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Books like Worlds (Joe Haldeman): 9 series to read next

Worlds (Joe Haldeman) is science fiction, set in near future. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Worlds (Joe Haldeman) is 3 books, 1981–1992.

“Joe Haldeman's trilogy is set among the Worlds, a network of orbital satellite colonies whose half-million residents watch Earth tear itself apart in a devastating war.”
from the catalogue description

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Ender's Game
Dune
Flood
Alliance-Union
Maze Runner
Future History
Library of America P. K. Dick Collection
Hainish
Aftermath (Charles Sheffield)

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 →

FloodSeries

seriesStephen Baxter6 books2008

About ecological collapse.

“The 2009 sequel, Ark, follows a parallel thread of people who instead gamble everything on a desperate escape from the drowning planet.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Flood →

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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Maze RunnerSeries

seriesJames Dashner11 books2009

Dystopia.

“A 16 year old boy awakens with amnesia in a community of other youths in the center of a maze, and realizes they must cooperate to escape.”
from the catalogue description of The Maze Runner
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Start with The Maze Runner →

Future HistorySeries

seriesRobert A. Heinlein42 books1939

Science fiction.

“The term Future History was coined by John W. Campbell Jr. in the February 1941 issue of Astounding Science Fiction.”
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Start with Life-Line →

Library of America P. K. Dick CollectionSeries

seriesPhilip K. Dick9 books1962

Science fiction, set in near future.

“Technically banned, a novel called The Grasshopper Lies Heavy imagines a world where the Allies won instead — and its reclusive author, Hawthorne Abendsen, becomes an obsession for characters on every side.”
from the catalogue description of The Man in the High Castle

Start with The Man in the High Castle →

HainishSeries

seriesUrsula K. Le Guin33 books1964

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

“The Hainish Cycle consists of a number of science fiction novels and stories by Ursula K. Le Guin.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Rocannon's World →

Aftermath (Charles Sheffield)Series

seriesCharles Sheffield2 books1998

Set in space.

“Charles Sheffield's Aftermath duology opens with a near-future Earth devastated by a nearby supernova's radiation, which knocks out electronics and forces survivors to rebuild without most modern technology.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Aftermath →

Why these

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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 Worlds (Joe Haldeman)?: Ender's Game — the closest match to Worlds (Joe Haldeman) on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Worlds (Joe Haldeman)?: Worlds: A Novel of the Near Future. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Worlds (Joe Haldeman).
How big is Worlds (Joe Haldeman)?: Worlds (Joe Haldeman) is 3 books, 1981–1992.

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