novel with Huxley's own 1958 nonfiction essay collection, Brave New World Revisited, which reassesses the book's ideas rather than continuing its story.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Brave New World →

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
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Rocannon's World →

Lunar ChroniclesSeries

seriesMarissa Meyer15 books2011

Fairy tale retelling, adventurous in tone.

“Set in a futuristic world inhabited by various species and creatures, tensions are rising between Earth and its former colony Luna, while both attempt to manage an ongoing pandemic.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Fairest: Levana's Story →

Chaos WalkingSeries

seriesPatrick Ness5 books2008

Tense in tone.

Start with The Knife of Never Letting Go →

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 The Gaia Chronicles?: The Giver — the closest match to The Gaia Chronicles on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Gaia Chronicles?: Astra. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Gaia Chronicles.
How big is The Gaia Chronicles?: The Gaia Chronicles is 4 books, 2014–2018.

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