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Books like Rats, Bats and Vats: 9 series to read next

Rats, Bats and Vats is science fiction, set in far future and other star systems. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Rats, Bats and Vats is 5 books, 2000–2017.

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Known Space
Uplift
Ender's Game
Old Man's War
CoDominium
The Talents
Janissaries
The Stainless Steel Rat
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

Science fiction, about aliens, set in far future and other star systems.

“Give a clever species a few centuries and a working fusion drive, and it will fill the sky with problems.”
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UpliftUniverse

universe13 books1980

Space opera.

“No species, the Galactics insist, ever climbs to sapience alone.”
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Ender's GameUniverse

universe39 books1977

Science fiction, set in far future.

“To beat your enemy you must first understand him so completely that you love him — and in the instant you love him, you destroy him.”
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Old Man's WarSeries

seriesJohn Scalzi16 books2005

Space opera.

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

universe18 books1959

About psychic powers.

“Somewhere a Prime holds a Tower, gathers the gestalt of a generator's power, and flings a starship — or a single frightened child — across the light-years between worlds.”
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JanissariesSeries

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

Tense in tone, 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.”
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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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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.

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What should I read after Rats, Bats and Vats?: Known Space — the closest match to Rats, Bats and Vats on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Rats, Bats and Vats?: Rats, Bats & Vats. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Rats, Bats and Vats.
How big is Rats, Bats and Vats?: Rats, Bats and Vats is 5 books, 2000–2017.

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