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Books like Astral Prime: 9 series to read next

Astral Prime 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.

Astral Prime is 15 books, 2018–2019.

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Heaven Chronicles / Zones of Thought
Ender's Game
CoDominium
Old Man's War
Dune
Alliance-Union
Honorverse
Foundation
Commonwealth

Heaven Chronicles / Zones of ThoughtSeries

seriesJoan D. Vinge & Vernor Vinge8 books1976

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

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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.”
from the catalogue description

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CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

Military science fiction.

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

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Old Man's WarSeries

seriesJohn Scalzi16 books2005

Military science fiction.

“Sign a document at 65, saying you intend to join up 10 years later.”
from the catalogue description
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DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Space opera and science fiction, about political intrigue, set in far future and other star systems.

“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

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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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HonorverseUniverse

universe83 books1993

Military science fiction.

“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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FoundationUniverse

universe123 books1940

About robots.

“There is a science that reads the future of quadrillions the way an astronomer reads the orbits of stars.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Foundation →

CommonwealthUniverse

universe12 books2002

Space opera and science fiction, set in far future.

“Step aboard the train at the Second Chance terminal and ride the wormhole to another star.”
from the catalogue description

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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.

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What should I read after Astral Prime?: Heaven Chronicles / Zones of Thought — the closest match to Astral Prime on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Astral Prime?: Shadow Planet. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Astral Prime.
How big is Astral Prime?: Astral Prime is 15 books, 2018–2019.

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