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Books like Terro-Human Future History: 9 series to read next

Terro-Human Future History is science fiction and space opera, about aliens, set in other star systems, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Terro-Human Future History is 48 books across 15 series, 1952–2024.

“History does not repeat, Piper's chroniclers are fond of saying — it rhymes, and it rhymes in iron.”
from the catalogue description

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Old Man's War
Known Space
Uplift
Honorverse
Alliance-Union
Janissaries
Catteni Sequence
Vatta
CoDominium

Old Man's WarSeries

seriesJohn Scalzi16 books2005

Science fiction and military science fiction, adventurous in tone, about war, set in far future and other star systems.

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

universe13 books1980

Science fiction and space opera, adventurous in tone, about uplift and aliens, set in far future and other star systems.

“No species, the Galactics insist, ever climbs to sapience alone.”
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HonorverseUniverse

universe83 books1993

Science fiction and space opera, set in far future and other star systems.

“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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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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JanissariesSeries

seriesJerry Pournelle, Roland J. Green, David Weber & Phillip Pournelle4 books1979

Science fiction and military science fiction, adventurous and tense in tone, about political intrigue and war, set in far future and other star systems.

“Janissaries are an American series of military and political-based science fiction novels are set in an interstellar confederation of races, in which humans are a slave race entrusted with military affairs and law enforcement.”
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Catteni SequenceSeries

seriesAnne McCaffrey5 books1970

Science fiction and space opera, adventurous in tone, about aliens and slavery, set in far future and other star systems.

“The Catteni series is a tetralogy of science fiction novels by American writer Anne McCaffrey.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Freedom's Landing →

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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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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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 Terro-Human Future History?: Old Man's War — the closest match to Terro-Human Future History on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Terro-Human Future History?: Fuzzy Sequence. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Terro-Human Future History, which is a whole world rather than one run.
How big is Terro-Human Future History?: Terro-Human Future History is 48 books across 15 series, 1952–2024.

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