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Books like Starflight: 9 series to read next

Starflight 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.

Starflight is 2 books, 2016–2017.

“Life in the outer realm is a lawless, dirty, hard existence, and Solara Brooks is hungry for it.”
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Alliance-Union
Vatta
CoDominium
Old Man's War
Imperial Galaxy
Honorverse
RCN
Dune
Foundation

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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VattaUniverse

universe10 books2003

Military science fiction.

“Get kicked out of the Academy and the family still hands you a ship.”
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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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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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Imperial GalaxySeries

seriesGarth Nix2 books2012

About coming of age and 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.”
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HonorverseUniverse

universe83 books1993

Military science fiction.

“At the center stands one officer, Honor Harrington — captain, then something far larger — and the six-limbed empathic treecat who rides her shoulder.”
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RCNSeries

seriesDavid Drake15 books1998

Military science fiction.

“David Drake's RCN series follows Daniel Leary, an officer in the Republic of Cinnabar Navy, and Adele Mundy, a librarian who moonlights as a spy, across a run of standalone-but-connected novels beginning with With the Lightnings.”
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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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FoundationUniverse

universe123 books1940

About robots.

“There is a science that reads the future of quadrillions the way an astronomer reads the orbits of stars.”
from the catalogue description

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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 Starflight?: Alliance-Union — the closest match to Starflight on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Starflight?: Starflight. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Starflight.
How big is Starflight?: Starflight is 2 books, 2016–2017.

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