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Books like Revenger: 9 series to read next

Revenger 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.

Revenger is 3 books, 2016–2020.

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Space Beagle
Known Space
The Final Architecture
Vatta
Old Man's War
Humanx Commonwealth
Uplift
Alliance-Union
Legion of Space

Space BeagleSeries

seriesA. E. van Vogt5 books1939

About aliens.

Start with Black Destroyer →

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.”
from the catalogue description

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The Final ArchitectureSeries

seriesAdrian Tchaikovsky6 books2021

About aliens and war.

“Eighty years ago, Earth was destroyed by an alien 'Architect'.”
from the catalogue description of Shards of Earth
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Shards of Earth →

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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Old Man's WarSeries

seriesJohn Scalzi16 books2005

Military science fiction, about war.

“Sign a document at 65, saying you intend to join up 10 years later.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Old Man's War →

Humanx CommonwealthUniverse

universe39 books1972

About aliens.

“Two species that ought, by every buried instinct, to recoil from one another instead clasp hand to truhand and build a galaxy together.”
from the catalogue description

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UpliftUniverse

universe13 books1980

About uplift and aliens.

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

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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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Legion of SpaceSeries

seriesJack Williamson7 books1947

About aliens.

“The Medusae bear a vague resemblance to jellyfish, but are actually elephant-sized, four-eyed, flying beings with hundreds of tentacles.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Legion of Space →

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 Revenger?: Space Beagle — the closest match to Revenger on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Revenger?: Revenger. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Revenger.
How big is Revenger?: Revenger is 3 books, 2016–2020.

Books like Revenger: 9 series to read next

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