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Books like Alexis Carew: 9 series to read next

Alexis Carew is space opera and 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.

Alexis Carew is 8 books, 2014–2025.

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CoDominium
Known Space
Old Man's War
Ender's Game
The Lost Fleet
Honorverse
Alliance-Union
RCN
Vatta

CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

Science fiction and military science fiction, set in far future and other star systems.

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

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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.”
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Old Man's WarSeries

seriesJohn Scalzi16 books2005

Science fiction and space opera, adventurous in tone, about war, set in far future and space.

“Sign a document at 65, saying you intend to join up 10 years later.”
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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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The Lost FleetUniverse

universe27 books2006

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

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

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HonorverseUniverse

universe83 books1993

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

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

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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.”
from the catalogue description

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RCNSeries

seriesDavid Drake15 books1998

Space opera and science fiction, adventurous and tense in tone, about war and political intrigue, set in far future and space.

“David Drake's RCN series follows Daniel Leary, an officer in the Republic of Cinnabar Navy, and Adele Mundy, a librarian who moonlights as a spy, across a run of standalone-but-connected novels beginning with With the Lightnings.”
from the catalogue description

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VattaUniverse

universe10 books2003

Space opera and science fiction, adventurous and tense in tone, set in far future and space.

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

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What should I read after Alexis Carew?: CoDominium — the closest match to Alexis Carew on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Alexis Carew?: Planetfall. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Alexis Carew.
How big is Alexis Carew?: Alexis Carew is 8 books, 2014–2025.

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