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JAG in Space is science fiction, set in space. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

JAG in Space is 5 books across 2 series, 2003–2009.

“The cycle follows Ensign Paul Sinclair, a green line officer saddled with collateral duty as his ship's legal liaison — a posting that keeps dragging him off the bridge and into the wardroom-turned-courtroom.”
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Dune
CoDominium
Foundation
Old Man's War
Alliance-Union
Ender's Game
Vatta
Rama
Honorverse

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Space opera, set in 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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CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

Set in 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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FoundationUniverse

universe123 books1940

About robots.

“There is a science that reads the future of quadrillions the way an astronomer reads the orbits of stars.”
from the catalogue description

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Old Man's WarSeries

seriesJohn Scalzi16 books2005

Space opera, adventurous in tone, set in other star systems.

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

universe10 books2003

Space opera, adventurous in tone, set in other star systems.

“Get kicked out of the Academy and the family still hands you a ship.”
from the catalogue description

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RamaUniverse

universe7 books1973

About aliens, set in spaceship.

“Something is falling through the solar system on a hyperbolic orbit, and it is not a comet.”
from the catalogue description

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HonorverseUniverse

universe83 books1993

Space opera, set in other star systems.

“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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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 JAG in Space?: Dune — the closest match to JAG in Space on what it is about, not on what sells.
How big is JAG in Space?: JAG in Space is 5 books across 2 series, 2003–2009.

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