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Books like Spacejackers: 9 series to read next

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

Spacejackers is 3 books, 2014–2017.

“Separated from his family as a baby and left on the planet Remota, thirteen-year-old Jake Cutler carries a secret that could change the universe and must discover the truth about his past before he is hunted down by space pirates.”
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Humanx Commonwealth
Revenger
Old Man's War
Known Space
Vatta
Legion of Space
Alliance-Union
Imperial Galaxy
Uplift

Humanx CommonwealthUniverse

universe39 books1972

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

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

seriesAlastair Reynolds3 books2016

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

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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.”
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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.”
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VattaUniverse

universe10 books2003

Military science fiction.

“Get kicked out of the Academy and the family still hands you a ship.”
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Legion of SpaceSeries

seriesJack Williamson7 books1947

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

“The Medusae bear a vague resemblance to jellyfish, but are actually elephant-sized, four-eyed, flying beings with hundreds of tentacles.”
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Start with The Legion of Space →

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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Imperial GalaxySeries

seriesGarth Nix2 books2012

About political intrigue.

“Garth Nix's A Confusion of Princes follows Khemri through the empire's ruthless military, its secret intelligence service, and a deadly, decades-long competition to determine who might one day take the throne.”
from the catalogue description

Start with A Confusion of Princes →

UpliftUniverse

universe13 books1980

About uplift.

“No species, the Galactics insist, ever climbs to sapience alone.”
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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 Spacejackers?: Humanx Commonwealth — the closest match to Spacejackers on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Spacejackers?: Spacejackers. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Spacejackers.
How big is Spacejackers?: Spacejackers is 3 books, 2014–2017.

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