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Books like Star Trek: Discovery: 9 series to read next

Star Trek: Discovery 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 Trek: Discovery is 14 books, 2017–2025.

“Aboard the starship USS Shenzhou, Lieutenant Michael Burnham, a Human woman raised and educated among Vulcans, is promoted to acting first officer.”
from the catalogue description of Desperate Hours

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CoDominium
Known Space
Ender's Game
Uplift
Heaven Chronicles / Zones of Thought
Thistledown
Old Man's War
The Talents
Alliance-Union

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

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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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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UpliftUniverse

universe13 books1980

About uplift.

“No species, the Galactics insist, ever climbs to sapience alone.”
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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ThistledownSeries

seriesGreg Bear5 books1978

Hard science fiction.

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Old Man's WarSeries

seriesJohn Scalzi16 books2005

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

“Sign a document at 65, saying you intend to join up 10 years later.”
from the catalogue description
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The TalentsUniverse

universe18 books1959

About psychic powers.

“Somewhere a Prime holds a Tower, gathers the gestalt of a generator's power, and flings a starship — or a single frightened child — across the light-years between worlds.”
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 Star Trek: Discovery?: CoDominium — the closest match to Star Trek: Discovery on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Star Trek: Discovery?: Desperate Hours. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Star Trek: Discovery.
How big is Star Trek: Discovery?: Star Trek: Discovery is 14 books, 2017–2025.

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