Series

Books like Zeke Hailey: 9 series to read next

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

Zeke Hailey is 5 books, 2013–2022.

The Zeke Hailey page →Narrow this list →

Known Space
CoDominium
Ender's Game
Uplift
Thistledown
Heaven Chronicles / Zones of Thought
Old Man's War
Heechee
Quadrail

Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

Science fiction, about aliens, set in far future and space.

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

Reading order →

CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

Military science fiction.

“The body of work runs along a few hard threads rather than one line.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

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

Reading order →

UpliftUniverse

universe13 books1980

About uplift.

“No species, the Galactics insist, ever climbs to sapience alone.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

ThistledownSeries

seriesGreg Bear5 books1978

Hard science fiction.

Start with The Wind from a Burning Woman →

Heaven Chronicles / Zones of ThoughtSeries

seriesJoan D. Vinge & Vernor Vinge8 books1976

Science fiction and space opera, set in far future and space.

Reading order →

Old Man's WarSeries

seriesJohn Scalzi16 books2005

Military science fiction, about war.

“Sign a document at 65, saying you intend to join up 10 years later.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Old Man's War →

HeecheeSeries

seriesFrederik Pohl19 books1972

Science fiction and space opera, about aliens and space exploration, set in far future and space.

“The Heechee are an advanced alien race that visited the Solar System hundreds of millennia ago and then mysteriously disappeared.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Gateway →

QuadrailSeries

seriesTimothy Zahn5 books2005

Mysterious in tone, about political intrigue.

“Paired with the telepathically gifted Bayta, Compton investigates and fights the Modhri, a parasitic group-mind quietly seizing control of galactic leaders from within.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Night Train to Rigel →

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 Zeke Hailey?: Known Space — the closest match to Zeke Hailey on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Zeke Hailey?: The Infinity Trap. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Zeke Hailey.
How big is Zeke Hailey?: Zeke Hailey is 5 books, 2013–2022.

Books like Zeke Hailey: 9 series to read next

Read next in Zeke Hailey

Why these

Questions readers ask

Other series like this one