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Books like The First Sister Trilogy: 9 series to read next

The First Sister Trilogy is space opera and science fiction, 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 First Sister Trilogy is 3 books, 2020–2022.

“Linden A. Lewis's trilogy, The First Sister, The Second Rebel, and The Last Hero, weaves her chapters with those of an Icarii soldier and operative as all three are pulled into a war neither side is telling the truth about.”
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Dune
Red Rising
Old Man's War
Confederation
Alliance-Union
Honorverse
CoDominium
Bio of a Space Tyrant
The Culture

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Space opera and science fiction, 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.”
from the catalogue description

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Red RisingSeries

seriesPierce Brown & Rik Hoskin13 books2014

Dystopia.

“Pierce Brown's Red Rising follows Darrow, a lowborn 'Red' miner on a colonized Mars who discovers his caste's suffering is a lie sustained by the ruling Gold elite, and infiltrates their ranks to destroy the system from within.”
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Old Man's WarSeries

seriesJohn Scalzi16 books2005

Adventurous in tone.

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

universe19 books1991

Space opera and science fiction, set in far future and space.

“In the twenty-seventh century humanity has spilled across nearly nine hundred star systems and calls the loose weave that binds them the Confederation.”
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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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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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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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Bio of a Space TyrantSeries

seriesPiers Anthony6 books1983

Set in outer planets & moons.

“Teenager Hope Hubris and his family flee the Jupiter moon Callisto after their home becomes unlivable, joining a crowded convoy of refugees crammed into a barely spaceworthy 'bubble' bound for the gas giant's cloud cities.”
from the catalogue description of Refugee
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The CultureUniverse

universe21 books1987

About artificial intelligence, set in galactic scale.

“No money, no laws, no hunger, no death you didn't choose; a galaxy-spanning anarchy of humans and drones administered, gently and with enormous irony, by superintelligent Minds who name their warships things like *Frank Exchange Of Views*.”
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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 First Sister Trilogy?: Dune — the closest match to The First Sister Trilogy on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The First Sister Trilogy?: The First Sister. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The First Sister Trilogy.
How big is The First Sister Trilogy?: The First Sister Trilogy is 3 books, 2020–2022.

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