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Books like Galactic Commons: 9 series to read next

Galactic Commons is science fiction and space opera, about found family, set in far future, hopeful in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Galactic Commons is 5 books across 1 series, 2015–2021.

“Out past the tunnels and the transit hubs, the galaxy is not an empire to be conquered but a neighborhood to be shared.”
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Ender's Game
The Culture
Old Man's War
Radchaai
Heaven Chronicles / Zones of Thought
Noumenon Universe
CoDominium
Hainish
Dune

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 CultureUniverse

universe21 books1987

Set in galactic scale.

“No money, no laws, no hunger, no death you didn't choose; a galaxy-spanning anarchy of humans and drones administered, gently and with enormous irony, by superintelligent Minds who name their warships things like *Frank Exchange Of Views*.”
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Old Man's WarSeries

seriesJohn Scalzi16 books2005

Military science fiction, adventurous in tone, about war.

“Sign a document at 65, saying you intend to join up 10 years later.”
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RadchaaiUniverse

universe11 books2012

About political intrigue.

“Civilization is what the Radch calls itself, and civilization is a courtesy extended at gunpoint.”
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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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Noumenon UniverseSeries

seriesMarina J. Lostetter4 books2014

Science fiction and space opera, about space exploration and space colonization, set in far future and other star systems.

“Generation-ship novel told through a series of vignettes covering the centuries-long voyage to another star.”
from the catalogue description of Noumenon

Start with Noumenon →

CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

Military science fiction.

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

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

About political intrigue.

“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 →

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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 Galactic Commons?: Ender's Game — the closest match to Galactic Commons on what it is about, not on what sells.
How big is Galactic Commons?: Galactic Commons is 5 books across 1 series, 2015–2021.

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