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Books like Childe Cycle: 9 series to read next

Childe Cycle is science fiction and military science fiction, about war, set in far future and other star systems. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Childe Cycle is 19 books, 1957–2007.

“The related short stories and novellas all center on the Dorsai, primarily members of the Graeme and Morgan families.”
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Old Man's War
Ender's Game
Known Space
CoDominium
Honorverse
Dune
Forever War
Janissaries
Vatta

Old Man's WarSeries

seriesJohn Scalzi16 books2005

Science fiction and military science fiction, adventurous in tone, about war, set in far future and other star systems.

“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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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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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.”
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HonorverseUniverse

universe83 books1993

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

“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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DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Science fiction and space opera, 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.”
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Forever WarSeries

seriesJoe Haldeman10 books1972

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

Start with The Forever War →

JanissariesSeries

seriesJerry Pournelle, Roland J. Green, David Weber & Phillip Pournelle4 books1979

About slavery.

“Janissaries are an American series of military and political-based science fiction novels are set in an interstellar confederation of races, in which humans are a slave race entrusted with military affairs and law enforcement.”
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VattaUniverse

universe10 books2003

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

“Get kicked out of the Academy and the family still hands you a ship.”
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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 Childe Cycle?: Old Man's War — the closest match to Childe Cycle on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Childe Cycle?: Act of Creation. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Childe Cycle.
How big is Childe Cycle?: Childe Cycle is 19 books, 1957–2007.

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