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Books like Spider War: 9 series to read next

Spider War 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.

Spider War is 4 books, 2014–2017.

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Dune
Ender's Game
Known Space
CoDominium
Berserker (Fred Saberhagen)
Alliance-Union
Azean Empire
The Gap
Death's Head (David Gunn)

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Science fiction and space opera, about political intrigue, set in far future and other star systems.

“The desert planet, where empire runs on a single substance: the spice melange, which folds space, prolongs life, and unlocks prescience, and which exists nowhere else in the known universe.”
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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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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CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

Science fiction and military science fiction, set in far future and other star systems.

“The body of work runs along a few hard threads rather than one line.”
from the catalogue description

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Berserker (Fred Saberhagen)Series

seriesFred Saberhagen, Connie Willis, Edward Bryant, Jane Lindskold, Larry Niven, Poul Anderson, Roger Zelazny & Stephen R. Donaldson59 books1963

About robots and artificial intelligence.

Start with Berserker →

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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Azean EmpireSeries

seriesC. S. Friedman2 books1987

Science fiction and space opera, tense and dark in tone, about war and political intrigue, set in far future.

“C. S. Friedman's Azean Empire novels are set in a distant-future conflict between two competing human societies, the Azeans and the Braxins, contesting interstellar dominance.”
from the catalogue description

Start with In Conquest Born →

The GapSeries

seriesStephen R. Donaldson5 books1990

Set in spaceship.

“Here, Donaldson gave a loose retelling of Wagner's Ring cycle.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with The Gap Into Conflict: The Real Story →

Death's Head (David Gunn)Series

seriesDavid Gunn3 books2007

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

“Set in a chillingly realistic far-future world, and featuring a gritty antihero even more frightening than the evil empire he serves as soldier and assassin, Death's Head is sure to be one of the most talked-about novels of the year.”
from the catalogue description of Death's Head
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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.

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What should I read after Spider War?: Dune — the closest match to Spider War on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Spider War?: The Burning Dark. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Spider War.
How big is Spider War?: Spider War is 4 books, 2014–2017.

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