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Books like 13th Spaceborne: 9 series to read next

13th Spaceborne is science fiction and military 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.

13th Spaceborne is 3 books, 1994–1995.

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Known Space
Ender's Game
Vatta
Honorverse
The Lost Fleet
Uplift
Alliance-Union
Halo
Fifth Imperium

Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

About aliens.

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

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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.”
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VattaUniverse

universe10 books2003

Space opera.

“Get kicked out of the Academy and the family still hands you a ship.”
from the catalogue description

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HonorverseUniverse

universe83 books1993

Space opera.

“At the center stands one officer, Honor Harrington — captain, then something far larger — and the six-limbed empathic treecat who rides her shoulder.”
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The Lost FleetUniverse

universe27 books2006

Space opera.

“A war a hundred years old has forgotten how to fight it.”
from the catalogue description

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UpliftUniverse

universe13 books1980

Space opera, about uplift and aliens.

“No species, the Galactics insist, ever climbs to sapience alone.”
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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.”
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HaloUniverse

universe70 books2001

Science fiction and military science fiction, set in far future and space.

“The shelf grows out of a 2001 video game, but it reads as its own body of military science fiction, built by many hands.”
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Fifth ImperiumSeries

seriesDavid Weber3 books1991

Space opera, about artificial intelligence and aliens.

“The three novels were later collected as the omnibus Empire from the Ashes.”
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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 13th Spaceborne?: Known Space — the closest match to 13th Spaceborne on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with 13th Spaceborne?: Until Relieved. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for 13th Spaceborne.
How big is 13th Spaceborne?: 13th Spaceborne is 3 books, 1994–1995.
Is 13th Spaceborne finished?: Yes — 3 books, 1994–1995.

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