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Books like Star Trek: New Frontier: 9 series to read next

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

Star Trek: New Frontier is 41 books, 1997–2015.

“New Frontier was the first Star Trek tie-in fiction property not to be based on a television series.”
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CoDominium
Old Man's War
Commonwealth
Alliance-Union
The Final Architecture
Vatta
The Saga of Seven Suns Universe
Known Space
Dune

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.”
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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.”
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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.”
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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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The Final ArchitectureSeries

seriesAdrian Tchaikovsky6 books2021

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

“Eighty years ago, Earth was destroyed by an alien 'Architect'.”
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VattaUniverse

universe10 books2003

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

“Get kicked out of the Academy and the family still hands you a ship.”
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The Saga of Seven Suns UniverseSeries

seriesKevin J. Anderson16 books2002

Set in galactic scale.

Start with Veiled Alliances →

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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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.”
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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: New Frontier?: CoDominium — the closest match to Star Trek: New Frontier on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Star Trek: New Frontier?: House of Cards. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Star Trek: New Frontier.
How big is Star Trek: New Frontier?: Star Trek: New Frontier is 41 books, 1997–2015.

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