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Books like The Intrepid Saga: 9 series to read next

The Intrepid Saga is science fiction and space opera, 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 Intrepid Saga is 5 books, 2012–2017.

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CoDominium
Known Space
Uplift
Old Man's War
Alliance-Union
Ender's Game
Heaven Chronicles / Zones of Thought
The Lost Fleet
Foundation

CoDominiumUniverse

universe98 books1971

Military science fiction.

“The body of work runs along a few hard threads rather than one line.”
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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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UpliftUniverse

universe13 books1980

About uplift and aliens.

“No species, the Galactics insist, ever climbs to sapience alone.”
from the catalogue description

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Old Man's WarSeries

seriesJohn Scalzi16 books2005

Military science fiction.

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

universe27 books2006

Military science fiction.

“A war a hundred years old has forgotten how to fight it.”
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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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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 Intrepid Saga?: CoDominium — the closest match to The Intrepid Saga on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Intrepid Saga?: Outsystem. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Intrepid Saga.
How big is The Intrepid Saga?: The Intrepid Saga is 5 books, 2012–2017.

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