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Books like The Harriers: 9 series to read next

The Harriers is science fiction, set in far future. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Harriers is 8 books, 1991–1993.

“The Grand Harriers are an elite military force created to guard the Hub and the diplomats who travel there - and to ensure their own position as the one unassailable force in Human Space.”
from the catalogue description of Of War and Honor

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Ender's Game
Known Space
Forever War
Dune
CoDominium
Childe Cycle
Alliance-Union
Honorverse
Old Man's War

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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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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Forever WarSeries

seriesJoe Haldeman10 books1972

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

Start with The Forever War →

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Space opera, about political intrigue.

“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

Start with Dune →

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.”
from the catalogue description

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Childe CycleSeries

seriesGordon R. Dickson & David W. Wixon19 books1957

Science fiction and military science fiction, about war, set in far future and other star systems.

“The related short stories and novellas all center on the Dorsai, primarily members of the Graeme and Morgan families.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Act of Creation →

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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HonorverseUniverse

universe83 books1993

Space opera.

“At the center stands one officer, Honor Harrington — captain, then something far larger — and the six-limbed empathic treecat who rides her shoulder.”
from the catalogue description

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Old Man's WarSeries

seriesJohn Scalzi16 books2005

Space opera.

“Sign a document at 65, saying you intend to join up 10 years later.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Old Man's War →

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.

Questions readers ask

What should I read after The Harriers?: Ender's Game — the closest match to The Harriers on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Harriers?: Of War and Honor. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Harriers.
How big is The Harriers?: The Harriers is 8 books, 1991–1993.

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