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Books like Lightship Chronicles: 9 series to read next

Lightship Chronicles is science fiction and space opera, about war, set in space, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Lightship Chronicles is 4 books, 2015–2017.

“A young man, heir to the throne of one of a number of united planets, is serving on an interstellar warship when an unexpected sudden attack from a mysterious source destroys one of the Union navy's capital ships.”
from the catalogue description of Impulse

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Old Man's War
Vatta
RCN
Honorverse
Sten
CoDominium
Janissaries
Known Space
Familias Regnant

Old Man's WarSeries

seriesJohn Scalzi16 books2005

Science fiction and space opera, adventurous in tone, about war, set in far future and space.

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

universe10 books2003

Science fiction and space opera, adventurous and tense in tone, set in far future and space.

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

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RCNSeries

seriesDavid Drake15 books1998

Science fiction and space opera, adventurous and tense in tone, about war and political intrigue, set in far future and space.

“David Drake's RCN series follows Daniel Leary, an officer in the Republic of Cinnabar Navy, and Adele Mundy, a librarian who moonlights as a spy, across a run of standalone-but-connected novels beginning with With the Lightnings.”
from the catalogue description

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HonorverseUniverse

universe83 books1993

Science fiction and space opera, set in far future and space.

“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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StenSeries

seriesAllan Cole & Chris Bunch11 books1982

Science fiction and space opera, adventurous in tone, about war and political intrigue, set in far future and space.

“The Sten Chronicles, also called The Sten Adventures, are a series of eight military science fiction and space opera novels by Chris Bunch and Allan Cole published from 1982 to 1993.”
from the catalogue description
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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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JanissariesSeries

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

About 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.”
from the catalogue description
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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.”
from the catalogue description

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Familias RegnantUniverse

universe7 books1993

Science fiction and space opera, adventurous and tense in tone, about war and political intrigue, set in far future and space.

“A cashiered officer takes the only berth left to her — captain of a rich old woman's pleasure yacht — and finds that private luxury, in the Familias Regnant, is never far from treason, piracy, and a war the Fleet would rather not name.”
from the catalogue description

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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.

Questions readers ask

What should I read after Lightship Chronicles?: Old Man's War — the closest match to Lightship Chronicles on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Lightship Chronicles?: Impulse. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Lightship Chronicles.
How big is Lightship Chronicles?: Lightship Chronicles is 4 books, 2015–2017.

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