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Books like The Clan Chronicles: 9 series to read next

The Clan Chronicles is science fiction and space opera, about aliens, set in far future and other star systems. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Clan Chronicles is 14 books, 1997–2018.

“Julie E. Czerneda's Clan Chronicles follows the Om'ray and the shape-shifting, telepathic Clan across two intertwined trilogies exploring first contact and a hidden alien history on the world of Cersi and beyond.”
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Known Space
Old Man's War
CoDominium
Alliance-Union
Uplift
Dune
Humanx Commonwealth
The Trade Pact Universe
Heaven Chronicles / Zones of Thought

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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Old Man's WarSeries

seriesJohn Scalzi16 books2005

Military science fiction, about war.

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

universe13 books1980

About uplift.

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

universe39 books1972

Science fiction, adventurous in tone, about aliens, set in far future and 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.”
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The Trade Pact UniverseSeries

seriesJulie E. Czerneda & Tanya Huff26 books1997

Science fiction, about aliens, set in far future and other star systems.

Start with The Jade Jar of Slotch: A Tale of Plexis →

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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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 Clan Chronicles?: Known Space — the closest match to The Clan Chronicles on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Clan Chronicles?: Brothers Bound. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Clan Chronicles.
How big is The Clan Chronicles?: The Clan Chronicles is 14 books, 1997–2018.

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