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Books like Fallen Empire: 9 series to read next

Fallen Empire 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.

Fallen Empire is 15 books, 2016–2017.

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Alliance-Union
CoDominium
Heaven Chronicles / Zones of Thought
Ender's Game
Dune
Liaden
Known Space
Honorverse
Foundation

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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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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Heaven Chronicles / Zones of ThoughtSeries

seriesJoan D. Vinge & Vernor Vinge8 books1976

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

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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.”
from the catalogue description

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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.”
from the catalogue description

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LiadenUniverse

universe133 books1988

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

“Reckon carefully: in the Liaden Universe every kindness is a debt entered on the ledger, and every debt is balanced — sooner, or graciously.”
from the catalogue description

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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.”
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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FoundationUniverse

universe123 books1940

Science fiction, about robots, set in far future.

“There is a science that reads the future of quadrillions the way an astronomer reads the orbits of stars.”
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 Fallen Empire?: Alliance-Union — the closest match to Fallen Empire on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Fallen Empire?: Last Command. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Fallen Empire.
How big is Fallen Empire?: Fallen Empire is 15 books, 2016–2017.

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