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Books like Federation: 9 series to read next

Federation is science fiction, set in far future and other star systems. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Federation is 27 books, 1952–2017.

“After Piper's death, John F. Carr and other collaborators carried the era forward with further Space Viking and Federation-era novels.”
from the catalogue description

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Terro-Human Future History
Known Space
Hainish
Ender's Game
Old Man's War
Uplift
CoDominium
Dune
Alliance-Union

Terro-Human Future HistoryUniverse

universe48 books1952

Science fiction, set in far future and other star systems.

“History does not repeat, Piper's chroniclers are fond of saying — it rhymes, and it rhymes in iron.”
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Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

Science fiction, about aliens, set in far future and other star systems.

“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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HainishSeries

seriesUrsula K. Le Guin33 books1964

Science fiction, reflective in tone, set in far future and other star systems.

“The Hainish Cycle consists of a number of science fiction novels and stories by Ursula K. Le Guin.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Rocannon's World →

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.”
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Old Man's WarSeries

seriesJohn Scalzi16 books2005

Military science fiction.

“Sign a document at 65, saying you intend to join up 10 years later.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Old Man's War →

UpliftUniverse

universe13 books1980

Science fiction and space opera, adventurous in tone, about aliens and uplift, set in far future and other star systems.

“No species, the Galactics insist, ever climbs to sapience alone.”
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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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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 →

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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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 Federation?: Terro-Human Future History — the closest match to Federation on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Federation?: Omnilingual. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Federation.
How big is Federation?: Federation is 27 books, 1952–2017.

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