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Books like Star Wars Legends: 9 series to read next
Star Wars Legends is science fiction and space opera, about coming of age, set in space, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.
Star Wars Legends is 290 books across 20 series, 1976–2021.
“Long before the galaxy was redrawn, its storytellers kept the war going.”
from the catalogue description
- Vatta
- Old Man's War
- Honorverse
- Dune
- Conquerors
- Janissaries
- The Final Architecture
- Familias Regnant
- The Saga of Seven Suns Universe
- VattaUniverse
universe10 books2003
Science fiction and space opera, adventurous and tense in tone, set in far future and space.
matchedfar futurescience fictionadventuroustensespace operaspacemilitary science fictionother star systems
- Old Man's WarSeries
seriesJohn Scalzi16 books2005
Science fiction and military science fiction, adventurous in tone, about war, set in far future and space.
matchedfar futureadventurousscience fictionspaceother star systemsmilitary science fictionspace operawar
- HonorverseUniverse
universe83 books1993
Science fiction and space opera, set in far future and other star systems.
matchedfar futurescience fictionspace operaother star systemsmilitary science fictionspace
- DuneUniverse
universe78 books1963
Science fiction and space opera, about political intrigue, set in far future and other star systems.
matchedfar futurescience fictionother star systemsspace operapolitical intrigue
- ConquerorsSeries
seriesTimothy Zahn3 books1994
First contact.
matchedfar futureadventuroustensescience fictionother star systemsspacemilitary science fictionaliens
- JanissariesSeries
seriesJerry Pournelle, Roland J. Green, David Weber & Phillip Pournelle4 books1979
About slavery.
matchedfar futureadventuroustensescience fictionother star systemswarmilitary science fictionpolitical intrigue
- The Final ArchitectureSeries
seriesAdrian Tchaikovsky6 books2021
Science fiction and space opera, adventurous and tense in tone, about aliens, set in far future and space.
matchedfar futureadventuroustensescience fictionspace operaspaceother star systemsaliens
- Familias RegnantUniverse
universe7 books1993
Science fiction and space opera, tense and adventurous in tone, about political intrigue, set in far future and space.
matchedfar futurescience fictionspacetenseadventurousspace operaother star systemspolitical intrigue
seriesKevin J. Anderson16 books2002
Science fiction and space opera, tense and adventurous in tone, about aliens and war, set in far future and galactic scale.
matchedfar futurescience fictionspace operatenseadventurousalienswargalactic scale
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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 Wars Legends?
- Vatta — the closest match to Star Wars Legends on what it is about, not on what sells.
- How big is Star Wars Legends?
- Star Wars Legends is 290 books across 20 series, 1976–2021.