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Books like Mri Wars: 9 series to read next

Mri Wars is science fiction and space opera, about aliens, set in other star systems, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Mri Wars is 3 books, 1978–1979.

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The Final Architecture
Old Man's War
Conquerors
Known Space
CoDominium
Vatta
The Saga of Seven Suns Universe
Janissaries
Uplift

The Final ArchitectureSeries

seriesAdrian Tchaikovsky6 books2021

About space exploration.

“Eighty years ago, Earth was destroyed by an alien 'Architect'.”
from the catalogue description of Shards of Earth
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Start with Shards of Earth →

Old Man's WarSeries

seriesJohn Scalzi16 books2005

Military science fiction.

“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 →

ConquerorsSeries

seriesTimothy Zahn3 books1994

First contact and military science fiction, about political intrigue.

“Zahn alternates perspective between the human and alien chains of command, using the shifting viewpoints to slowly unpick why the conflict started in the first place.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Conquerors' Pride →

Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

Science fiction, about aliens, set in far future and space.

“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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CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

Military science fiction.

“The body of work runs along a few hard threads rather than one line.”
from the catalogue description

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VattaUniverse

universe10 books2003

Military science fiction.

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

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The Saga of Seven Suns UniverseSeries

seriesKevin J. Anderson16 books2002

Set in galactic scale.

Start with Veiled Alliances →

JanissariesSeries

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

Military science fiction, about political intrigue 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.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Janissaries →

UpliftUniverse

universe13 books1980

About uplift.

“No species, the Galactics insist, ever climbs to sapience alone.”
from the catalogue description

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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.

Questions readers ask

What should I read after Mri Wars?: The Final Architecture — the closest match to Mri Wars on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Mri Wars?: The Faded Sun: Kesrith. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Mri Wars.
How big is Mri Wars?: Mri Wars is 3 books, 1978–1979.

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