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Books like Watchstar: 9 series to read next

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

Watchstar is 3 books, 1980–1984.

“If she can successfully overcome this, she will join the Net of her village, but if she fails, her life before her approaching death will be spent with the feared Merged Ones.”
from the catalogue description

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Ender's Game
Dune
Hainish
Pandora
Chaos Walking
Lunar Chronicles
The Hunger Games
Heorot
Alliance-Union

Ender's GameUniverse

universe39 books1977

Science fiction, set in far future.

“To beat your enemy you must first understand him so completely that you love him — and in the instant you love him, you destroy him.”
from the catalogue description

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DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Space opera, about political intrigue.

“The desert planet, where empire runs on a single substance: the spice melange, which folds space, prolongs life, and unlocks prescience, and which exists nowhere else in the known universe.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Dune →

HainishSeries

seriesUrsula K. Le Guin33 books1964

Reflective in tone.

“The Hainish Cycle consists of a number of science fiction novels and stories by Ursula K. Le Guin.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Rocannon's World →

PandoraSeries

seriesFrank Herbert & Bill Ransom4 books1966

Science fiction, about survival and artificial intelligence, set in far future and other star systems.

“The Pandora Sequence opens with Frank Herbert's solo novel Destination: Void, in which a starship crew must jury-rig a working artificial consciousness after their vessel's control systems fail.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Destination: Void →

Chaos WalkingSeries

seriesPatrick Ness5 books2008

Dystopia.

Start with The Knife of Never Letting Go →

Lunar ChroniclesSeries

seriesMarissa Meyer15 books2011

Fairy tale retelling, adventurous in tone, about political intrigue.

“Set in a futuristic world inhabited by various species and creatures, tensions are rising between Earth and its former colony Luna, while both attempt to manage an ongoing pandemic.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Fairest: Levana's Story →

The Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

Dystopia, about rebellion and revolution and totalitarianism, set in north america.

“Panem, they call it now — a nation raised on the drowned bones of North America, a glittering Capitol ringed by twelve districts it once starved into obedience.”
from the catalogue description

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HeorotSeries

seriesJerry Pournelle, Larry Niven & Steven Barnes4 books1987

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

“Reproduction and fertility expert Dr Jack Cohen acted as a consultant on the book, designing the novel life cycle of the alien antagonists, the grendels.”
from the catalogue description of The Legacy of Heorot

Start with The Legacy of Heorot →

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.”
from the catalogue description

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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 Watchstar?: Ender's Game — the closest match to Watchstar on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Watchstar?: Watchstar. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Watchstar.
How big is Watchstar?: Watchstar is 3 books, 1980–1984.

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