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Books like The Grand Tour: 9 series to read next

The Grand Tour is science fiction and hard science fiction, about space colonization, set in the moon, tense in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Grand Tour is 40 books across 5 series, 1967–2025.

“The Grand Tour is exactly what its name promises: a world-by-world survey of humanity spilling off its home planet, told in hard, load-bearing science where the physics is real and the frontier does not forgive a careless suit seal.”
from the catalogue description

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Dune
The Martian
Alliance-Union
Known Space
Ender's Game
Honorverse
Adventures of Viktor & Julia
Forge of God
Thistledown

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Science fiction and space opera, about political intrigue, set in far future and other star systems.

“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 MartianSeries

seriesAndy Weir2 books2012

Hopeful in tone.

“Using scientific improvisation and dark humor, Watney works to keep himself alive long enough for a rescue to reach him.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Martian →

Alliance-UnionUniverse

universe173 books1976

Science fiction, 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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Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

Science fiction, about aliens, set in far future and 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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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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HonorverseUniverse

universe83 books1993

Science fiction and space opera, set in far future and other star systems.

“At the center stands one officer, Honor Harrington — captain, then something far larger — and the six-limbed empathic treecat who rides her shoulder.”
from the catalogue description

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Adventures of Viktor & JuliaSeries

seriesGregory Benford2 books1999

Science fiction and hard science fiction, tense and adventurous in tone, about space exploration and survival, set in near future.

“When NASA becomes bogged down in politics and bureaucracy, businessman Axelrod and a conglomerate of backers seize their chance.”
from the catalogue description of The Martian Race

Start with The Martian Race →

Forge of GodSeries

seriesGreg Bear2 books1987

Science fiction, tense and dark in tone, about survival and aliens.

“Earth faces destruction when an inscrutable and overwhelming alien form of life attacks.”
from the catalogue description of The Forge of God

Start with The Forge of God →

ThistledownSeries

seriesGreg Bear5 books1978

Science fiction and hard science fiction, about space exploration, set in far future and space.

Start with The Wind from a Burning Woman →

Why these

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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 The Grand Tour?: Dune — the closest match to The Grand Tour on what it is about, not on what sells.
How big is The Grand Tour?: The Grand Tour is 40 books across 5 series, 1967–2025.

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