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Books like Chronoplane Wars: 9 series to read next

Chronoplane Wars is science fiction and time travel. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Chronoplane Wars is 3 books, 1978–1988.

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Foundation
Galactic Milieu
CoDominium
Childe Cycle
Dune
Maurai
Old Man's War
Alliance-Union
Honorverse

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 →

Galactic MilieuSeries

seriesJulian May10 books1981

About psychic powers and aliens.

“From the front flap of the Knopf first printing: The year is 2051.”
from the catalogue description of Jack the Bodiless
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Start with Jack the Bodiless →

CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

Military science fiction, set in 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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Childe CycleSeries

seriesGordon R. Dickson & David W. Wixon19 books1957

Military science fiction, set in other star systems.

“The related short stories and novellas all center on the Dorsai, primarily members of the Graeme and Morgan families.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Act of Creation →

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Space opera, set in 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

Start with Dune →

MauraiSeries

seriesPoul Anderson6 books1959

Post-apocalyptic, about ecological collapse.

“The Maurai dominate the Pacific and Indian Oceans.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Sky People →

Old Man's WarSeries

seriesJohn Scalzi16 books2005

Military science fiction and space opera, set in space and other star systems.

“Sign a document at 65, saying you intend to join up 10 years later.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Old Man's War →

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

Space opera and military science fiction, set in other star systems 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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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 Chronoplane Wars?: Foundation — the closest match to Chronoplane Wars on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Chronoplane Wars?: The Empire of Time. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Chronoplane Wars.
How big is Chronoplane Wars?: Chronoplane Wars is 3 books, 1978–1988.

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