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Books like The Interdependency: 9 series to read next

The Interdependency is science fiction and space opera, about political intrigue, set in far future, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Interdependency is 3 books, 2017–2020.

“John Scalzi's trilogy, beginning with The Collapsing Empire, follows the political and personal fallout as the empire's foundations unravel.”
from the catalogue description

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Foundation
Dune
The Saga of Seven Suns Universe
Exordium
Vatta
Commonwealth
Honorverse
Alliance-Union
Old Man's War

FoundationUniverse

universe123 books1940

About robots.

“There is a science that reads the future of quadrillions the way an astronomer reads the orbits of stars.”
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

Start with Dune →

The Saga of Seven Suns UniverseSeries

seriesKevin J. Anderson16 books2002

About aliens and war.

Start with Veiled Alliances →

ExordiumSeries

seriesDave Trowbridge & Sherwood Smith5 books1993

About war.

“Now the Phoenix House rules the Thousand Suns from their planet Arthelion.”
from the catalogue description of The Phoenix in Flight

Start with The Phoenix in Flight →

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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CommonwealthUniverse

universe12 books2002

Science fiction and space opera, set in far future.

“Step aboard the train at the Second Chance terminal and ride the wormhole to another star.”
from the catalogue description

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HonorverseUniverse

universe83 books1993

Military science fiction.

“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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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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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.”
from the catalogue description
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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 Interdependency?: Foundation — the closest match to The Interdependency on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Interdependency?: The Collapsing Empire. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Interdependency.
How big is The Interdependency?: The Interdependency is 3 books, 2017–2020.

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