Series

Books like Star Kings: 9 series to read next

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

Star Kings is 9 books, 1949–2014.

“The Star Kings sends John Gordon, a 20th-century man, two hundred thousand years into the future into the body of a rival star-prince, thrusting him into interstellar court intrigue and warfare between rival galactic empires.”
from the catalogue description

The Star Kings page →Narrow this list →

CoDominium
Known Space
Ender's Game
Old Man's War
Commonwealth
Foundation
Uplift
Heaven Chronicles / Zones of Thought
The Culture

CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

Military science fiction.

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

Reading order →

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

Reading order →

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

Reading order →

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
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Old Man's War →

CommonwealthUniverse

universe12 books2002

Science fiction and space opera, set in far future.

“Step aboard the train at the Second Chance terminal and ride the wormhole to another star.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

FoundationUniverse

universe123 books1940

About robots.

“There is a science that reads the future of quadrillions the way an astronomer reads the orbits of stars.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Foundation →

UpliftUniverse

universe13 books1980

About uplift.

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

Reading order →

Heaven Chronicles / Zones of ThoughtSeries

seriesJoan D. Vinge & Vernor Vinge8 books1976

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

Reading order →

The CultureUniverse

universe21 books1987

About artificial intelligence.

“No money, no laws, no hunger, no death you didn't choose; a galaxy-spanning anarchy of humans and drones administered, gently and with enormous irony, by superintelligent Minds who name their warships things like *Frank Exchange Of Views*.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

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 Kings?: CoDominium — the closest match to Star Kings on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Star Kings?: The Star Kings. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Star Kings.
How big is Star Kings?: Star Kings is 9 books, 1949–2014.
Is Star Kings finished?: Yes — 9 books, 1949–2014.

Books like Star Kings: 9 series to read next

Read next in Star Kings

Why these

Questions readers ask

Other series like this one