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Books like Star Wars: Jedi Apprentice: 9 series to read next

Star Wars: Jedi Apprentice is science fiction and space opera, about coming of age, set in far future, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Star Wars: Jedi Apprentice is 20 books, 1999–2002.

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Known Space
Imperial Galaxy
Humanx Commonwealth
Old Man's War
Alliance-Union
Vatta
CoDominium
Unstoppable
The Stainless Steel Rat

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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Imperial GalaxySeries

seriesGarth Nix2 books2012

About identity.

“Garth Nix's A Confusion of Princes follows Khemri through the empire's ruthless military, its secret intelligence service, and a deadly, decades-long competition to determine who might one day take the throne.”
from the catalogue description

Start with A Confusion of Princes →

Humanx CommonwealthUniverse

universe39 books1972

About aliens.

“Two species that ought, by every buried instinct, to recoil from one another instead clasp hand to truhand and build a galaxy together.”
from the catalogue description

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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.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Old Man's War →

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.”
from the catalogue description

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VattaUniverse

universe10 books2003

Military science fiction.

“Get kicked out of the Academy and the family still hands you a ship.”
from the catalogue description

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CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

Military science fiction.

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

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UnstoppableSeries

seriesCharlie Jane Anders4 books2021

About aliens.

Start with Victories Greater Than Death →

The Stainless Steel RatSeries

seriesHarry Harrison21 books1957

Funny in tone, about con artists.

“An adolescent boy on a dull planet resolves to live by his wits outside the law, and enacts a plan which leads to risk and reward.”
from the catalogue description of A Stainless Steel Rat Is Born
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Start with A Stainless Steel Rat Is Born →

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 Wars: Jedi Apprentice?: Known Space — the closest match to Star Wars: Jedi Apprentice on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Star Wars: Jedi Apprentice?: The Rising Force. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Star Wars: Jedi Apprentice.
How big is Star Wars: Jedi Apprentice?: Star Wars: Jedi Apprentice is 20 books, 1999–2002.

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