Series
Books like Whileaway: 9 series to read next
Whileaway is science fiction, about gender and society, set in contemporary, challenging and reflective in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.
Whileaway is 4 books, 1972–1997.
- VALIS
- The Unreal and the Real: Selected Stories of Ursula K. Le Guin
- Herland
- Transcendent
- The Collected Stories of Carol Emshwiller
- Hainish
- Helliconia
- The James Tiptree Award Anthology
- Neanderthal Parallax
- VALISSeries
seriesPhilip K. Dick4 books1981
About faith and religion.
matchedscience fictionchallengingreflectiveidentity
seriesUrsula K. Le Guin2 books2012
matchedgender and societychallengingreflectiveliterary & general
- HerlandSeries
seriesCharlotte Perkins Gilman2 books1915
About colonialism, set in early 20th century.
matchedgender and societyreflectiveliterary & general
- TranscendentSeries
seriesBogi Takács & K. M. Szpara4 books2016
Fantasy.
matchedgender and societyscience fictionreflectivecontemporaryidentity
seriesCarol Emshwiller2 books2011
matchedscience fictionreflectivegender and societycontemporaryidentityliterary & generalour world
- HainishSeries
seriesUrsula K. Le Guin33 books1964
Science fiction, reflective in tone, set in far future and other star systems.
matchedscience fictionreflectivefar futureother star systems
- HelliconiaSeries
seriesBrian W. Aldiss4 books1982
About space colonization and ecological collapse.
matchedscience fictionchallengingreflectivemultiple povfar futureother star systems
seriesDebbie Notkin, Jeffrey D. Smith, Karen Joy Fowler, Pat Murphy & L. Timmel Duchamp5 books2004
Fantasy.
matchedgender and societyscience fictionchallengingcontemporaryidentity
- Neanderthal ParallaxSeries
seriesRobert J. Sawyer3 books2002
Science fiction and alternate history, set in contemporary and parallel universe.
matchedscience fictioncontemporaryparallel universealternate history
Read next in Whileaway
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 Whileaway?
- VALIS — the closest match to Whileaway on what it is about, not on what sells.
- Where do I start with Whileaway?
- When It Changed. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Whileaway.
- How big is Whileaway?
- Whileaway is 4 books, 1972–1997.
- Is Whileaway finished?
- Yes — 4 books, 1972–1997.