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Books like Dominion Rising: 9 series to read next

Dominion Rising is science fiction and space opera, set in far future and space. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Dominion Rising is 4 books, 2017–2018.

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Old Man's War
Cities in Flight
Alliance-Union
CoDominium
Starstream
Known Space
Foundation
Uplift
Honorverse

Old Man's WarSeries

seriesJohn Scalzi16 books2005

Military science fiction, about war.

“Sign a document at 65, saying you intend to join up 10 years later.”
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Cities in FlightSeries

seriesJames Blish10 books1950

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

“The stories cover roughly two thousand years, from the very near future to the end of the universe.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with They Shall Have Stars →

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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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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StarstreamSeries

seriesJeffrey A. Carver2 books1989

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

“The two were published within a year of each other under the same author.”
from the catalogue description

Start with From a Changeling Star →

Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

Science fiction, about aliens, set in far future and space.

“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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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 →

UpliftUniverse

universe13 books1980

About uplift.

“No species, the Galactics insist, ever climbs to sapience alone.”
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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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 Dominion Rising?: Old Man's War — the closest match to Dominion Rising on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Dominion Rising?: The Aldar Dominion. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Dominion Rising.
How big is Dominion Rising?: Dominion Rising is 4 books, 2017–2018.

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