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Books like The Han Solo Adventures: 9 series to read next

The Han Solo Adventures is science fiction and space opera, set in far future and other star systems, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Han Solo Adventures is 8 books, 1979–2011.

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Vatta
CoDominium
Alliance-Union
Dune
Fifth Imperium
Polity
Humanx Commonwealth
Old Man's War
Known Space

VattaUniverse

universe10 books2003

Military science fiction.

“Get kicked out of the Academy and the family still hands you a ship.”
from the catalogue description

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CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

Military science fiction.

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

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Fifth ImperiumSeries

seriesDavid Weber3 books1991

About artificial intelligence and aliens.

“The three novels were later collected as the omnibus Empire from the Ashes.”
from the catalogue description

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PolityUniverse

universe72 books1992

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

“The Quiet War is already over by the time you arrive.”
from the catalogue description

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Humanx CommonwealthUniverse

universe39 books1972

About aliens.

“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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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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Known SpaceUniverse

universe142 books1964

About aliens.

“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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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 Han Solo Adventures?: Vatta — the closest match to The Han Solo Adventures on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Han Solo Adventures?: The Paradise Snare. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Han Solo Adventures.
How big is The Han Solo Adventures?: The Han Solo Adventures is 8 books, 1979–2011.

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