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Books like Transcendent: 9 series to read next

Transcendent is science fiction and fantasy, about gender and society, set in contemporary, reflective in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Transcendent is 4 books, 2016–2019.

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Whileaway
Heiresses of Russ
Every Day
We're Here
The Collected Stories of Carol Emshwiller
The Midnight World
VALIS
The Unreal and the Real: Selected Stories of Ursula K. Le Guin
Maps in a Mirror: The Short Fiction of Orson Scott Card

WhileawaySeries

seriesJoanna Russ4 books1972

Science fiction, reflective and challenging in tone, about gender and society, set in contemporary.

Start with When It Changed →

Heiresses of RussSeries

seriesSteve Berman, A. M. Dellamonica, Connie Wilkins, Eugene Fischer, Jean Roberta, JoSelle Vanderhooft, Melissa Scott & Tenea D. Johnson7 books2011

Science fiction and fantasy, about gender and society, set in our world and contemporary.

Start with Heiresses of Russ 2011: The Year's Best Lesbian Speculative Fiction →

Every DaySeries

seriesDavid Levithan3 books2012

Romance.

“David Levithan's Every Day follows A, a consciousness with no fixed body who wakes each morning inside a different person's life, and who falls for a girl named Rhiannon despite the impossibility of ever staying in one body to be with her.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Every Day →

We're HereSeries

seriesCharles Payseur, C. L. Clark, Darcie Little Badger, L. D. Lewis, Rahul Kanakia & Ryka Aoki5 books2021

Science fiction and fantasy, about gender and society and identity, set in our world and contemporary.

Start with We're Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction 2020 →

The Collected Stories of Carol EmshwillerSeries

seriesCarol Emshwiller2 books2011

Science fiction and literary & general, reflective in tone, about identity and gender and society, set in our world and contemporary.

Start with The Collected Stories of Carol Emshwiller Vol. 1 →

The Midnight WorldSeries

seriesMatt Haig2 books2020

About second chance and grief and loss.

“In particular, they frequently wonder how different things might have been had they made other choices at pivotal moments in their lives.”
from the catalogue description of The Midnight Library

Start with The Midnight Library →

VALISSeries

seriesPhilip K. Dick4 books1981

About faith and religion.

“The title is an acronym for Vast Active Living Intelligence System, Dick's gnostic vision of God.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with VALIS →

The Unreal and the Real: Selected Stories of Ursula K. Le GuinSeries

seriesUrsula K. Le Guin2 books2012

Literary & general, reflective and challenging in tone, about gender and society.

Start with Where on Earth →

Maps in a Mirror: The Short Fiction of Orson Scott CardSeries

seriesOrson Scott Card9 books1979

Science fiction, set in contemporary.

“Like Card's novels, most of the stories have a science fiction or fantasy theme.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Changed Man →

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 Transcendent?: Whileaway — the closest match to Transcendent on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Transcendent?: Transcendent: The Year's Best Transgender Speculative Fiction. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Transcendent.
How big is Transcendent?: Transcendent is 4 books, 2016–2019.

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