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Books like Exordium: 9 series to read next

Exordium is science fiction and space opera, about political intrigue, set in far future, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Exordium is 5 books, 1993–1996.

“Now the Phoenix House rules the Thousand Suns from their planet Arthelion.”
from the catalogue description of The Phoenix in Flight

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The Saga of Seven Suns Universe
Vatta
Honorverse
The Interdependency
Familias Regnant
Foundation
Old Man's War
Sten
Dune

The Saga of Seven Suns UniverseSeries

seriesKevin J. Anderson16 books2002

About aliens.

Start with Veiled Alliances →

VattaUniverse

universe10 books2003

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

“Get kicked out of the Academy and the family still hands you a ship.”
from the catalogue description

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HonorverseUniverse

universe83 books1993

Science fiction and space opera, 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.”
from the catalogue description

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The InterdependencySeries

seriesJohn Scalzi3 books2017

Science fiction and space opera, adventurous and tense in tone, about political intrigue, set in far future and galactic scale.

“John Scalzi's trilogy, beginning with The Collapsing Empire, follows the political and personal fallout as the empire's foundations unravel.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Collapsing Empire →

Familias RegnantUniverse

universe7 books1993

Science fiction and space opera, adventurous and tense in tone, about political intrigue and war, set in far future and space.

“A cashiered officer takes the only berth left to her — captain of a rich old woman's pleasure yacht — and finds that private luxury, in the Familias Regnant, is never far from treason, piracy, and a war the Fleet would rather not name.”
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 →

Old Man's WarSeries

seriesJohn Scalzi16 books2005

Science fiction and space opera, 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.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Old Man's War →

StenSeries

seriesAllan Cole & Chris Bunch11 books1982

Science fiction and space opera, adventurous in tone, about political intrigue and war, set in far future and space.

“The Sten Chronicles, also called The Sten Adventures, are a series of eight military science fiction and space opera novels by Chris Bunch and Allan Cole published from 1982 to 1993.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Sten →

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.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Dune →

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 Exordium?: The Saga of Seven Suns Universe — the closest match to Exordium on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Exordium?: The Phoenix in Flight. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Exordium.
How big is Exordium?: Exordium is 5 books, 1993–1996.

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