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Books like The Sturch: 9 series to read next

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

The Sturch is 6 books, 1952–2010.

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Ender's Game
Dune
Hainish
Xenogenesis / Lilith's Brood
Thistledown
Pandora
Anna Nestor-Sigrid / The Aighors
Lagoon / Binti Universe
Marjorie Westriding

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

Reading order →

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 →

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 →

Xenogenesis / Lilith's BroodSeries

seriesOctavia E. Butler4 books1987

First contact, about genetic engineering.

“aliens reproducing with humans. they are mixing genes with humans because humans have destroyed earth basically because nuclear war. because they are stupid. credit to katsoda26”
from the catalogue description of Dawn
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Dawn →

ThistledownSeries

seriesGreg Bear5 books1978

Hard science fiction, about space exploration, set in space.

Start with The Wind from a Burning Woman →

PandoraSeries

seriesFrank Herbert & Bill Ransom4 books1966

About artificial intelligence.

“The Pandora Sequence opens with Frank Herbert's solo novel Destination: Void, in which a starship crew must jury-rig a working artificial consciousness after their vessel's control systems fail.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Destination: Void →

Anna Nestor-Sigrid / The AighorsSeries

seriesGreg Bear4 books1975

Adventurous in tone, set in space.

“Greg Bear wrote it as a standalone 1980 novel rather than the start of a series.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Perihesperon →

Lagoon / Binti UniverseSeries

seriesNnedi Okorafor5 books2014

Science fiction, about aliens, set in far future.

“In 2014 it was chosen as an honor list title for the James Tiptree Jr. Award.”
from the catalogue description of Lagoon

Start with Lagoon →

Marjorie WestridingSeries

seriesSheri S. Tepper3 books1989

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

“Raising the Stones and Sideshow carry the trilogy's ideas forward across roughly a thousand years and more of the same future history, with Marjorie's legacy and the extinct alien Arbai continuing to shape events.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Grass →

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 Sturch?: Ender's Game — the closest match to The Sturch on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Sturch?: The Lovers. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Sturch.
How big is The Sturch?: The Sturch is 6 books, 1952–2010.

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