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Books like The Planetsider Trilogy: 9 series to read next

The Planetsider Trilogy is science fiction, set in other star systems and far future. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Planetsider Trilogy is 4 books, 2018–2019.

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Dune
Mortal Engines
Catteni Sequence
Burl
Heorot
Pax / Astra
CoDominium
The Hunger Games
Ender's Game

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Space opera, about political intrigue.

“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 →

Mortal EnginesUniverse

universe14 books2001

Steampunk.

“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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Catteni SequenceSeries

seriesAnne McCaffrey5 books1970

Space opera, about slavery and aliens.

“The Catteni series is a tetralogy of science fiction novels by American writer Anne McCaffrey.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Freedom's Landing →

BurlSeries

seriesMurray Leinster4 books1920

Science fiction, about survival, set in far future and other star systems.

“Burl, born into this stranded, near-primitive community, has to out-think these giant predators to keep his people alive.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Mad Planet →

HeorotSeries

seriesJerry Pournelle, Larry Niven & Steven Barnes4 books1987

About space colonization.

“Reproduction and fertility expert Dr Jack Cohen acted as a consultant on the book, designing the novel life cycle of the alien antagonists, the grendels.”
from the catalogue description of The Legacy of Heorot

Start with The Legacy of Heorot →

Pax / AstraSeries

seriesAndre Norton2 books1954

Science fiction, adventurous and tense in tone, about survival, set in far future.

“Star Flight appears to be a later omnibus or reissue rather than a third original novel.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Stars Are Ours! →

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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The Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

Dystopia, about totalitarianism, 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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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 Planetsider Trilogy?: Dune — the closest match to The Planetsider Trilogy on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Planetsider Trilogy?: Life After the Fall. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Planetsider Trilogy.
How big is The Planetsider Trilogy?: The Planetsider Trilogy is 4 books, 2018–2019.

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