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Books like Windhaven: 9 series to read next

Windhaven is science fiction. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Windhaven is 4 books, 1975–2018.

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WondLa
Mortal Engines
Kairos
Pit Dragon
Alliance-Union
The Obernewtyn Chronicles
Tripods
Barsoom
Pax / Astra

WondLaSeries

seriesTony DiTerlizzi3 books2010

About aliens.

“Tony DiTerlizzi's WondLa trilogy follows Eva Nine, a twelve-year-old girl raised in isolation underground by a robot guardian, who emerges onto a surface world populated by strange alien life and sets out to find others like herself.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Search for WondLa →

Mortal EnginesUniverse

universe14 books2001

Post-apocalyptic and steampunk.

“In a world where the cities were put on wheels to outrun a war that ended in a single afternoon, Municipal Darwinism is the law: big towns eat small ones, strip them for parts and take their people aboard as citizens or as scrap.”
from the catalogue description

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KairosSeries

seriesMadeleine L'Engle11 books1962

Science fiction.

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Pit DragonSeries

seriesJane Yolen5 books1980

About dragons.

“Dragon's Blood traces that bond between boy and dragon from theft to the pits; the sequels, Heart's Blood and A Sending of Dragons, follow Jakkin further as the stakes around the dragons and his own status widen.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Dragon's Blood →

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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The Obernewtyn ChroniclesSeries

seriesIsobelle Carmody9 books1987

Post-apocalyptic, about psychic powers.

“Carmody began writing it at the age of fourteen, and reworked the novel through high school and university.”
from the catalogue description of Obernewtyn
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Obernewtyn →

TripodsSeries

seriesJohn Christopher4 books1967

Post-apocalyptic, about aliens, set in our world and near future.

“The first two books were the basis of a science fiction TV series, produced in the United Kingdom in the 1980s.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with When the Tripods Came →

BarsoomSeries

seriesEdgar Rice Burroughs, Rob Dorsey, Geary Gravel, Ann Tonsor Zeddies, Stuart Moore, Austin Grossman, Bebe Balocca, Catherynne M. Valente, Chris Claremont, Chuck Dixon, David Barr Kirtley, Garth Nix, Genevieve Valentine, Joe R. Lansdale, John Coleman Burroughs, John Joseph Adams, Jonathan Maberry, L. E. Modesitt, Jr., Mike Resnick, Peter S. Beagle, Robin Wasserman, S. M. Stirling, Theodora Goss, Tobias S. Buckell & William Gilmour53 books1917

Science fantasy, set in mars.

“Barsoom is a fictional representation of the planet Mars created by American pulp fiction author Edgar Rice Burroughs.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with A Princess of Mars →

Pax / AstraSeries

seriesAndre Norton2 books1954

Tense in tone.

“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 Windhaven?: WondLa — the closest match to Windhaven on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Windhaven?: The Storms of Windhaven. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Windhaven.
How big is Windhaven?: Windhaven is 4 books, 1975–2018.

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