Series

Books like Venus (Brackett): 9 series to read next

Venus (Brackett) is science fiction, set in far future. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Venus (Brackett) is 9 books, 1940–1948.

The Venus (Brackett) page →Narrow this list →

Known Space
Uplift
Heechee
Humanx Commonwealth
Cities in Flight
CoDominium
Space Beagle
Academy / Priscilla (Hutch) Hutchins
Pax / Astra

Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

Science fiction, about aliens, set in far future 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 →

UpliftUniverse

universe13 books1980

About uplift.

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

Reading order →

HeecheeSeries

seriesFrederik Pohl19 books1972

Science fiction and space opera, about space exploration and aliens, set in far future and 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 →

Humanx CommonwealthUniverse

universe39 books1972

Science fiction, adventurous in tone, about aliens, set in far future and 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

Reading order →

Cities in FlightSeries

seriesJames Blish10 books1950

About space colonization.

“The stories cover roughly two thousand years, from the very near future to the end of the universe.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with They Shall Have Stars →

CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

Military science fiction.

“The body of work runs along a few hard threads rather than one line.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

Space BeagleSeries

seriesA. E. van Vogt5 books1939

Set in spaceship.

Start with Black Destroyer →

Academy / Priscilla (Hutch) HutchinsSeries

seriesJack McDevitt16 books1983

Science fiction, about space exploration and aliens, set in far future and 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 →

Pax / AstraSeries

seriesAndre Norton2 books1954

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! →

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 Venus (Brackett)?: Known Space — the closest match to Venus (Brackett) on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Venus (Brackett)?: The Stellar Legion. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Venus (Brackett).
How big is Venus (Brackett)?: Venus (Brackett) is 9 books, 1940–1948.
Is Venus (Brackett) finished?: Yes — 9 books, 1940–1948.

Books like Venus (Brackett): 9 series to read next

Read next in Venus (Brackett)

Why these

Questions readers ask

Other series like this one