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Books like Jani Kilian: 9 series to read next

Jani Kilian is science fiction, 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.

Jani Kilian is 6 books, 1999–2007.

“Jani was presumed killed in the ensuing bloodbath, and Evan went on to become the Commonwealth's Interior Minister.”
from the catalogue description of Code of Conduct

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CoDominium
Dune
Ender's Game
Known Space
Old Man's War
Alliance-Union
Janissaries
Teixcalaan
Commonwealth

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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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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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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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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Old Man's WarSeries

seriesJohn Scalzi16 books2005

About war.

“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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JanissariesSeries

seriesJerry Pournelle, Roland J. Green, David Weber & Phillip Pournelle4 books1979

About war and slavery.

“Janissaries are an American series of military and political-based science fiction novels are set in an interstellar confederation of races, in which humans are a slave race entrusted with military affairs and law enforcement.”
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TeixcalaanSeries

seriesArkady Martine2 books2019

Reflective in tone.

“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.”
from the catalogue description

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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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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 Jani Kilian?: CoDominium — the closest match to Jani Kilian on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Jani Kilian?: Code of Conduct. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Jani Kilian.
How big is Jani Kilian?: Jani Kilian is 6 books, 1999–2007.

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