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Books like Phule's Company: 9 series to read next

Phule's Company is science fiction and military science fiction, set in far future and space, funny in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Phule's Company is 6 books, 1990–2006.

“A company of Space Legionnaires which has become the dumping ground for irremediable misfits and losers acquires a new commander who applies his leadership skills to bring them up to a standard of excellence.”
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The Stainless Steel Rat
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Known Space
Liaden
RCN
Old Man's War
Honorverse
Vatta
Unstoppable

The Stainless Steel RatSeries

seriesHarry Harrison21 books1957

Space opera, about con artists.

“An adolescent boy on a dull planet resolves to live by his wits outside the law, and enacts a plan which leads to risk and reward.”
from the catalogue description of A Stainless Steel Rat Is Born
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyUniverse

universe18 books1979

Science fiction and humor, funny in tone, set in far future and space.

“The Earth is scheduled for demolition to make way for a hyperspace bypass, and honestly, nobody filed the paperwork properly.”
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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.”
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LiadenUniverse

universe133 books1988

Space opera.

“Reckon carefully: in the Liaden Universe every kindness is a debt entered on the ledger, and every debt is balanced — sooner, or graciously.”
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RCNSeries

seriesDavid Drake15 books1998

Space opera, tense in tone, about war and political intrigue.

“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.”
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Old Man's WarSeries

seriesJohn Scalzi16 books2005

Space opera, about war.

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

universe83 books1993

Space opera.

“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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VattaUniverse

universe10 books2003

Space opera, tense in tone.

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

seriesCharlie Jane Anders4 books2021

Space opera, hopeful in tone, about coming of age.

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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 Phule's Company?: The Stainless Steel Rat — the closest match to Phule's Company on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Phule's Company?: Phule's Company. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Phule's Company.
How big is Phule's Company?: Phule's Company is 6 books, 1990–2006.

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