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Books like Mistworld Universe: 9 series to read next

Mistworld Universe is science fiction and space opera, about war, 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.

Mistworld Universe is 12 books, 1992–2005.

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The Saga of Seven Suns Universe
Dune
Honorverse
Exordium
Old Man's War
Vatta
Foundation
The Culture
Prince of Sunset

The Saga of Seven Suns UniverseSeries

seriesKevin J. Anderson16 books2002

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

Start with Veiled Alliances →

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

Start with Dune →

HonorverseUniverse

universe83 books1993

Science fiction and space opera, set in far future and 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.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

ExordiumSeries

seriesDave Trowbridge & Sherwood Smith5 books1993

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

“Now the Phoenix House rules the Thousand Suns from their planet Arthelion.”
from the catalogue description of The Phoenix in Flight

Start with The Phoenix in Flight →

Old Man's WarSeries

seriesJohn Scalzi16 books2005

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

“Sign a document at 65, saying you intend to join up 10 years later.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Old Man's War →

VattaUniverse

universe10 books2003

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

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

Reading order →

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

Start with Foundation →

The CultureUniverse

universe21 books1987

About artificial intelligence.

“No money, no laws, no hunger, no death you didn't choose; a galaxy-spanning anarchy of humans and drones administered, gently and with enormous irony, by superintelligent Minds who name their warships things like *Frank Exchange Of Views*.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

Prince of SunsetSeries

seriesSteve White2 books1998

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

“Afterwards Basil Castellan was always certain that it had all begun the day he'd be rescued by the dragon.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Prince of Sunset →

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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 Mistworld Universe?: The Saga of Seven Suns Universe — the closest match to Mistworld Universe on what it is about, not on what sells.
How big is Mistworld Universe?: Mistworld Universe is 12 books, 1992–2005.

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