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Books like Rogue Trader: 9 series to read next

Rogue Trader is science fiction and space opera, set in far future and space. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Rogue Trader is 4 books, 2006–2012.

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CoDominium
Known Space
Ender's Game
Uplift
Heaven Chronicles / Zones of Thought
Thistledown
Commonwealth
Old Man's War
Shoal Sequence

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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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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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.”
from the catalogue description

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UpliftUniverse

universe13 books1980

About uplift.

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

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Heaven Chronicles / Zones of ThoughtSeries

seriesJoan D. Vinge & Vernor Vinge8 books1976

Science fiction and space opera, set in far future and space.

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ThistledownSeries

seriesGreg Bear5 books1978

Hard science fiction.

Start with The Wind from a Burning Woman →

CommonwealthUniverse

universe12 books2002

Science fiction and space opera, set in far future.

“Step aboard the train at the Second Chance terminal and ride the wormhole to another star.”
from the catalogue description

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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 →

Shoal SequenceSeries

seriesGary Gibson4 books2007

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

“Gary Gibson's Shoal Sequence opens with Stealing Light, set two centuries into humanity's uneasy dependence on the Shoal, an alien race that alone holds the secret of faster-than-light travel.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Stealing Light →

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 Rogue Trader?: CoDominium — the closest match to Rogue Trader on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Rogue Trader?: Rogue Star. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Rogue Trader.
How big is Rogue Trader?: Rogue Trader is 4 books, 2006–2012.

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