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Books like The Softwire: 9 series to read next

The Softwire is science fiction, about coming of age, set in far future and space, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Softwire is 4 books, 2006–2010.

“A group of around two hundred children are orphaned in outer space on their journey to the Rings of Orbis: giant, planet-like rings which surround a wormhole.”
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Catteni Sequence
Imperial Galaxy
Old Man's War
Known Space
Humanx Commonwealth
Cities in Flight
Cytoverse
Uplift
Pax / Astra

Catteni SequenceSeries

seriesAnne McCaffrey5 books1970

Science fiction and space opera, adventurous in tone, about aliens and slavery, set in far future and other star systems.

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

Imperial GalaxySeries

seriesGarth Nix2 books2012

About identity and political intrigue.

“Garth Nix's A Confusion of Princes follows Khemri through the empire's ruthless military, its secret intelligence service, and a deadly, decades-long competition to determine who might one day take the throne.”
from the catalogue description

Start with A Confusion of Princes →

Old Man's WarSeries

seriesJohn Scalzi16 books2005

Military science fiction, about war.

“Sign a document at 65, saying you intend to join up 10 years later.”
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Start with Old Man's War →

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.”
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Humanx CommonwealthUniverse

universe39 books1972

Science fiction, adventurous in tone, about aliens, set in far future and other star systems.

“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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Cities in FlightSeries

seriesJames Blish10 books1950

Science fiction and space opera, about space colonization, set in far future and space.

“The stories cover roughly two thousand years, from the very near future to the end of the universe.”
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Start with They Shall Have Stars →

CytoverseUniverse

universe10 books2008

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

“Detritus is a dead world buried under the wreckage of a hundred fallen starships, and the humans caverned beneath it live by one hard truth: to survive, you climb into a cockpit and you fight.”
from the catalogue description

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UpliftUniverse

universe13 books1980

About uplift.

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

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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! →

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 Softwire?: Catteni Sequence — the closest match to The Softwire on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Softwire?: Virus on Orbis 1. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Softwire.
How big is The Softwire?: The Softwire is 4 books, 2006–2010.

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