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Books like First Foreigner Sequence: 9 series to read next

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

First Foreigner Sequence is 4 books, 1994–2017.

“Foreigner, Invader, and Inheritor lay the groundwork for the decades of political intrigue the wider series continues.”
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CoDominium
Dune
Teixcalaan
Alliance-Union
Known Space
Conquerors
Ender's Game
Heaven Chronicles / Zones of Thought
Doona

CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

Military science fiction.

“The body of work runs along a few hard threads rather than one line.”
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DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Space opera.

“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 →

TeixcalaanSeries

seriesArkady Martine2 books2019

Space opera.

“A Memory Called Empire and A Desolation Called Peace pair court intrigue with Mahit's conflicted, outsider fascination with an empire she can't help admiring.”
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Start with A Memory Called Empire →

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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Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

Set in 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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ConquerorsSeries

seriesTimothy Zahn3 books1994

Military science fiction, adventurous in tone, set in space.

“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 →

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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Heaven Chronicles / Zones of ThoughtSeries

seriesJoan D. Vinge & Vernor Vinge8 books1976

Space opera, set in space.

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DoonaSeries

seriesAnne McCaffrey & Jody Lynn Nye3 books1969

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

“The colonists and Hrrubans must negotiate an unprecedented, closely governed coexistence rather than the separation their governments would prefer.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Decision at Doona →

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 First Foreigner Sequence?: CoDominium — the closest match to First Foreigner Sequence on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with First Foreigner Sequence?: Foreigner. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for First Foreigner Sequence.
How big is First Foreigner Sequence?: First Foreigner Sequence is 4 books, 1994–2017.

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