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Books like The Acheron: 9 series to read next

The Acheron 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.

The Acheron is 4 books, 2017–2018.

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Known Space
Ender's Game
CoDominium
Forever War
Old Man's War
Uplift
Alliance-Union
The Talents
Dune

Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

Set in other star systems.

“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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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.”
from the catalogue description

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CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

Set in other star systems.

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

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Forever WarSeries

seriesJoe Haldeman10 books1972

Science fiction and military science fiction, set in far future and space.

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Old Man's WarSeries

seriesJohn Scalzi16 books2005

Set in other star systems.

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

universe13 books1980

About uplift, set in other star systems.

“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.”
from the catalogue description

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The TalentsUniverse

universe18 books1959

About psychic powers.

“Somewhere a Prime holds a Tower, gathers the gestalt of a generator's power, and flings a starship — or a single frightened child — across the light-years between worlds.”
from the catalogue description

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DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

About political intrigue, set in 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.”
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.

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What should I read after The Acheron?: Known Space — the closest match to The Acheron on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Acheron?: Last Flight of the Acheron. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Acheron.
How big is The Acheron?: The Acheron is 4 books, 2017–2018.

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