Find your next SF/F read by mood

series15 books2011

Fairy tale retelling, adventurous in tone, set in other star systems.

“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

Start with Fairest: Levana's Story →

StardanceSeries

series5 books1977

Science fiction, set in space.

“Stardance began as Spider Robinson and Jeanne Robinson's Hugo- and Nebula-winning novella before growing into a trilogy about the birth of dance choreographed for zero gravity, and the human and, later, alien audiences it reaches.”
from the catalogue

Start with Stardance →

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

Start with Ender's Game →

includes Ender Wiggin, Ender's Shadow, First Formic War, Second Formic War, Fleet School

VorkosiganUniverse

universe27 books1986

Space opera, set in other star systems.

“Beyond his backwater lies the wormhole nexus: a scatter of human worlds strung along unstable jump-routes, where a blood-and-honor warrior aristocracy, a coolly egalitarian utopia, and a hundred lesser polities trade, spy, and go to war.”
from the catalogue

Start with Shards of Honor →

includes Miles Vorkosigan, Cordelia Vorkosigan, Quaddies

HainishSeries

series33 books1964

completed

Reflective in tone, set in other star systems.

“The Hainish Cycle consists of a number of science fiction novels and stories by Ursula K. Le Guin.”
from the catalogue

Start with Rocannon's World →

Winter's OrbitSeries

series2 books2021

Space opera, about marriage of convenience and political intrigue, set in other star systems.

“After Prince Taam of Iskat dies mysteriously, his cousin Kiem is forced to marry Taam's widower.”
from the catalogue

Start with Winter's Orbit →

More like Fusion