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Books like Space Janitor: 9 series to read next

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

Space Janitor is 13 books, 2018–2025.

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Known Space
The Stainless Steel Rat
Ender's Game
Humanx Commonwealth
CoDominium
Phule's Company
Solar Queen
Alliance-Union

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.”
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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The Stainless Steel RatSeries

seriesHarry Harrison21 books1957

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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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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Humanx CommonwealthUniverse

universe39 books1972

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

“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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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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Phule's CompanySeries

seriesRobert Asprin & Peter Heck6 books1990

Military science fiction.

“A company of Space Legionnaires which has become the dumping ground for irremediable misfits and losers acquires a new commander who applies his leadership skills to bring them up to a standard of excellence.”
from the catalogue description
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Solar QueenSeries

seriesAndre Norton, Sherwood Smith & P. M. Griffin7 books1955

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

“Andre Norton's Solar Queen novels follow the crew of a free-trader starship under Captain Jellico as they scrape by hauling cargo and making first contact on the fringes of settled space.”
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.”
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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 Space Janitor?: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy — the closest match to Space Janitor on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Space Janitor?: Orbital Operations. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Space Janitor.
How big is Space Janitor?: Space Janitor is 13 books, 2018–2025.

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