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Books like Free Fleet: 9 series to read next

Free Fleet 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.

Free Fleet is 6 books, 2015–2016.

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Alliance-Union
Known Space
Old Man's War
CoDominium
Ender's Game
The Talents
Uplift
Heaven Chronicles / Zones of Thought
Antares (Michael McCollum)

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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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.”
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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
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CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

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

“The body of work runs along a few hard threads rather than one line.”
from the catalogue description

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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.”
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The TalentsUniverse

universe18 books1959

About psychic powers.

“Somewhere a Prime holds a Tower, gathers the gestalt of a generator's power, and flings a starship — or a single frightened child — across the light-years between worlds.”
from the catalogue description

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UpliftUniverse

universe13 books1980

About uplift and aliens.

“No species, the Galactics insist, ever climbs to sapience alone.”
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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Antares (Michael McCollum)Series

seriesMichael McCollum3 books1986

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

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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 Free Fleet?: Alliance-Union — the closest match to Free Fleet on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Free Fleet?: The Recruitment: Rise of the Free Fleet. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Free Fleet.
How big is Free Fleet?: Free Fleet is 6 books, 2015–2016.

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