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Books like Jedi Academy: 9 series to read next

Jedi Academy is science fiction and space opera, about chosen one, set in far future, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Jedi Academy is 4 books, 1994–1998.

“The plot takes place around seven years after the events of the 1983 film Return of the Jedi.”
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Old Man's War
Imperial Galaxy
Known Space
Vatta
Humanx Commonwealth
Alliance-Union
CoDominium
Uplift
Legion of Space

Old Man's WarSeries

seriesJohn Scalzi16 books2005

Military science fiction, about war.

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

seriesGarth Nix2 books2012

About coming of age.

“Garth Nix's A Confusion of Princes follows Khemri through the empire's ruthless military, its secret intelligence service, and a deadly, decades-long competition to determine who might one day take the throne.”
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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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VattaUniverse

universe10 books2003

Military science fiction.

“Get kicked out of the Academy and the family still hands you a ship.”
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Humanx CommonwealthUniverse

universe39 books1972

About aliens.

“Two species that ought, by every buried instinct, to recoil from one another instead clasp hand to truhand and build a galaxy together.”
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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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CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

Military science fiction.

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

universe13 books1980

About uplift and aliens.

“No species, the Galactics insist, ever climbs to sapience alone.”
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Legion of SpaceSeries

seriesJack Williamson7 books1947

About aliens.

“The Medusae bear a vague resemblance to jellyfish, but are actually elephant-sized, four-eyed, flying beings with hundreds of tentacles.”
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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.

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What should I read after Jedi Academy?: Old Man's War — the closest match to Jedi Academy on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Jedi Academy?: Jedi Search. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Jedi Academy.
How big is Jedi Academy?: Jedi Academy is 4 books, 1994–1998.

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