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Books like Rull: 9 series to read next

Rull is science fiction, about aliens, 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.

Rull is 8 books, 1940–1978.

“The War Against the Rull fixes up several previously published short stories into a single novel about humanity's long war against the shape-shifting, technologically formidable Rull.”
from the catalogue description

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Known Space
CoDominium
Ender's Game
Alliance-Union
The Final Architecture
Old Man's War
Conquerors
Uplift
Space Beagle

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.”
from the catalogue description

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CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

Military science fiction.

“The body of work runs along a few hard threads rather than one line.”
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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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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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The Final ArchitectureSeries

seriesAdrian Tchaikovsky6 books2021

About space exploration.

“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 →

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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ConquerorsSeries

seriesTimothy Zahn3 books1994

First contact and military science fiction, about political intrigue.

“Zahn alternates perspective between the human and alien chains of command, using the shifting viewpoints to slowly unpick why the conflict started in the first place.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Conquerors' Pride →

UpliftUniverse

universe13 books1980

About uplift.

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

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Space BeagleSeries

seriesA. E. van Vogt5 books1939

About space exploration, set in spaceship.

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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 Rull?: Known Space — the closest match to Rull on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Rull?: The Gryb. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Rull.
How big is Rull?: Rull is 8 books, 1940–1978.
Is Rull finished?: Yes — 8 books, 1940–1978.

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