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Books like The Andromeda Chronicles: 9 series to read next

The Andromeda Chronicles is science fiction and space opera, set in space and spaceship. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Andromeda Chronicles is 3 books, 2020–2023.

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Known Space
Space Beagle
Rama
Ender's Game
Solar Queen
Heaven Chronicles / Zones of Thought
Humanx Commonwealth
Alliance-Union
Heechee

Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

About aliens, 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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Space BeagleSeries

seriesA. E. van Vogt5 books1939

About aliens.

Start with Black Destroyer →

RamaUniverse

universe7 books1973

About aliens.

“Something is falling through the solar system on a hyperbolic orbit, and it is not a comet.”
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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Solar QueenSeries

seriesAndre Norton, Sherwood Smith & P. M. Griffin7 books1955

Science fiction and space opera, set in far future and spaceship.

“Andre Norton's Solar Queen novels follow the crew of a free-trader starship under Captain Jellico as they scrape by hauling cargo and making first contact on the fringes of settled space.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Sargasso of Space →

Heaven Chronicles / Zones of ThoughtSeries

seriesJoan D. Vinge & Vernor Vinge8 books1976

Science fiction and space opera, set in far future and space.

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Humanx CommonwealthUniverse

universe39 books1972

About aliens, set in other star systems.

“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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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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HeecheeSeries

seriesFrederik Pohl19 books1972

About aliens, set in other star systems.

“The Heechee are an advanced alien race that visited the Solar System hundreds of millennia ago and then mysteriously disappeared.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Gateway →

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 The Andromeda Chronicles?: Known Space — the closest match to The Andromeda Chronicles on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Andromeda Chronicles?: The Andromeda's Ghost. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Andromeda Chronicles.
How big is The Andromeda Chronicles?: The Andromeda Chronicles is 3 books, 2020–2023.

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