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Books like Tommy Reames: 9 series to read next

Tommy Reames is science fiction, about space exploration, 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.

Tommy Reames is 3 books, 1931–2010.

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Known Space
Heechee
Space Beagle
Arcot, Morey and Wade
Humanx Commonwealth
Academy / Priscilla (Hutch) Hutchins
Jason Croft
The Final Architecture
Uplift

Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

About aliens, set in 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

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HeecheeSeries

seriesFrederik Pohl19 books1972

Space opera, about aliens, set in other star systems.

“The Heechee are an advanced alien race that visited the Solar System hundreds of millennia ago and then mysteriously disappeared.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Gateway →

Space BeagleSeries

seriesA. E. van Vogt5 books1939

Space opera, tense in tone, about aliens, set in spaceship.

Start with Black Destroyer →

Arcot, Morey and WadeSeries

seriesJohn W. Campbell & Jr.7 books1930

Space opera, about aliens, set in other star systems.

“The books follow the same trio of scientist-adventurers through escalating, gadget-driven space adventures typical of early Golden Age SF, continuing through Islands of Space and Invaders from the Infinite.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Black Star Passes →

Humanx CommonwealthUniverse

universe39 books1972

About aliens, set in 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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Academy / Priscilla (Hutch) HutchinsSeries

seriesJack McDevitt16 books1983

About aliens, set in other star systems.

“Beginning with The Engines of God, the series treats deep time and the near-total absence of intelligent alien life as its central mystery, favoring slow-burn discovery over action.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Engines of God →

Jason CroftSeries

seriesJ. U. Giesy4 books1965

Space opera, about aliens, set in other star systems.

Start with Palos of the Dog Star Pack →

The Final ArchitectureSeries

seriesAdrian Tchaikovsky6 books2021

Space opera, about aliens and war, set in other star systems.

“Eighty years ago, Earth was destroyed by an alien 'Architect'.”
from the catalogue description of Shards of Earth
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Shards of Earth →

UpliftUniverse

universe13 books1980

Space opera, about uplift and aliens, set in other star systems.

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

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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 Tommy Reames?: Known Space — the closest match to Tommy Reames on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Tommy Reames?: The Fifth-Dimension Catapult. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Tommy Reames.
How big is Tommy Reames?: Tommy Reames is 3 books, 1931–2010.
Is Tommy Reames finished?: Yes — 3 books, 1931–2010.

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