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Books like Warlock: 9 series to read next

Warlock is science fiction, about aliens, set in other star systems and far future, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Warlock is 3 books, 1960–1973.

“Storm Over Warlock opens Andre Norton's Warlock trilogy, which blends science fiction and fantasy — advanced technology set against witchcraft-like alien powers — in a way typical of Norton's other work.”
from the catalogue description

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Forerunner
Known Space
Catteni Sequence
Uplift
Humanx Commonwealth
Heechee
Janissaries
CoDominium
Alliance-Union

ForerunnerSeries

seriesAndre Norton5 books1960

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

“Under desperate circumstances, a beautiful young woman must team up with a star traveler in order to find the key to the start of civilization so that the future might be saved.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Forerunner →

Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

Set in space.

“Give a clever species a few centuries and a working fusion drive, and it will fill the sky with problems.”
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Catteni SequenceSeries

seriesAnne McCaffrey5 books1970

Space opera.

“The Catteni series is a tetralogy of science fiction novels by American writer Anne McCaffrey.”
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Start with Freedom's Landing →

UpliftUniverse

universe13 books1980

Space opera, about uplift, set in space.

“No species, the Galactics insist, ever climbs to sapience alone.”
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Humanx CommonwealthUniverse

universe39 books1972

Set in space.

“Two species that ought, by every buried instinct, to recoil from one another instead clasp hand to truhand and build a galaxy together.”
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HeecheeSeries

seriesFrederik Pohl19 books1972

Space opera, about space exploration, set in space.

“The Heechee are an advanced alien race that visited the Solar System hundreds of millennia ago and then mysteriously disappeared.”
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Start with Gateway →

JanissariesSeries

seriesJerry Pournelle, Roland J. Green, David Weber & Phillip Pournelle4 books1979

Military science fiction, about war.

“Janissaries are an American series of military and political-based science fiction novels are set in an interstellar confederation of races, in which humans are a slave race entrusted with military affairs and law enforcement.”
from the catalogue description
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CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

Military science fiction.

“The body of work runs along a few hard threads rather than one line.”
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Alliance-UnionUniverse

universe173 books1976

Science fiction, set in far future.

“Around that spine cluster the merchanter novels of trader Families, the Faded Sun trilogy of human envoys among the martial alien Mri, and the Chanur books, narrated from the hierarchical, whiskered viewpoint of the hani.”
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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 Warlock?: Forerunner — the closest match to Warlock on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Warlock?: Storm Over Warlock. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Warlock.
How big is Warlock?: Warlock is 3 books, 1960–1973.
Is Warlock finished?: Yes — 3 books, 1960–1973.

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