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Books like This Immortal: 9 series to read next

This Immortal is science fiction and post-apocalyptic, about immortality, set in our world, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

This Immortal is 2 books, 1966–2025.

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Tripods
Maurai
Pax / Astra
Foundation
Hainish
Known Space
City
Saint Leibowitz
Catteni Sequence

TripodsSeries

seriesJohn Christopher4 books1967

Alien invasion, tense in tone, set in near future.

“The first two books were the basis of a science fiction TV series, produced in the United Kingdom in the 1980s.”
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Start with When the Tripods Came →

MauraiSeries

seriesPoul Anderson6 books1959

About ecological collapse and political intrigue.

“The Maurai dominate the Pacific and Indian Oceans.”
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Start with The Sky People →

Pax / AstraSeries

seriesAndre Norton2 books1954

Tense in tone, about survival.

“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! →

FoundationUniverse

universe123 books1940

About robots.

“There is a science that reads the future of quadrillions the way an astronomer reads the orbits of stars.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Foundation →

HainishSeries

seriesUrsula K. Le Guin33 books1964

Set in other star systems.

“The Hainish Cycle consists of a number of science fiction novels and stories by Ursula K. Le Guin.”
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Start with Rocannon's World →

Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

Set in space and other star systems.

“Give a clever species a few centuries and a working fusion drive, and it will fill the sky with problems.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

CitySeries

seriesClifford D. Simak19 books1944

Science fiction, reflective in tone, set in far future and our world.

Start with Census →

Saint LeibowitzSeries

seriesWalter M. Miller & Jr.6 books1955

About faith and religion, set in north america.

“Together the two novels form a sparse, decades-spanning series about memory, faith, and the cycles of civilization.”
from the catalogue description

Start with A Canticle for Leibowitz →

Catteni SequenceSeries

seriesAnne McCaffrey5 books1970

Space opera, about slavery, set in 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 →

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 This Immortal?: Tripods — the closest match to This Immortal on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with This Immortal?: This Immortal. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for This Immortal.
How big is This Immortal?: This Immortal is 2 books, 1966–2025.

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