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Books like Wandering Stars: 9 series to read next

Wandering Stars is fantasy and science fiction, about faith and religion, reflective in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Wandering Stars is 2 books, 1974–1981.

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VALIS
American Gods
F & SF Anniversary Anthologies
Screwtape
Cosmic Trilogy (C. S. Lewis)
His Dark Materials
After Such Knowledge
Earthsea
Chocky

VALISSeries

seriesPhilip K. Dick4 books1981

Challenging in tone.

“The title is an acronym for Vast Active Living Intelligence System, Dick's gnostic vision of God.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with VALIS →

American GodsSeries

seriesNeil Gaiman10 books1999

Mythic fantasy, about gods.

“Gaiman's 2005 novel Anansi Boys is set in the same mythological world and shares the trickster god Mr. Nancy, but follows a different protagonist and story, making it a loose companion rather than a direct sequel.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Keepsakes and Treasures: A Love Story →

F & SF Anniversary AnthologiesSeries

seriesEdward L. Ferman, Gordon Van Gelder, Robert P. Mills & Kristine Kathryn Rusch8 books1960

Science fiction and fantasy.

Start with A Decade of Fantasy and Science Fiction →

ScrewtapeSeries

seriesC. S. Lewis2 books1942

Satire.

Start with The Screwtape Letters →

Cosmic Trilogy (C. S. Lewis)Series

seriesC. S. Lewis4 books1938

Set in other star systems.

Start with Out of the Silent Planet →

His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

Adventurous in tone, about coming of age, set in parallel universe.

“In a world like ours and unlike it, every human soul walks outside the body in the shape of an animal — a daemon, who speaks, who cannot be lied to, and who settles into one fixed form only when childhood ends.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

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 →

EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Epic fantasy, about wizards, set in secondary world.

“There is a lesson every wizard of Earthsea learns young: to know a thing's true name is to hold its whole being, and to speak it is to move the balance of the world.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

ChockySeries

seriesJohn Wyndham & Mark Daniel2 books1968

Science fiction, mysterious in tone, about aliens, set in contemporary.

“The BBC produced a radio adaption by John Tydeman in 1967.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Chocky →

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 Wandering Stars?: VALIS — the closest match to Wandering Stars on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Wandering Stars?: Wandering Stars: An Anthology of Jewish Fantasy and Science Fiction. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Wandering Stars.
How big is Wandering Stars?: Wandering Stars is 2 books, 1974–1981.

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