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Books like Ender's Shadow: 9 series to read next

Ender's Shadow is science fiction, about political intrigue and war, set in far future, tense in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Ender's Shadow is 5 books, 1999–2012.

“Orson Scott Card's Ender's Shadow retells the events of Ender's Game from the perspective of Bean, a physically stunted but ferociously intelligent street child recruited into the same Battle School program as Ender Wiggin.”
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Dune
Alliance-Union
Honorverse
Known Space
Old Man's War
Vatta
Forever War
Conquerors
Janissaries

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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Start with Dune →

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.”
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HonorverseUniverse

universe83 books1993

Science fiction and military science fiction, 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.”
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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.”
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Old Man's WarSeries

seriesJohn Scalzi16 books2005

Science fiction and military science fiction, 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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Start with Old Man's War →

VattaUniverse

universe10 books2003

Science fiction and military science fiction, tense and adventurous 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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Forever WarSeries

seriesJoe Haldeman10 books1972

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

Start with The Forever War →

ConquerorsSeries

seriesTimothy Zahn3 books1994

First contact.

“Zahn alternates perspective between the human and alien chains of command, using the shifting viewpoints to slowly unpick why the conflict started in the first place.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Conquerors' Pride →

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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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.

Questions readers ask

What should I read after Ender's Shadow?: Dune — the closest match to Ender's Shadow on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Ender's Shadow?: Ender's Shadow. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Ender's Shadow.
How big is Ender's Shadow?: Ender's Shadow is 5 books, 1999–2012.

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