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Books like Star Crusader: 9 series to read next

Star Crusader 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.

Star Crusader is 11 books, 2015–2020.

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CoDominium
Known Space
Ender's Game
Dune
Honorverse
Fifth Imperium
The Lost Fleet
Heaven Chronicles / Zones of Thought
RCN

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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Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

About aliens.

“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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DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

About political intrigue.

“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

Start with Dune →

HonorverseUniverse

universe83 books1993

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

“At the center stands one officer, Honor Harrington — captain, then something far larger — and the six-limbed empathic treecat who rides her shoulder.”
from the catalogue description

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Fifth ImperiumSeries

seriesDavid Weber3 books1991

About artificial intelligence and aliens.

“The three novels were later collected as the omnibus Empire from the Ashes.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Mutineers' Moon →

The Lost FleetUniverse

universe27 books2006

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

“A war a hundred years old has forgotten how to fight it.”
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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RCNSeries

seriesDavid Drake15 books1998

About political intrigue.

“David Drake's RCN series follows Daniel Leary, an officer in the Republic of Cinnabar Navy, and Adele Mundy, a librarian who moonlights as a spy, across a run of standalone-but-connected novels beginning with With the Lightnings.”
from the catalogue description

Start with With the Lightnings →

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 Star Crusader?: CoDominium — the closest match to Star Crusader on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Star Crusader?: Hero of the Alliance. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Star Crusader.
How big is Star Crusader?: Star Crusader is 11 books, 2015–2020.

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