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Books like Humanity's Fire: 9 series to read next

Humanity's Fire is science fiction and space opera, 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.

Humanity's Fire is 5 books, 2009–2018.

“Two further novels, Ancestral Machines and Splintered Suns, continue the setting afterward.”
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Old Man's War
CoDominium
The Saga of Seven Suns Universe
Known Space
Ender's Game
Commonwealth
Heaven Chronicles / Zones of Thought
Dune
Honorverse

Old Man's WarSeries

seriesJohn Scalzi16 books2005

Military science fiction.

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

universe98 books1971

Military science fiction.

“The body of work runs along a few hard threads rather than one line.”
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The Saga of Seven Suns UniverseSeries

seriesKevin J. Anderson16 books2002

Science fiction and space opera, adventurous and tense in tone, about aliens and war, set in far future and galactic scale.

Start with Veiled Alliances →

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.”
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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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CommonwealthUniverse

universe12 books2002

Science fiction and space opera, set in far future.

“Step aboard the train at the Second Chance terminal and ride the wormhole to another star.”
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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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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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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.”
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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 Humanity's Fire?: Old Man's War — the closest match to Humanity's Fire on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Humanity's Fire?: Seeds of Earth. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Humanity's Fire.
How big is Humanity's Fire?: Humanity's Fire is 5 books, 2009–2018.

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