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Books like Star Trek: The Next Generation Numbered: 9 series to read next

Star Trek: The Next Generation Numbered 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: The Next Generation Numbered is 64 books, 1988–2001.

“In 1995, a Soviet aircraft carrier is destroyed by a mysterious creature that just as mysteriously disappears thereafter.”
from the catalogue description of Ghost Ship

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

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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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.”
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CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

Military science fiction.

“The body of work runs along a few hard threads rather than one line.”
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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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UpliftUniverse

universe13 books1980

About uplift.

“No species, the Galactics insist, ever climbs to sapience alone.”
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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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Old Man's WarSeries

seriesJohn Scalzi16 books2005

Military science fiction.

“Sign a document at 65, saying you intend to join up 10 years later.”
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The CultureUniverse

universe21 books1987

About artificial intelligence, set in galactic scale.

“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*.”
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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: The Next Generation Numbered?: Known Space — the closest match to Star Trek: The Next Generation Numbered on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Star Trek: The Next Generation Numbered?: Ghost Ship. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Star Trek: The Next Generation Numbered.
How big is Star Trek: The Next Generation Numbered?: Star Trek: The Next Generation Numbered is 64 books, 1988–2001.

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