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Books like Planet Pirates: 9 series to read next

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

Planet Pirates is 3 books, 1990–1991.

“McCaffrey wrote the second Planet Pirates book with Jody Lynn Nye and the third with Moon.”
from the catalogue description of Sassinak
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Vatta
Known Space
The Final Architecture
Honorverse
Revenger
Fifth Imperium
Old Man's War
Alliance-Union
CoDominium

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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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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The Final ArchitectureSeries

seriesAdrian Tchaikovsky6 books2021

About aliens.

“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 →

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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RevengerSeries

seriesAlastair Reynolds3 books2016

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

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Fifth ImperiumSeries

seriesDavid Weber3 books1991

About artificial intelligence and aliens.

“The three novels were later collected as the omnibus Empire from the Ashes.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Mutineers' Moon →

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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Start with Old Man's War →

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.”
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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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 Planet Pirates?: Vatta — the closest match to Planet Pirates on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Planet Pirates?: Sassinak. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Planet Pirates.
How big is Planet Pirates?: Planet Pirates is 3 books, 1990–1991.

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