Series

Books like Underpants: 9 series to read next

Underpants is 7 books, 2007–2016.

Barsoom
Lord of Light
Edgar Rice Burroughs's Venus universe
After Such Knowledge
The Riftwar
Lux Universe
Star Shards
Cluster
WondLa

seriesEdgar Rice Burroughs, Rob Dorsey, Geary Gravel, Ann Tonsor Zeddies, Stuart Moore, Austin Grossman, Bebe Balocca, Catherynne M. Valente, Chris Claremont, Chuck Dixon, David Barr Kirtley, Garth Nix, Genevieve Valentine, Joe R. Lansdale, John Coleman Burroughs, John Joseph Adams, Jonathan Maberry, L. E. Modesitt, Jr., Mike Resnick, Peter S. Beagle, Robin Wasserman, S. M. Stirling, Theodora Goss, Tobias S. Buckell & William Gilmour53 books1917

Science fiction and science fantasy, adventurous in tone, set in mars.

“Barsoom is a fictional representation of the planet Mars created by American pulp fiction author Edgar Rice Burroughs.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with A Princess of Mars →

Lord of LightSeries

seriesRoger Zelazny, Shariann Lewitt & Steve Perry5 books1967

Science fantasy, about gods, set in far future and other star systems.

“One of their own, called Sam, breaks with the pantheon to return forbidden knowledge to the ordinary people they rule, touching off a war among the self-styled gods.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Dawn →

Edgar Rice Burroughs's Venus universeSeries

seriesEdgar Rice Burroughs, Geary Gravel, Matt Betts, Neal Romanek & Richard A. Lupoff14 books1933

Science fantasy, adventurous in tone, set in venus & inner planets and far future.

Start with Skies of Venus →

After Such KnowledgeSeries

seriesJames Blish7 books1953

“After Such Knowledge is James Blish's loosely linked trilogy on the costs of forbidden or dangerous knowledge.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Doctor Mirabilis →

The RiftwarUniverse

universe44 books1982

Epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“On the world of Midkemia a tear opens in the air itself, a rift hung between stars, and through it march the armies of an empire from another world entirely.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

Lux UniverseSeries

seriesJennifer L. Armentrout11 books2011

Science fiction, tense in tone, set in contemporary and north america.

Reading order →

Star ShardsSeries

seriesNeal Shusterman3 books1995

Tense in tone, set in contemporary and our world.

“Six teenagers are horrified to discover that an evil force has taken control of them.”
from the catalogue description of Scorpion Shards

Start with Scorpion Shards →

ClusterSeries

seriesPiers Anthony9 books1977

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

“Anthony originally conceived of and wrote the series as a trilogy but later added two additional volumes.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Cluster →

WondLaSeries

seriesTony DiTerlizzi3 books2010

Science fiction, adventurous in tone, about survival and coming of age.

“Tony DiTerlizzi's WondLa trilogy follows Eva Nine, a twelve-year-old girl raised in isolation underground by a robot guardian, who emerges onto a surface world populated by strange alien life and sets out to find others like herself.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Search for WondLa →

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 Underpants?: Barsoom — the closest match to Underpants on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Underpants?: Aliens Love Underpants. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Underpants.
How big is Underpants?: Underpants is 7 books, 2007–2016.

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